Revenge of the Nerds [Blu-ray]

Director: Jeff Kanew Jeff Kanew

Overview

Revenge of the Nerds is the juvenile sex comedy perhaps most synonymous with the 1980s, alternating gags and scantily clad women with a power to the underdogs mentality that prompted three sequels. The handsome jocks of Alpha Beta, led by Stan (Ted McGinley), run Adams College, which means that when they burn down their house after a stunt involving grain alcohol and an open flame, they kick a bunch of socially inept freshman out of their dorm and into the gymnasium. But sleeping on cots is only the beginning of their worries, as the so-called nerds soon become the target of pranks by Alpha Beta, assisted by Betty (Julie Montgomery) and the gorgeous gals of Pi Delta Pi. Instead of taking the abuse sitting down, the displaced freshman, led by Gilbert (Anthony Edwards) and Lewis (Robert Carradine), buy a ramshackle house, affiliate themselves with the only national chapter who will take them (the all-black Lambda Lambda Lambda), and use their superior intellect to launch a counterstrike. The bespectacled but loveable geeks set up surveillance cameras in the Pi bathroom and put liquid heat in the athletes' jock straps, then draft a sister sorority of misfits (Omega Mu) to strengthen their resources. The frats quickly become bitter rivals, and the goal is to win the annual fraternity decathlon, which involves such feats as a burping contest and a go-cart race, with bragging rights (and perhaps peace of mind) at stake. Look for John Goodman and future thirtysomething cast member Timothy Busfield in small roles, and expect a torrent of nasal laughter. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide

Product Details

Release Date:	05/06/2014
UPC:	0024543873112
Original Release:	1984
Rating:	R
Source:	BUENA VISTA HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:30:00
Sales rank:	4,139

Special Features

I'm a nerd, and I'm pretty proud of it; Deleted scenes; Revenge of the Nerds TV pilot; Commentary by director Jeff Kanew and actors Robert Carradine, Timothy Busfield and Curtis Armstrong; Original theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Robert Carradine	Lewis Skolnick
Anthony Edwards	Gilbert Lowell
Ted McGinley	Stan Gable
Bernie Casey	U.N. Jefferson
Timothy Busfield	Poindexter
Andrew Cassese	Wormser
Curtis Armstrong	Booger
Larry B. Scott	Lamar
Brian Tochi	Takashi
Julie Montgomery	Betty,Betty
Michelle Meyrink	Judy
Matt Salinger	Burke
Donald Gibb	Ogre
Jamie Cromwell	Mr. Skolnick,Mr. Skolnick
David Wohl	Dean Ulich
John Goodman	Coach Harris
Alice Hirson	Mrs. Lowe
F. William Parker	Sergeant
Roger Carter	U.N.'s Assistant
Kres Mersky	Mrs. Wormser
Marianne Muellerleile	Woman
Lisa Welch	Suzy
Suzanne B. Hayes	Michelle
Shawn Siqueiros	Joanne
Sandra Katzel	Connie
Henry Kendrick	Trainer,Trainer
Fumio Kodama	Japanese Man
Lance Lombardo	Lamar's Date
William B. Wilson	Tough-looking Guy
Carl Cherry	Tri-Lamb
Adam Frank	Blonde Nerd
Taylor Samuels	Plaid Brother
Bradley Grunberg	Plaid Brother
James Anklam	Hooded Alpha Beta
Matthew M. Haugh	Alpha Beta
William C. Horning	Alpha Beta
Angela C. Gardaphe	Pi Member
Lisa Kolasa	Pi Member
Kristen Kinderman	Pi Member
Kay Strunk	Pi Member
Gamble Baffert	Rho-Rho
Brian Lover	Rho-Rho
Jerry Kurinsky	Rho-Rho
Tonja Sue Philbee	Rho-Rho
Monique Sorensen	Rho-Rho
Calon Blackledge	Rho-Rho
Scott Bird	Nerd
Steven Duran	Nerd
Theodore Kerpez	Nerd
Vincent Lindsley	Nerd
Susan Myers	Pi
Kelly Reed	Lap Girl
Thomas Newman	Composer

Technical Credits

David Obst

Steve Zacharias

Jeff Buhai

Tim Metcalfe

Miguel Tejada-Flores

Peter Bart	Executive Producer,Producer
Ted Field	Producer
Jeff Kanew	Director
David Obst	Executive Producer,Producer,Screenwriter
Peter Samuelson	Producer
Joe Unsinn	Special Effects
Steve Zacharias	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Jeff Buhai	Screenwriter
Tim Metcalfe	Screenwriter
Miguel Tejada-Flores	Screenwriter
Al Overton	Sound/Sound Designer
Al Overton Jr.	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

After numerous T & A comedies starring the beautiful people, Revenge of the Nerds spun comic and box-office gold from the risky decision to make disenfranchised dorks the heroes. And these are not just "movie nerds," either -- with the possible exception of future ER hunk Anthony Edwards, the Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity is genuinely geeky. Although the film's intelligence level is more often in line with Porky's than a masterwork like Animal House, Revenge of the Nerds staked a claim for real public affection, enough to spawn three sequels and turn jock-bashing into a patriotic enterprise. The film lives off its succession of memorable set pieces, many of which focus on the disrobing of sorority sisters: the surveillance-enhanced panty raid, the pie-eating contest, the awkward first co-mingling of the Lambdas and the equally unfortunate Omega Mus. The frat decathlon caps the prank-pulling and one-upping perfectly, closing with the hilarious "Lambda Rap," which younger fans had memorized by their inevitable third or fourth viewing. Curtis Armstrong is particularly funny as the crude belcher Booger, just one of the great names that helped shape future nerd lore: Wormser, Poindexter, Takashi, and Gilbert fill out the crowd. Revenge of the Nerds delineates the college social scene with such willfully broad strokes that it sets up a classic battle between good and evil, picked-on and privileged. The underdog victory allows the audience, through cheeky grins, to celebrate who they really are, rather than who Hollywood tells them they wish they could be.

All Movie Guide