Surf II
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| Surf II | |
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 VHS cover for 'Surf II' |
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| Directed by | Randall M. Badatt |
| Produced by | George G. Braunstein Ron Hamady |
| Written by | Randall M. Badatt |
| Starring | Eddie Deezen Linda Kerridge Eric Stoltz Jeffrey Rogers Peter Isacksen |
| Music by | Peter Bernstein |
| Cinematography | Álex Phillips Jr. |
| Editing by | Jacqueline Cambas |
| Distributed by | Media Home Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | 1984 |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Language | English |
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Surf II (full title: Surf II: The End of the Trilogy) is a 1984 comedy film written and directed by Randall M. Badatt. Despite what the title implies, there was no "Surf I". For a while, the film was advertised with the title "Surf II: The Nerds Strike Back" in an attempt to cash in on the success of Revenge of the Nerds that same year. It was filmed in parts of Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Santa Cruz.
Written as a campy send-up of 1950s beach party films and 1970s monster movies, the plot of 'Surf II' follows the maniacal nerd Menlo Schwartzer (Deezen) who plans to rid the world's beaches of his biggest enemies: surfers. With the reluctant help of his beautiful girlfriend Sparkle (Kerridge), Menlo concocts a chemical potion that can turn people into mutated, garbage-eating zombies and markets it to the surfers under the name 'Buzz Cola'.
After several teenagers fall victim to the perils of Menlo's beverage, two surfers, along with the help of their girlfriends and eccentric science teacher (Isacksen) are determined to bring Menlo's reign of terror to an end and still have time to compete in the big surf contest.
Reviews of the film were ultimately negative. Leonard Maltin gave the film 1 1/2 stars, claiming "it's only best joke is in the title", while Videohound called it "an exercise in mental melt-down". Regardless, the film has managed to find a small cult following on video.
Surf II has yet to be released on DVD officially in the USA and Canada, possibly due to rights over the soundtrack. The only country where is has been released on DVD is Italy[1] formatted as a Region 2 PAL DVD and as a result, bootleg DVD copies of the film have been sold in the USA. VHS tapes have sold on eBay for prices upwards of $30.
Tagline: The movie that gives insanity a bad name!
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[edit] Cast
Eddie Deezen .... Menlo Schwartzer
Linda Kerridge .... Sparkle
Eric Stoltz .... Chuck
Jeffrey Rogers .... Bob
Tom Villard .... Jocko O'Finlay
Peter Isacksen .... Beaker
Corinne Bohrer .... Cindy Lou
Lucinda Dooling .... Lindy Sue
Lyle Waggoner .... Chief Boyardie
Ron Palillo .... Inspector Underwear
Cleavon Little .... Daddy-O
Morgan Paull .... Chuck's Dad
Ruth Buzzi .... Chuck's Mom
Biff Manard .... Bob's Dad
Brandis Kemp .... Bob's Mom
Terry Kiser .... Jocko's Dad
Carol Wayne .... Jocko's Mom
Brinke Stevens .... Student (uncredited)
The Untouchables .... Themselves
[edit] Soundtrack
A soundtrack for the film was originally planned to be released on Capitol Records; the credits of the film stated that it was available, but after the movie performed poorly at the box office, the idea was nixed. The songs that appeared in the film were:
- "I Get Around" - The Beach Boys
- "Stoked" - The Beach Boys
- "Surfin' USA" - The Beach Boys
- "Pipeline" - The Chantays
- "Moral Majority" - The Circle Jerks
- "A.W.O.L." - Deserters
- "The Wedge" - Dick Dale
- "She Blinded Me With Science" - Thomas Dolby
- "Fuel Injected" - Jon & the Nightriders
- "Surf Jam" - Jon & the Nightriders
- "Hold Me Back" - Oingo Boingo
- "Only a Lad" - Oingo Boingo
- "Cry" - Johnny Ray
- "Fan Fan Fanatish" - Rheingold
- "Six Months In A Leaky Boat" - Split Enz
- "Built for Speed" - Stray Cats
- "Talk Talk" - Talk Talk
- "Dancebeat" - The Untouchables
- "Hawaii Five-O" - The Ventures
- "Mexican Radio" - Wall of Voodoo
[edit] See Also
- USA Up All Night, a late-night B-movie showcase that occasionally broadcasted 'Surf II'
