Joysticks
Directed byGreydon Clark
Written byAl Gomez
Mickey Epps
Curtis Burch
Produced byGreydon Clark
Starring
CinematographyNicholas Josef von Sternberg
Edited byLarry Bock
Production
company
Distributed byCitadel Films
Liberation Entertainment
Release date
  • March 4, 1983 (1983-03-04)
Running time
88 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$300,000 (estimated)
Box office$3,952,448 (USA)[1]
$1,256,315[2]

Joysticks is a 1983 American comedy film directed by Greydon Clark.

Plot

Jefferson Bailey (Scott McGinnis) runs the most popular video arcade in town, much to the chagrin of local businessman Joseph Rutter (Joe Don Baker). With his two bumbling nephews, Rutter aims to frame Bailey and have his business shut down. Bailey, however, is wise to Rutter's plan and teams with best friends Eugene Groebe (Leif Green) and McDorfus (Jim Greenleaf) to stop this scheme, which also involves a video game duel with punker King Vidiot (Jon Gries).

Cast

  • Joe Don Baker as Joseph Rutter
  • Leif Green as Eugene Groebe
  • Jim Greenleaf as Jonathan Andrew McDorfus
  • Scott McGinnis as Jefferson Bailey
  • Jon Gries as King Vidiot (credited as Jonathan Gries)
  • Corinne Bohrer as Patsy Rutter
  • John Diehl as Arnie
  • John Voldstad as Max
  • Reid Cruickshanks as Coach Straight
  • Morgan Lofting as Mrs. Rutter
  • Kym Malin as Lola
  • Kim G. Michel as Alva
  • Jacqulin Cole as Alexis Wheeler
  • Logan Ramsey as Mayor Neville
  • Justine Lenore as Nurse Tubitt

Production

Director Graydon Clark decided his next film would be an R-rated teen sex comedy based around video games when he saw a group of teenagers playing arcade games in the lobby during a test screening of his previous film, Wacko. The original title was Video Madness.[3] The production took 13 days.[4] Midway Games allowed the film to use the image of Pac-Man just for featuring its games in the film. These included Satan's Hollow and the then-unreleased Super Pac-Man used during the film's climactic video game showdown.[3] It also showcased a game by Los Angeles company Computer Kinetics Corp. called Stripper, which was a mod of a Shoei game called Streaker.[5]

Release

The film was theatrically released on March 4, 1983, in the United States by Jensen Farley Pictures and was the fifth highest grossing in its first week.[4] It grossed $3,952,448 in the United States.[6]

The film was released on VHS and Betamax by Vestron Video. Liberation Entertainment released the film on DVD in 2006. It was released on Blu-ray by Scorpion in 2013 as a 30th anniversary edition.

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was released in November 2015 by Eczema Records.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Joysticks at Box Office Mojo
  2. ↑ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 297. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  3. 1 2 "[THE DAILY GRINDHOUSE INTERVIEW] GREYDON CLARK ON 'JOYSTICKS' (1983)". Daily Grindhouse. 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  4. 1 2 Greenleaf, Jim (2010-07-13). "Dorfus Maneuver at California Extreme". Archived from the original on 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2022-01-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ↑ Willaert, Critical Kate (2021-09-06). "Why The First Playable Women Of The '80s Were Naked (Video Dames #0)". A Critical Hit!. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  6. ↑ "Joysticks". boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
  7. ↑ Eczema Records catalog, retrieved Nov. 5, 2015
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