The Hollywood Knights (1980) on Netflix
In Beverly Hills on Halloween night 1965, Newbomb Turk leads the Hollywood Knights, a pranking car club, through one last night at Tubby's Drive-In before the restaurant is torn down.
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Plot summary
It's Halloween 1965 in Hollywood and is also the last day that a drive in which the hang out of some youths who call themselves the Hollywood Knights will be open. It is being closed because most of the local snobs don't like them so they decided to close the drive in to get rid of them. Now the Knights decide to lash back at those who were responsible. And they try to make the best of the drive in's last night. They also have some new pledges and they have to perform a very daring task which includes making a song request and an announcement about the closing of Tubby's Drive In which is the Home of the Hollywood Knights Car Club before Midnight with the Local DJ played by none other than Wolfman Jack. Also one of the Knights is going to Vietnam, so he is making the best of his last day. And another member is having problems with his girlfriend.
Cast
- Julius Averittas Earle
- Steve Ballardas Mechanic
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Hollywood Knights (1980)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The 1957 Chevy Bel Air 210 driven by Danza and Pfeiffer is a famous project car called Project X, which began life in 1965 as a magazine test mule for Popular Hot Rodding and is considered by many to be the most famous '57 Chevy in history.
- Director Floyd Mutrux said on the DVD commentary that he was at one point going to direct Urban Cowboy and would likely have cast Michelle Pfeiffer as Sissy. That film's producer, Robert Evans, also preferred Pfeiffer, but its eventual director, James Bridges, refused to cast anyone but Debra Winger.
- The cast, led by Robert Wuhl as the fraternity's charismatic leader, features Tony Danza and Michelle Pfeiffer in their film debuts, alongside Gailard Sartain, Fran Drescher and Stuart Pankin in supporting roles.
- The lead role of Newbomb Turk was former stand-up comic Robert Wuhl's first film performance; he later won two Emmy Awards for writing, working with Billy Crystal on the scripts for the 63rd and 64th Academy Awards ceremonies.
- Robert Wuhl, Tony Danza and Stuart Pankin all played teenage characters although they were well past that age: Wuhl and Danza were both in their late twenties and Pankin was 33 years old.
- The film left its mark on music: the Columbus, Ohio band New Bomb Turks took their name from its protagonist.
