Hot Dog... The Movie (1984)

User Rating:

4.1/10   

Director:

Peter Markle

Writer:

Mike Marvin (writer)

Release Date:

13 January 1984 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Taste the sauce in...HOT DOG

Plot:

Naive corn-pone skiing wunderkind picks up beautiful hitchhiking bimbo on way to ski competition. Once...

Plot Keywords:

Skiing | Party | Contest | Female Nudity

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Nov. 12	3:00 AM	SHOW
Sun. Nov. 15	2:30 AM	SHOW

Cast

David Naughton	...	Dan O'Callahan
Patrick Houser	...	Harkin Banks
Tracy Smith	...	Sunny
John Patrick Reger	...	Rudolph 'Rudi' Garmisch
Frank Koppala	...	Squirrel Murphy
James Saito	...	Kendo Yamamoto
Shannon Tweed	...	Sylvia Fonda
George Theobald	...	Slasher
Mark Vance	...	Heinz Hartman
Erik Watson	...	Fergy
Lynn Wieland	...	Michelle
Sandy Hackett	...	T-Shirt Contest M.C.
Crystal Smith	...	Motel Clerk
Peter Vogt	...	Fader Black
Robert Fuhrmann	...	Rick Lauter

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:14 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | USA:R | Philippines:R-18

Filming Locations:

Squaw Valley, California, USA

Company:

Hot Dog

Goofs:

Continuity: At the start of the Chinese Downhill, everyone is wearing the same outfits that have been worn throughout the entire movie. For some reason Harkin's distinctive (if not signature) blue and black stretch pants have changed to black with red piping. It seems unlikely that the farm boy would buy new ones just for the downhill. Let alone ones that are the same color scheme as his nemesis.

Quotes:

Rudy: Do you know what I had for breakfast this morning rookie? How do you say... I had Sonny side up, und I had Sonny side down, und I had Sonny side all ze vay around.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: The Best of Robin Williams (1991) (V)

Soundtrack:

Dreamers On The Rise

Has problems, but good points, also.

I liked the movie from the 80s on. It's true that many of the activities portrayed are not appropriate today. Of course a lot of people hate this movie, but they generally hate this genre of movie, anyway, right?! I was especially moved by the sex scene with Harkin (Patrick Houser) and Sunny (Tracy N. Smith), the guitar serenade (written by folkie John Stewart), the hot tub scene with Shannon Tweed, and the gondola scene. It's very rare for such sex scenes to move me in other like movies of that period: I think that director Peter Markle handled the sex scenes very tastefully.... The skiing scenes were also really well done, also, but one often may see that the stunt skiers are different from the actors (duh!).

It's true, also, that some of the plot contains dumb male humor. However: I remember the names of the actors that I liked in the key romantic and sex scenes, and some others, so the movie did move me....