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Revenge of the Nerds
Revenge of the Nerds movie poster
Directed by	Jeff Kanew
Produced by	Ted Field Peter Samuelson
Written by	Jeff Buhai Tim Metcalfe
Starring	Robert Carradine Anthony Edwards Timothy Busfield Curtis Armstrong Ted McGinley Bernie Casey John Goodman
Cinematography	King Baggot
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	July 20, 1984
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$8,000,000 (estimated)
Gross revenue	$40,900,000 (USA) (sub-total)
Followed by	Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
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Revenge of the Nerds is a 1984 American comedy film starring Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards, with Curtis Armstrong, Ted McGinley, Julia Montgomery, Brian Tochi, Larry B. Scott, and Donald Gibb. The film was directed by Jeff Kanew. It chronicles the story of a group of nerds trying to stop harassment by the persecuting jock fraternity, the Alpha Betas. Exterior scenes such as the arrival of the nerds at college and the fraternity houses were filmed at the University of Arizona. The original residence of the Nerds, from which they were ousted, was in fact Cochise Hall^[1]. Their subsequent residence was Bear Down Gymnasium.^[2] Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... A remake of the 1984 classic comedy film of the same name, Revenge of the Nerds is slated for release in 2007. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x606, 66 KB)Revenge of the Nerds film poster. ... Jeff Kanew (born 16 December 1944) is an American film directory, writer and editor probably best known for directing the 1980s film Revenge of the Nerds. ... Ted Field (1953 - ), music producer, movie producer, and heir to the Marshall Fields department store fortune. ... Peter Samuelson (born October 16, 1951 in London, England) is a British TV and film producer and executive producer. ... Robert Carradine as Lewis Skolnick Robert Carradine (born March 24, 1954) is an American actor. ... This article is about the American actor. ... Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon in an episode of The West Wing Timothy Busfield (born June 12, 1957, in East Lansing, Michigan), is an American actor and director best known for his Emmy-winning role as Eliot Weston on the television series thirtysomething and his recurring role as Danny Concannon... Curtis Armstrong (born November 27, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan, USA) is an American actor. ... Ted McGinley Ted McGinley (born May 30, 1958 in Newport Beach, California) is an American actor. ... Bernard Terry Casey (born June 8, 1939) was an American Football player during the 1960s who later became an actor. ... John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is a Golden Globe-winning and Emmy-nominated American actor. ... King Robert Baggot (born July 11, 1914) is an American cinematographer. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the major American film studios. ... July 20 is the 201st day (202nd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 164 days remaining. ... Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise was the sequel to the 1984 film Revenge of the Nerds. ... // Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name. ... Robert Carradine as Lewis Skolnick Robert Carradine (born March 24, 1954) is an American actor. ... This article is about the American actor. ... Curtis Armstrong (born November 27, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan, USA) is an American actor. ... Ted McGinley Ted McGinley (born May 30, 1958 in Newport Beach, California) is an American actor. ... Julia Montgomery in Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation Julia Montgomery (born July 2, 1960 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA) is an American actress. ... Brian Keith Tochi (born May 2, 1959, in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor, screenwriter, movie director and producer. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Donald Gibb (born on March 13, 1953 in New York, New York, sometimes credited as Don Gibb) is an actor with an imposing 63 frame, best known for portraying the large, dimwitted fraternity brother Ogre in several installments of the Revenge of the Nerds film series. ... Jeff Kanew (born 16 December 1944) is an American film directory, writer and editor probably best known for directing the 1980s film Revenge of the Nerds. ... “Nerds” redirects here. ... The term jock is a classic American stereotype of an athlete. ... The terms fraternity and sorority (from the Latin words and , meaning brother and sister respectively) may be used to describe many social and charitable organizations, for example the Lions Club, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Rotary International, Optimist International, or the Shriners. ... The University of Arizona (UA or U of A) is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. ... Cochise Hall is a dormitory at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. ... Bear Down is the official motto of the University of Arizona (UA), located in Tucson, Arizona. ...

