Todd Barret is an aspiring businessman. He has what it takes to have, but what he doesn't have is enough money to stay in college. So come up with a plan to make the first all-male sports ca... Read allTodd Barret is an aspiring businessman. He has what it takes to have, but what he doesn't have is enough money to stay in college. So come up with a plan to make the first all-male sports calendar.Todd Barret is an aspiring businessman. He has what it takes to have, but what he doesn't have is enough money to stay in college. So come up with a plan to make the first all-male sports calendar.
Steven Lyon
- Brett Wilson
- (as Steve Lyon)
Richard Alexander
- Mr. Bowersox
- (as Dick Alexander)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFormer actor Steve Lyon, who played Brett Wilson, went on to become a highly successful, internationally employed professional photographer.
- GoofsThe thug puts the $5 bill underneath the 8-ball, he does so on the "spot". When Todd picks up the $5, it is no longer on the "spot".
- Quotes
Cactus Jack: Let's just say that when the tough get together, they call me boss.
- SoundtracksPoint of No Return
Performed by Nu Shooz
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By arrangement with Warner Special Products
Written by John Smith and Valerie Day
Featured review
Inoffensive slice of '80's cheese.
It would be hard to come up with a more innocuous film than this one (unless it were animated!) Inspired (somewhat) by a true story, it concerns Arizona State college student Dye trying to miraculously come up with $10,000 worth of tuition money in 30 days. Fortunately, for him, his roommate and long time friend (Lyon) is chin-on-the-floor attractive and is the star diver, complete with a rippled, sculpted body. He decides to create a pin-up calendar for women, featuring men from all the sports at ASU. However, he faces a few hurdles along the way, not the least of which is placating the mysterious man (O'Keefe) who lent him the start-up money. Meanwhile, magazine editor Fairchild has her eye on Lyon for her own reasons (surprisingly non-sexual ones!) The whole film is accented by a bouncy '80's soundtrack and a parade of atrocious, but fun clothes and hairdo's. Dye (who would later make a splash on "Touched By an Angel") is basically a poor man's Andrew McCarthy throughout, but has a few decent moments. Lyon is breathlessly pretty, but hopelessly bland. He often resembles a pumped-up James Van Der Beek. Wilhoite turns in her standard reliable, quirky performance. Delaney is called upon to do very little except be nice. Fairchild is expectedly campy, but surprisingly less bitchy than she's usually called on to be. She's a whirlwind of huge hair, ugly pastel make-up and monstrous, shoulder-padded get-ups. The film is very trite, pat and simple, but does manage to pull off a surprise or two. Much of the dialogue is rotten, though. The beefcake factor is mostly completed by Lyon who is frequently shown diving in his teensy swimsuit (the front of which is also coyly edited out or cropped out much of the time.) There is a montage of "hunky" (mostly moussed and pretty) models posing hilariously for the calendar and a shower sequence that shows the butts of two men that no one cares about. No one should be offended by anything in this movie, but also not very many people will be glued to the screen. It's very light, very good-natured and eventually, pretty forgettable.
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Box office
- Budget
- $4,900,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $989,528
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $319,218
- Apr 12, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $989,528
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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