The Hollywood Knights (1980) is an American motion picture comedy written and directed by Floyd Mutrux, depicting the crass and juvenile antics of a group of young practical jokers in Beverly Hills. The film's unusual mixture of anarchic tastelessness and wistful Vietnam-era nostalgia draws comparisons with two important American films of the preceding decade, John Landis's gross-out comedy National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), and George Lucas...
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The Hollywood Knights (1980) is an American motion picture comedy written and directed by Floyd Mutrux, depicting the crass and juvenile antics of a group of young practical jokers in Beverly Hills. The film's unusual mixture of anarchic tastelessness and wistful Vietnam-era nostalgia draws comparisons with two important American films of the preceding decade, John Landis's gross-out comedy National Lampoon's Animal House (1978), and George Lucas's coming-of-age tale American Graffiti (1973). The cast, led by Robert Wuhl as the gang leader, features Tony Danza and a young Michelle Pfeiffer as high school sweethearts, and Fran Drescher and Stuart Pankin in supporting roles.
On Hallowe'en night in 1965, a group of high school pranksters (the eponymous 'Hollywood Knights'), enraged by the Beverly Hills Homeowners Association's decision to close down their favourite haunt, a drive-in diner, launch a prolonged comic assault on the uptight association and two bumbling local police officers....
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