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Plot summary

The movie is set at fictional Adams College, where two nerds enroll due to its acclaimed computer studies department. Unfortunately, the college also displays inappropriate favoritism toward their football team, the Atoms. This gives the coach (John Goodman), an arrogant bully, and his team, stocked mainly by the equally obnoxious jocks of the Alpha Beta fraternity, considerable power on campus. A BlueGene supercomputer cabinet. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is a Golden Globe-winning and Emmy-nominated American actor. ... Look up fraternity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

This power is shown when the Alpha Betas burn down their own fraternity house as a result of carelessness during a party. They pressure the dean of the campus to let them take over the freshman dorm while their house is being repaired, and they literally throw out the freshmen residents. The freshmen are forced to bunk in the gym until they can find housing with fraternities. However, the nerds are all rejected and attempts to approach the fraternities on their own lead to them being publicly humiliated and harassed.

The nerds, with some difficulty, manage to find a rundown house that they renovate. However, the Alpha Betas and their associated sorority, the Pi Delta Pis, harass them and attempt to drive them out of the school out of pure malice. It starts with the Alpha Betas throwing a brick that reads "NERDS GET OUT" through one of the new house's windows.

When the nerds approach the campus police, they are referred to the Greek Council, which oversees fraternity affairs, only to find that Stan Gable (the head of the Alpha Betas) is the president. He bluntly overrules their complaint because they are not a fraternity. The nerds attempt to start a chapter of a national fraternity, but all of the fraternal organizations reject them, with the exception of Lambda Lambda Lambda, the only fraternity to which they did not send a group picture. It is, however, a predominantly black organization and only one of the nerds is black (he is also openly gay), and the head of the national organization is uninterested in having them join. However, the nerds press the point using a regulation that, as a petitioning group, they have the right to join with probationary status. The nerds attempt to organize a party to impress the fraternity officials. However, they are tricked by the Pis, who falsely offer to be their dates only to completely snub them on party night. Another sorority, Omega Mu (known as the Mus, which sounds like "Moos"), come in their place, but they consist of social rejects themselves and the resulting awkwardness deadens the atmosphere. In desperation, the nerds resort to lighting large marijuana joints to liven up the affair, which proves successful. However, the party is spoiled by the Alphas crashing the party by letting pigs loose in the frat house. A Lambda Lambda Lambda t-shirt Lambda Lambda Lambda or Tri-Lamb is a fictional fraternity in the Revenge of the Nerds movie series. ... A Cannabis sativa plant The drug cannabis, also called marijuana, is produced from parts of the cannabis plant, primarily the cured flowers and gathered trichomes of the female plant. ...

The nerds, led by Lewis, decide to retaliate. First they plan an elaborate panty raid on the Pis, which is actually a diversion during which they install hidden cameras in the sorority's rooms. The nerds also saturate the Alpha's jock straps in liquid heat (a liniment that produces sensations of heat) to create an agonizing and embarrassing experience at football practice. The Lambda fraternity head is impressed with the nerds' creativity, and a charter is granted for the chapter, officially making the nerds members of Lambda Lambda Lambda (or Tri-Lambs, for short). Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Jockstraps, also known as athletic supporters, are mens undergarments for use in sports and other activities. ...

However, the harassment by the Alphas only worsens, and the obviously biased Greek Council refuses to respond. Deciding that they must take power themselves, the nerds compete in the homecoming carnival, the winner of which will lead the council.

The Lambdas and Mus team up, and have a difficult time in several events, but manage to win a few others using ingenuity and their peculiar skills. Some of the skills come naturally, such as Booger being able to belch the loudest. They design an ergonomically advanced javelin for the javelin throw, and they give their team member a chemical that will prevent him from feeling the effects of alcohol during another event in which drunkenness impairs the competition. They gain ground in fund-raising by selling plates with naked pictures of the Pis (obtained by the cameras in the Pi dorms) which not only allows them to best the Alpha Betas, but also humiliate their female counterparts. They seal their victory in the talent show with a spectacular song and dance routine using a TRS-80 Color Computer with an Audio Spectrum Analyzer cartridge for special effects. During the carnival, one of the leading nerds (Lewis) pilfers Stan Gable's costume and tricks Stan's girlfriend Betty into thinking he is Stan. Lewis and Betty make love, after which Lewis reveals his identity to Betty. She is not upset, in fact she immediately decides that she likes Lewis better. Lewis' explanation: "All jocks ever think about is sports. All we [nerds] ever think about is sex." 4k TRS-80 Color Computer from 1981, 26-3001 The Radio Shack TRS-80 color computer (also called Tandy Color Computer, or CoCo) was a home computer based around the Motorola 6809E processor and part of the TRS-80 line. ...

