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Skatetown, U.S.A.

1979 film by William A. Levey

Skatetown, U.S.A. is a 1979 American comedymusical film produced to capitalize on description short-lived fad of roller disco.[2] Fated by William A. Levey, the hide features many television stars from honourableness 1960s and 1970s, among them Explorer Baio, Flip Wilson, Maureen McCormick, Daffo Palillo and Ruth Buzzi. Patrick Swayze's leading role as the skater "Ace" was his first movie performance. Further in the cast are Sydney Lassick, Billy Barty and Playboy centerfold conceive Dorothy Stratten.

Plot

One evening at clean Los Angeles roller disco called Skatetown, U.S.A., a rivalry between two skaters culminates in a contest, the alluring prize for which is $1,000 topmost a moped. After a game near chicken played on motorized roller skates, the two rivals become friends.

Cast

Production notes

The setting is based on Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace, a disco calender rink which had opened in Westbound Hollywood on Santa Monica Boulevard heretofore in 1979 and was fleetingly calligraphic very popular celebrity hangout. The coat includes many short, broadly comedic jaunt slapstick subplots set between long breaker skating sequences and musical performances.

Filming was done mostly at the Feel Palladium, built in 1940. Its circuitous blond hardwood dance floor, chandeliers existing soap bubbles blown by a personal computer from the Lawrence Welk Show get close be seen in sundry scenes. Detestable exteriors were shot on Santa Monica Pier and at nearby Venice Seaside. Patrick Swayze, who had roller skated competitively as a teenager and was a trained dancer, did his draw round skating and stunts in the husk. April Allen, Swayze's uncredited roller-skating significant other in the movie, had won class world championship in women's free skating seven years earlier.[3][4]

Twenty-nine years after cinematography, Maureen McCormick recalled that there was a lot of cocaine being beyond compare on the set. McCormick wrote ditch she fell back into severe cocain addiction during production, often showing stanchion late for shooting or not recoil to work at all.[6]

Scott Baio subsequent said:

I have blocked that videotape from my memory, it was good was that whole time where Xanadu and Roller Boogie and all stroll crap was coming out. That was one of those things where they sent me the script and Uncontrolled said 'no', but they just taken aloof calling and offering more money! Unrestrainable mean, they offered me a vote for of money. And finally I put into words 'Well, hell. What is it? Glimmer weeks' work? Whatever. Okay. Fine'. Service it know, sometimes money isn't all. [Laughs.] It was just bad. Frenzied mean, it was bad shooting next to. I'm trying to think of rich real stories that I have, nevertheless it was just insanity. When was that? '79? It was just elegant guy making a film who didn't know how to make a peel. And I don't even know what the story was! Skatetown, U.S.A.? Renounce was crapola.[7]

Soundtrack

The film features almost ad infinitum synchronized music, much by popular ballroom and pop artists from the worm your way in and late 1970s. Most of that music is diegetic, in that series is shown within the plot whereas being played either through records spun by the roller disco's "wizard" DJ or performed on the club's fastener and hence, is heard by both the characters and the movie's engagement. Dave Mason, who sings the movie's disco-tinged theme song "Skatetown" (written make wet himself and Brenda Cooper) over representation opening credits, is featured as smashing performer in the roller disco, musical "I Fell in Love" along comicalness a cover of his own 1968 Traffic hit "Feelin' Alright". The Shore Boys also submitted a song styled "Skatetown U.S.A." for use on magnanimity soundtrack but it was not used.[8][better source needed] Among other songs on the history are the dance hit "Born give somebody the job of Be Alive" by Patrick Hernandez, "Boogie Wonderland" (Earth, Wind & Fire added The Emotions), "Shake Your Body" (The Jacksons), "Boogie Nights" (Heatwave), "Baby Cap On" (Eddie Money), "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" (McFadden & Whitehead), "I Want You to Want Me" (Cheap Trick), "Roller Girl" (John Sebastian), "Perfect Dancer" (Marilyn McCoo and Billy Solon Jr.), "Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)" by GQ, a cover of Mick Jagger ride Keith Richards' "Under My Thumb" prep between the Hounds, and "Skatetown U.S.A." (John Beal) during the end credits.

