Dudes (1987)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Penelope Spheeris

Writer:

Randall Jahnson (writer)

Release Date:

August 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

New York City is tough, but the country is really murder.

Plot:

Two punks from the big city, traveling across the country in a Volkswagen bug, embrace the western ethos...

Plot Keywords:

Punk | Revenge | Road Trip | Elvis Impersonator | Native American

Cast

Jon Cryer	...	Grant
Daniel Roebuck	...	Biscuit
Flea	...	Milo
Lee Ving	...	Missoula
Billy Ray Sharkey	...	Blix
Glenn Withrow	...	Wes
Michael Melvin	...	Logan
Marc Rude	...	Sonny
Catherine Mary Stewart	...	Jessie
Cal Bartlett	...	Witherspoon (as Calvin Bartlett)
Pete Willcox	...	Daredelvis
Vance Colvig Jr.	...	Hezekiah
Ancel Cook	...	Rhatigan
Wycliffe Young	...	Watts
Red Wing	...	Laughing Bear
Christina Beck	...	Missoula's Girl
Molly Matthiesen	...	Blix's Girl
Read Morgan	...	Stoddard
John Densmore	...	Beeson
Pamela Gidley	...	Elyse
Peter Kent	...	Road Warrior
Leland Sun	...	Chinese Waiter
Tiny Wells	...	McGrorty
David K. Wolf	...	Ray Kellog
Judy Starr	...	Nancy Kellog
Marcia Darroch	...	Concessionaire
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jan Ackerman	...	The Vandals (as The Vandals)
Joe Escalante	...	The Vandals (as The Vandals)
Warren Fitzgerald	...	The Vandals (as The Vandals)
Dave Quackenbush	...	The Vandals (as The Vandals)
The Vandals	...	Themselves
Helen Kelly	...	Punk Rocker (uncredited)

Directed by
Penelope Spheeris

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Randall Jahnson		writer

Produced by
Herb Jaffe	....	producer
Miguel Tejada-Flores	....	producer

Original Music by
Charles Bernstein

Cinematography by
Robert Richardson

Film Editing by
Andy Horvitch

Casting by
Nina Axelrod

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Guy J. Louthan	....	first assistant director
Tim Minear	....	assistant director
John Scherer	....	second assistant director
Chuck Williams	....	assistant director

Art Department
Patrick Cassidy	....	set dresser (as Patrick T. Cassidy)
Star Fields	....	construction coordinator
Kevin Hughes	....	property master
Janet Kusnick	....	storyboard artist
Robert Lucas	....	lead man
Jonathan Smart	....	set dresser
Tim Trimble	....	scenic artist

Sound Department
Walt Martin	....	sound mixer
Cathie Speakman	....	sound editor
Simon Steele	....	recording artist

Stunts
Andy Gill	....	stunts: car chase
Ray Lykins	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Chris Lombardi	....	first assistant camera
Philip Alan Waters	....	additional camera operator
Bill L. Burwell	....	electrician (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Donald Likovich	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Steve Mccroskey	....	music editor

Other crew
Matt Gatson	....	post-production accountant
Jennifer Goldsmith	....	first assistant accountant
Tip Landay	....	craft service
Susan Malerstein	....	script supervisor
Bryan Reinhart	....	craft service

Production Companies

• Vista Organization

Distributors

• Cineplex Odeon Films (1988) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Ascot Video
• Image Entertainment (laserdisc)
• International Video Entertainment (IVE) (video)
• New Century Vista Film Company
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Runtime:

UK:86 min | USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Cottonwood, Arizona, USA

Company:

Vista Organization

Quotes:

[first lines]
Milo: I'm so sick of doing this; I'm sick of waiting for the world to end.
Biscut: Me, too. Why don't we do something else for a change?
Grant: Yeah? Like what?
Biscut: Well, if we put our heads together, maybe we could figure something out.
Grant: My head just got stepped on. I can't think of nothing.
Milo: California! Let's move to California!
Biscut: I got a job. I got responsibilities.
Milo: Biscut, you're washing dishes in a shithole, brother. Personally, I think you could risk the career change.

Movie Connections:

Features Jesse James (1939)

Soundtrack:

Vengeance Is Mine

I Agree With Pepper Anne - Dudes was EXCELLENT

Dudes is a fun albeit weirdly different movie. I didn't love it as much as Pepper Anne, but yeah - it's fun. From the opening with The Vandals to Lee Ving popping up as Cryer's nemesis, it never takes itself too seriously, even when it's taking itself too seriously. The plot is basically summed up in the Vandals tune "Urban Struggle" and P.A. above. Cryer and co. become disillusioned with the NY scene and head out west to see what lies out there. Run into Ving and his boys and things take a turn for the worse and then it's Cryer in Eastwood mode. Avenging angel.Anyway - take our words for it - Dudes is a semi-cult classic that's good for watching once every couple of years.