The Alphas retaliate by wrecking the Lambda house, and the nerds are disheartened, especially considering that they do not assume office until the next school year. One of the nerds (Gilbert) decides to personally confront the Alphas at the homecoming rally. When Gilbert is about to be beaten, the otherwise timid dean, himself a nerd, finally stands up to the coach and exercises his rightful authority. Although the dean is about to be beaten up himself, the Lambda head arrives just in time with a group of muscular Lambdas to intimidate the Alphas while Gilbert is given a chance to speak his mind to the audience.

He poignantly speaks about how he and his friends were harassed, but in spite of this, he re-affirms that he is a nerd and proud of it. His friends gather around in support and call on any of the audience who have ever felt left out or picked on to join them. The entire audience does so, and the Alphas find themselves hopelessly outnumbered.

The film ends with the Dean finally gathering up the courage to tell off the football coach, and eject the Alphas from their building for the Lambda's use until the Alphas repair the damage they caused to the Lambda's house. The Dean points out to the coach that they're jocks, so they should be right at home sleeping in the gym.

Characters

• Lewis Skolnick (Robert Carradine): The protagonist of the film and the leader of the nerds. He has a distinctive yelping laugh that has become a hallmark of his character.
• Gilbert Lowell (Anthony Edwards): Lewis' best friend. He counters Lewis' generally positive attitude with mild pessimism and realism.
• Arnold Poindexter (Timothy Busfield): The nerdiest of the nerds. Provides mild comic relief. Characterized by coke-bottle glasses and atrocious violin playing.
• Harold Wormser (Andrew Cassese): He is actually middle or high school age but his parents forced him to skip a few grades because of his genius I.Q., much to his consternation, as he would much rather play video games with his friends.
• Dudley "Booger" Dawson (Curtis Armstrong): A disgusting, uncouth and smartmouthed pothead who supplies most of the toilet humor of the film. When asked by Toshiro why he goes by "Booger", he merely responds "I don't know" while picking his nose.
• Toshiro Takashi (Brian Tochi): The stereotypical intelligent Asian. Has difficulty understanding American culture but does enjoy his porn.
• Betty Childs (Julia Montgomery): The unattainable love interest of Lewis. She is a member of the popular girl's campus sorority, Pi-Delta-Pi. Dating Stan Gable.
• Lamar Latrell (Larry B. Scott): A stereotypically effeminate black gay man. He is the only one at the Tri-Lam dinner to have a date, though as Booger puts it, "Yeah, but that's with a guy."
• Stan Gable (Ted McGinley): The primary antagonist and the Alpha Beta President of the Greek Council that tries to revoke the Tri-Lambda's fraternity charter.
• Fred "The Ogre" Palowakski (Donald Gibb): A fellow Alpha Beta and the stereotypical dumb, over muscled jock. Has little to no intelligence, and is the primary muscle of the team.
• Dean Ulich (David Wohl): The Dean of Adams College who is timid and allowed the Alpha Betas to rule till he finally shows his authority.
• U.N. Jefferson (Bernie Casey): The head of the Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity chapter, who at first did not accept the nerds tills they stood up to the Alpha Betas and welcomed them to the fraternity.
• Judy (Michelle Meyrink): An Omega Mu whom Gilbert gets to know after she is having computer trouble and Gilbert explains to her not to worry, "the computer is your friend". He immediately makes graphics of Gilbert and Judy dancing, which impresses her. By knowing Judy, Gilbert helps get the party moving by getting Judy to bring her sorority sisters.

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Notable bit parts

• John Goodman plays Coach Harris, the coach of the university football team.
• James Cromwell is briefly shown to be Lewis' father.

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DVD release

On January 3rd 2007 Revenge of the Nerds was released as a special edition DVD entitled "Panty Raid Edition" (The special edition name was changed from "The 'We've Got Bush' Edition", with preliminary artwork shown on websites such as The Digital Bits). Special features included : Audio Commentary, Making of Documentary, Deleted Scenes, Television Pilot, and two theatrical trailers. 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The Digital Bits (or [1]) is a DVD-related website, with daily updates about upcoming DVD releases, upcoming DVD cover art, reviews and every year they announce the winners of the Bitsy Awards. ...

External links

• Revenge of the Nerds (1984) at the Internet Movie Database

References

1. ^ http://www.life.arizona.edu/undergraduate/has/halldescripts/cochise.asp
2. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088000/locations