Up the Creek (1984 film)
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.jpg) Up the Creek theatrical poster |
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| Directed by | Robert Butler |
| Produced by | Michael L. Meltzer Joel Chernoff |
| Written by | Jim Kouf Jeff Sherman Douglas Grossman |
| Starring | Tim Matheson Stephen Furst Dan Monahan Sandy Helberg Jeff East James B. Sikking Julia Montgomery |
| Music by | William Goldstein Cheap Trick |
| Cinematography | James Glennon |
| Editing by | Bill Butler |
| Studio | Orion Pictures |
| Distributed by | Orion Pictures |
| Release date(s) | April 6, 1984 |
| Running time | 96 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $7 million |
| Box office | $11,708,269 |
Up the Creek is a 1984 comedy film, directed by Robert Butler. Although the film itself was not as popular as other "college romp" films, the four lead parts all came to the film with experience in popular comedies, most notably Animal House and Porky's.
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Plot summary [edit]
Bob McGraw, Max, Gonzer, and Irwin, students at Lepetomane University (known derisively by some as "Lobotomy U"), are volunteered to compete in a collegiate raft race. They are "recruited" by Dean Burch who uses records of McGraw's checkered past as a means of blackmail to get them to compete. "You're not AT the bottom of the list. You ARE the bottom of the list!", says Burch. He even offers them degrees in the major of their choice as additional incentive. They're up against Ivy University, prep schoolers who, with the help of an Ivy alumnus named Dr. Roland Tozer, plan to cheat their way to the Winner's Circle.
Their adversaries also include the Washington Military Institute, disqualified for their attempts to sabotage the other schools rafts. Captain Braverman, the leader of the Military men, has it in for McGraw because he personally curtailed the attempts to sabotage the other rafts. Also entered is a team of beautiful co-eds, one of whom ends up falling for Bob. The dangerous rapids as well as Ivy's cheating end up disabling many of the other teams' rafts. It is all down river adventure for the Lepetomane gang.
Cast [edit]
- Tim Matheson ... Bob McGraw
- Dan Monahan ... Max
- Sandy Helberg ... Irwin
- Stephen Furst ... Gonzer
- Jeff East ... Rex Crandall
- James Sikking ... Tozer (as James B. Sikking)
- Blaine Novak ... Captain Braverman
- Mark Andrews ... Rocky
- Jesse D. Goins ... Brown
- Julia Montgomery ... Lisa (as Julie Montgomery)
- Jennifer Runyon ... Heather Merriweather
- Romy Windsor ... Corky
- John Hillerman ... Dean Burch
- Grant Wilson ... Reggie
- Jeana Tomasino ... Molly
- Will Bledsoe ... Roger van Dyke
- Robert Costanzo ... Campus Guard Charlie
- Ken Gibbel ... Campus Guard Leslie
- Hap Lawrence ... Gas Station Attendant
- Frank Welker as the voice of Chuck the Dog
Production notes [edit]
This film was filmed near Bend, Oregon.
Soundtrack [edit]
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | 1984 |
| Genre | Rock, Hard rock |
| Label | Pasha |
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| Allmusic |    link |
- "Up the Creek" – Cheap Trick
- "The Heat" – Heart
- "30 Days in the Hole" – Kick Axe
- "Great Expectations (You Never Know What to Expect)" – Ian Hunter
- "Chasin' the Sky" – The Beach Boys
- "Get Ready Boy" – Shooting Star
- "One Track Heart (Passion in the Dark)" – Danny Spanos
- "Take It" – Shooting Star
- "Two Hearts on the Loose Tonight" – Randy Bishop
- "Get Ready Boy (Instrumental)" – Shooting Star
The song that was in the film, but not on the soundtrack is "First Girl President" by Namrac.
External links [edit]
- Up the Creek review at the New York Times
- Up the Creek at the Internet Movie Database
- Up the Creek at AllRovi
- Up the Creek at Rotten Tomatoes
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