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{ By John Vaughan
"I don't want to spend the rest of my life
scaring people. It's time to do a crazy
comedy, some pleasant, fun entertainment,"
said cinema schlock-master
Sean Cunningham.
And so Cunningham, the man who brought
the moviegoing public such hack-'em-up
classics as "Friday the 13th" and "Last
House on the Left," has turned his ex?
ploitative camera toward more healthy
bodies.
The result is "Spring Break," a movie
that, according to the promotional line,
"follows the adventures of four young men
and their perpetual pursuit of fun and
games with some of the most attractive
young women who ever filled a bikini."
THE PROMO line is, at least, on target.
"Spring Break" has cast professional model
Jayne Modean and 1982 Penthouse Pet of the
4 Year Corinne Alphen among its bevy of
beach blanket beauties. Their roles require
little more than competing for the most
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college guys out to make out the most during
their week's respite from the rigors of
college life.
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actor, a graduate of New York's fame
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1&2 year run in the Broadway production of
"Deathtrap" with this less-than-demanding
characterization.
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though, the film will likely
titillate its audiences with on-location
shooting at Fort Lauderdale, Fla. ? the
mecca of the spring break phenomenon.
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release around the country in the next two
weeks, as half the fun of seeing "Spring
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of "contests" of every sort: the Wet T-Shirt,
the Wet He-Shirt, the Belly Flop, the TeenieWeenie
Bikini and the Erotic Banana Eating
contests are gratuitously staged for the
camera's roving eye, and the beer flows in
several spontanenous "chug-a-lug" races.
Cunningham is undoubtedly more skilled
as a producer, however, than as a director.
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trade paper ads announcing production
while actually looking for backers. The
movie has gone on to earn more than $70
million worldwide.
He followed "Friday the 13th" with
another independent production, "A
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"Spring Break" will take its dubious place
alongside "Porky"s" as another of those
high-grossing, low-mentality phenomenons
that never fail to attract the American
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