The Allnighter
Director: Tamar Simon Hoffs
Genre: Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance Film, Sex comedy, Teen, Coming of age
Year: 1987
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language
Starring: Susanna Hoffs, Dedee Pfeiffer, Joan Cusack, Pam Grier, Michael Ontkean, John Terlesky, James Shanta, Meshach Taylor, Phil Brock
The Allnighter is a 1987 American comedy film directed by Tamar Simon Hoffs, released on May 1, 1987. The movie stars Susanna Hoffs, Dedee Pfeiffer, Joan Cusack and Pam Grier.
The Allnighter is well known for the famous scene in which Susanna Hoffs slowly dances in front of a mirror in her underwear to the tune of the classic Aretha Franklin hit "Respect". The movie was meant as a vehicle for The Bangles lead singer, Susanna Hoffs, and was written and directed by her mother. Instead, the film bombed, and led Hoffs to abandon pursuit of a film career.
Molly (Hoffs), Val (Pfeiffer) and Gina (Cusack) are graduating college, but on their final night, frustrations are aired. Molly is still looking for real love and Val is beginning to doubt if that is what she has found. Gina is too busy videotaping everything to really notice. When the final party at Pacifica College kicks off, things do not go exactly as planned.
The movie was popularly and critically panned, receiving a 0% on the Internet review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes.
The film, according to motion picture-historian Leonard Maltin, was "...grotesque in the AIDS era, although it would be a stinker in any age."
On August 24, 1999,
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