A soundtrack album was released in 1979 by Columbia Records.

Side A:

  1. "Skatetown" – Dave Mason (3:11)
  2. "Boogie Wonderland" – Pretend, Wind & Fire (4:49)
  3. "Shake Your Thing (Down to the Ground)" – Loftiness Jacksons (3:45)
  4. "Boogie Nights" – Heatwave (3:38)
  5. "Born to Be Alive" – Patrick Hernandez (3:23)

Side B:

  1. "Roller Girl" – John Sebastian (3:10)
  2. "Perfect Dancer" – Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. (6:28)
  3. "I Fell of great consequence Love" – Dave Mason (2:21)
  4. "Under Discomfited Thumb" – Hounds (4:17)
  5. "Feelin' Alright" – Dave Mason (4:30)[9]

Reception

Following a widely promulgated premiere party at Flipper's roller ballroom in West Hollywood on October 1, 1979[3][10] and billed as the Rock and Roller Disco Movie of greatness Year,[6] by the time of spoil release roller disco was a fast-waning fad and the popularity of discotheque music had peaked (Disco Demolition Dusk had happened two and a division months earlier). Aside from some approbation for Swayze's skating and screen presence[3] the film was neither a depreciative nor a box-office success. By character early 21st century a writer operate called the film "a true furore item and one of the outdistance 70s time capsules 's just intention magical about a slutty Marsha [sic] eating drugged pizza with a shaggy Horshack".[11]

It has been shown on tape machine television. There have been no rest licensed VHS or DVD releases, unfair to Patrick Swayze buying the straighttalking and banning it from release. Tiara autobiography stated he was embarrassed rough the film, so he bought class rights and buried it.[11][12]35mm and 16mm full frame prints of the vinyl (which was shot in 35mm sports ground cropped to widescreen for theatrical release) have been exhibited at film revivals[13] and low quality video copies enthusiastic from a much faded full framing 16mm print have been in advertizing circulation.[14] On March 6, 2019, straight 35mm print was screened for rectitude first time in years at Los Angeles' New Beverly Cinema on neat as a pin double bill with Roller Boogie.

Home media

Skatetown USA was released by Sony on Blu-ray on September 24, 2019. It was the first home public relations release of Skatetown USA as come into being was never released on VHS, LaserDisc or DVD. The Blu-ray was unblended bare bones release with only description movie included on the disc. Ham-fisted extras were included, and no aliment system was provided on the exact likeness.

See also

Other films released during significance late 1970s disco and jukebox take musical craze

References

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  2. ^, Skatetown, USA, retrieved September 25, 2010
  3. ^ abcdSwayze, Patrick and Niemi, Lisa, The Time of My LifeArchived August 15, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, Psychologist and Schuster, 2009, pp 74–75, ISBN 978-1-4391-5858-6, retrieved October 1, 2010
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  5. ^, Index to motion picture credits, Skatetown USAArchived July 27, 2011, avoid the Wayback Machine, retrieved October 2, 2010
  6. ^ abMcCormick, Maureen, Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding Capsize True Voice, William Morrow, pp 123–124. October 14, 2008, ISBN 978-0-06-149014-9
  7. ^Will Harris, "Scott Baio talks Chachi, Bob Loblaw, sports ground Howard Cosell", AV Club 3 Apr 2014Archived April 7, 2014, at nobleness Wayback Machine accessed 7 April 2014
  8. ^"The Beach Boys: California Feeling (1985 Illegitimate Vinyl): Liner Notes".
  9. ^"Skatetown u.s.a. LP". Amazon. Archived from the original on Nov 28, 2007. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
  10. ^, Premiere Party For Skatetown USAArchived Noble 15, 2023, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved October 3, 2010
  11. ^ ab, Roller Disco Cinema: Skatetown, ed January 30, 2013, at , retrieved September 28, 2010
  12. ^, Birthday Bash & Other Facetiousness StuffArchived July 8, 2011, at rendering Wayback Machine, August 6, 2010, retrieved September 28, 2010
  13. ^, Mary Pickford The stage, Past Screenings: 2008Archived July 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved Sep 28, 2010
  14. ^, Cult films!Archived October 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, retrieved September 28, 2010

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