Joysticks (1983)

User Rating:

2.6/10   

Director:

Greydon Clark

Writers:

Al Gomez (writer) &
Mickey Epps (writer) ...
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Release Date:

March 1983 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

More fun than games.

Plot:

When a top local businessman and his two bumbling nephews try to shut down the town's only video arcade, arcade employees and patrons fight back.

Plot Keywords:

Arcade | Video Game | Sex | Valley Girl | Punk

Cast

Joe Don Baker	...	Joseph Rutter
Leif Green	...	Eugene Groebe
Jim Greenleaf	...	Jonathan Andrew McDorfus
Scott McGinnis	...	Jefferson Bailey
Jon Gries	...	King Vidiot (as Jonathan Gries)
Corinne Bohrer	...	Patsy Rutter
John Diehl	...	Arnie
John Voldstad	...	Max
Reid Cruickshanks	...	Coach Straight
Morgan Lofting	...	Mrs. Rutter
Kym Malin	...	Lola
Kim G. Michel	...	Alva
Jacqueline Cole	...	Alexis Wheeler (as Jacqulin Cole)
Logan Ramsey	...	Mayor Neville
Justine Lenore	...	Nurse Tubitt
Carole Burkett	...	Connie
Candy Castillo	...	Jorge
Steven Jae Johnson	...	Cultist
Frank Lunney	...	Curley
Becky LeBeau	...	Liza (as Becky Le Beau)
Lynda Wiesmeier	...	Candy
Hugh McPhillips	...	Pope
Hugo Stanger	...	Grandfather
Erin Halligan	...	Sandy
Michael R. Starita	...	City Councilman
Mickey Epps	...	City Councilman
Barbara Starita	...	City Councilwoman
Gordon Smith	...	Game Player
Ben Rakoff	...	Game Player
Ted Chase	...	Game Player
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Helen Kelly	...	Arcade Customer (uncredited)
Nha Tran	...	Arcade Employee (uncredited)

Directed by
Greydon Clark

Writing credits
Al Gomez		(writer) &
Mickey Epps		(writer) and
Curtis Burch		(writer)

Produced by
Curtis Burch	....	associate producer
Greydon Clark	....	producer
Clair Farley	....	executive producer
Raylan D. Jensen	....	executive producer (as Reylan Jensen)
Daryl Kass	....	associate producer
George W. Perkins	....	associate producer

Cinematography by
Nicholas Josef von Sternberg

Film Editing by
Larry Bock

Casting by
Curtis Burch

Art Direction by
Donn Greer

Costume Design by
Susie DeSanto		(as Susie De Santo)
Kristin Nelson		(as Kristen Nelson)

Makeup Department
Patricia Bunch	....	key makeup artist (as Patty Bunch)
Charles Lasry	....	assistant makeup artist
Larry Profit	....	assistant makeup artist
Kathy Webright	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Daryl Kass	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Simon Barron	....	second assistant director
George W. Perkins	....	first assistant director
Chip Vucelich	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Albert Davis	....	painter
Mary Ann Del Pizzo	....	assistant art director
Sal Del Pizzo	....	set dresser
Arnold Folkerts	....	set construction supervisor
Don Folkerts	....	carpenter
Ron Folkerts	....	carpenter
Douglas Fox	....	assistant property master (as Doug Fox)
Ali Harati	....	set dresser
John Larsen	....	carpenter
Riley Morgan	....	property master
Frank Silva	....	painter
Sandra Simone	....	set dresser
Tim West	....	construction foreman

Sound Department
Tim Collins	....	boom operator (as Timothy Collins)
Daniel Gross	....	sound effects editor
Meri McDonald	....	dialogue editor (as Meri' H. McDonald)
Alfredo Ramirez	....	sound mixer (as Al R. Ramirez)
Scott Brose	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	special effects electrician (as Thomas O'Connell)

Stunts
Rick Sawaya	....	stunts
Mike Tillman	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Gale M. Adler	....	still photographer
David Boyd	....	first assistant camera (as David R. Boyd)
Frank Byers	....	gaffer
Robert Ferrara	....	electrician
Adam Jones	....	electrician
Jesse Mather	....	best boy grip
Michele Rogers	....	video assistant
Jerry Tomson	....	key grip
Jürg V. Walther	....	second assistant camera (as Juerg Victor Walther)
John Zumpano	....	best boy electric

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Elizabeth Gower	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Liz' Beth Gower)

Music Department
John Caper Jr.	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Barbara Bowen	....	production secretary
Donna Del Pizzo	....	video artist
Stephen R. Johnston	....	production executive
Bill Jones	....	production assistant
Marie Pederson	....	production assistant (as Marie Pedersen)
Tom Richer	....	craft service
Robert Sheehan	....	production assistant
Brenda Weisman	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Jensen Farley Pictures

Distributors

• Citadel Films (1983) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Jensen Farley Pictures
• Liberation Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Vestron Video (video)

Other Companies

• Atmosphere Agency, The  extra casting
• Cine Video  equipment
• Cine Video  facilities
• Cinema City Studios  set construction
• Computer Kinetics Corporation  stripper video game
• Ford Motor Company  automobiles
• Hollywood Optical Systems  opticals
• Modern Film Effects  titles
• Ryder Sound Services  re-recording
• Sassafras Productions  set design supervision
• Sherwood Gallery  soft sculpture

Also Known As:

Joy Sticks (International: English title) (video box title)
Video Madness

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | USA:R | Canada:AA (Ontario)

Company:

Jensen Farley Pictures

Quotes:

Patsy Rutter: I wish you would be like other dads and stay home and barbeque.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Chasing Ghosts: Beyond the Arcade (2007)

Soundtrack:

Down at the Arcade

Classic Cult 80's

I purchased this movie on VHS on a sellout day at a video shop that was selling old movies... i think i payed $2. very original content, in the same line as under the mountain (director Peter Jackson) or brain dead... if you like this sort of thing then you will like this movie. yeah its about a bunch of kids who love their arcade, and some old idiots get their nephews to try to close down the video parlor. it comes down to a head to head challenge on an arcade game to decide if the video parlor will stay or be shut down... very funny looking at the style of cloths they wore, and typical of that era their are the punks and the squares