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Summary: Dumb but watchable
Review: A dumb movie somewhat redeemed by some nice skiing sequences but noteworthy largely due to the beautiful Shannon Tweed, whose hot presence spices up the bedroom and hot tub [adult] scenes. Cowabunga to that! The rest of the movie you can pretty much fast forward through.
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Summary: So Bad, It's Immortal
Review: Along with "Duets" and "The Mirror Has Two Faces," "Hot Dog: The Movie" is my favourite film for getting my MST 3000 practice in.I give it two stars rather than one, because of the truly awesome skiing jumps and stunts. However, I can get that from watching the Olympics every four years, or from viewing ABC's "Wide World of Sports" during the winter months. Otherwise, this flick would more aptly be titled "Cheese Dog."
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Summary: Classic 80's nostalgia - must have!
Review: Among the original budget T&A comedies. This was one popular flick when it came out - now it's nearly forgotten! Hollywood and Blockbuster Video didn't have it, college-age employees never heard of it, so I went out and bought it on special order.... ..Sheeeesh! This awesome movie boasts Duran Duran's "Hungry Like A Wolf", a young Shannon Tweed, and the everlasting greatness of downhill skiing....and of course, a refreshing look at a time before political correctness. Looking at the picture quality, this movie desperately needs re-mastering and a DVD version.
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Summary: Hot Dog is "Top of the Food Chain"!
Review: Awesome. This flick has all the moguls your skis can handle. Squirrel's ride in the gondola is a classic. And what other movie offers a "Chinese Downhill"? This is the perfect movie to watch over and over should your cable ever go out. For those of you who don't agree with this review, I'll quote Dan from the movie: "You can kiss my.... Not on zis side, not on zat side, but right in ze middle!"
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Summary: HELP I NEED TO FIND THIS MOVIE
Review: CAN ANYONE PLEASE TELL ME WHERE I CAN FIND THIS MOVIE? NEED AS A GIFT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
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Summary: Stay out of zee middle...
Review: Did you ever own white Vuarnets? Are you stoked that padded ski sweaters are coming back in? Did you ever want to be the toast of Tahoe, ski all season long, party every night and hang out with a wacky bunch of ski bums with names like "Thrasher" and "Squirrel?" Then check out this early 80's classic (I know, it came out in '84, but it's SO '82). Harkin Banks is the wunderkind from the sticks who hooks up with Dan O'Callahan, the good time Squaw Valley veteran who's a permanent fixture on the competitive ski scene, sharing slopes and hot tubs with his party hardy co-horts: the nutty Squirrel Murphy, who digs zinc oxide, sexy ski bunnies and long gondola rides; Kendo Yamamoto, who doesn't speak much English, but can tear down the mountain like a Kamakaze; Thrasher, the punk rocker who dances to his own tune, even at parties; and a host of semi-nameless others. And what would a crazy party flick be without some bad guys? Enter Rudy Garmisch, zee Austrian ski champ and nemesis of the Squaw Valley locals. He and his loyal "Rudettes", also from zee Austrian slopes, push some of the locals out of the upcoming competition with promises of good television ratings and new sponsorships from internationally minded companies. Uh-oh! Dan's not happy with that at all...and the battle begins. Not to worry, all's well that ends well. After all, what tiff can't be settled over a friendly game of Chinese Downhill? Not sure you wanna play? No worries...perhaps you'd enjoy one of Dan's famous "Leg Spreader" cocktails. And to top it all off, there's some fantastic ski footage set to even more fantastic early 80's synth music. Buy this movie...the gondola at Squaw will never be the same.
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Summary: Sunny Side Up
Review: Does Hot Dog: The Movie have stellar acting, fascinating characters, and brilliant writing? No. If you want an oscar worthy film that makes you think or makes you cry, don't even bother reading the rest of my review. But if you want silly, politically incorrect, 80's fun, this is a terrific flick. A real classic from my generation. Aspen Extreme may be a much smarter film, but who really wants that in a ski film? Hot Dog set the 80's standard for a good ski film: good ski action, plenty of beer drinking, some attractive buxom women, and some silly humor. Hot Dog is still the best in this regard: Ski School has more breasts but is so terribly NOT funny, despite stealing the Hot Dog storyline almost to the letter, and Ski Patrol goes one step further by being terribly NOT funny and having NO breasts whatsoever! (Dear God, why?). The synopsis, like most 80's comedies, seems to follow the Animal House blueprint. The fun, loveable, party guys are being put down by the ...sexually repressed jerks with perfect hair, and they must fight for their right to party. In this case, our heroes are a group of mostly american skiiers known as "The Rat Pack", led by Dan, played by David Naughton of "American Werewolf In London" and "Midnight Madness" notoriety (remember that flick?). The Rat Pack also includes all american boy Harkin Banks, goofy sidekick Squirrel and Okendo ... Yamamoto. Our uptight villians are led by Austrian skiier Rudy "Stay out of ze middle" Garmischt (an uptight Austrian? Surely you jest!). Good looking, all american boy, and rookie skiing sensation, Harkin Banks seems to be outskiing everybody, including Rudy Kazooti, but the judges, probably influenced by big dollars from European sponsers and TV stations, seem to be overlooking this. So our heroes challenge the Austrians to a no holds barred, no rules, Chinese downhill, with the first one to the bottom taking home the trophy. Some good, funny characters in this film, with Squirrel and Okendo taking home the prize, and a few buxom beauties showing us their assets, such as Sunny (Tracy N. Smith, who had a small part in "Bachelor Party"), and Sylvia, played by Playboy Playmate, eventual softcore B-movie queen, and longtime girlfriend of Gene Simmons, Shannon Tweed. Skiing, breasts, beer, and some good humor win the day is this typical 80's comedy. Being a skiier from Salt Lake City, I've gone through a few copies of this movie over the years. It gets played about ten times every winter!
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Summary: Right in zee middle!
Review: Dude, this movie rocks. Especially the wet t-shirt contest. They got tat and i'm all about that.
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Summary: Gotta Watch It Every Year
Review: Every fall we invite all our skiing friends over for some beer, and our annual viewing of this movie. If this doesn't get you in the mood for skiing (and some other moods as well) nothing will. We've just about worn our copy out. I keep looking for a DVD release, but I guess the snow snakes have it.
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Summary: Next Year We'll Have Uniforms!
Review: Hot Dog The Movie is one of the best films of all time! I watched this movie all through high school and can remember watching all of the classic ski sequences at 5:00 AM while waiting for my friends to pick me up to go skiing. As is true with many others, this movie has become a ritual to get me ready for the ski season. Who else thought Bannana Pants was hot? Who thinks Sunny's thighs were too big? Who thought Squirel Murphy should have had better luck? And one last question: WHERE CAN I FIND THE SOUNDTRACK?
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