13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
fun fun fun times at Palm Springs Weekend, August 30, 2000
This review is from: Palm Springs Weekend [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This film is great teenage fun and fun for the whole family. It's all about a group of college kids and other adolescents all converging on a resort town during Spring break thanks to Director Norman Taurog, Screenwriter Earl Hamner Jr. and a solid cast.
This was another Warner Brothers vehicle for Troy Donahue, who had just completed four quality productions with director Delmar Daves. This is not a bad film and is quite fun to watch. Troy even sings the title song behind the credits! It is chockfull of character actors and many television veterans from the 60s all the way up through the 90s. See if you can pick them out. They were all pretty young!
Troy Donahue also appeared on TV in "Surfside 6" and "Hawaiian Eye." Troy Donahue, born Merle Johnson, Jr. studied journalism at Columbia University and began appearing in stock productions. He entered into films with Universal and Warner Brothers.
Thanks, Troy Donahue! The good-times cast includes Connie Stevens, Robert Conrad, Ty Hardin, Stefanie Powers, Andrew Duggan, Jack Weston, Jerry Van Dyke, Billy Mumy and Carole Cook. Don't forget Troy!
This is one of the best VHS prints I have ever seen. It is excellent.
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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Biggest Alka Seltzer I've Ever Seen, January 4, 2004
This review is from: Palm Springs Weekend [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This was a fun 60's movie that captured the essence of the times. The cast was very well put together, although I had to chuckle at Troy Donahue with his obvious false eyelashes. He was prettier than Stephanie Powers! Tina Cole should have had a bigger part but boy was she ever grounded after those "leather jackets" trashed her parent's house. Jerry Van Dyke looks and acts so much like his brother, Dick, that it was hard to tell the difference. What a comic talent! Connie Stephens did exceptionally well playing the high school kid pretending to be the sophisticated "tease". Her character was very lucky that she didn't get raped by the bad boy of the movie, played by Robert Conrad, in contrast to what happened to Yvette Mimieux's character in "Where the Boys Are". But she manages to come clean in the end and finds true love in hero Stretch (Ty Hardin). Little Billy Mummy was a scene stealer, particularly in the scene where Jerry Van Dyke falls in the pool with the laundry soap and the pool turns into "the biggest alka seltzer I've ever seen". What a hoot! I was a bit disappointed in the underlying message at the end when Stephanie Powers leaves it up to Troy Donahue to make the decision whether to go all the way, in fear that she will lose him to "knowing other girls in that way". I cringe at the thought of the girl letting the boy make that decision for her, then or now. All in all, this was a blast from the past- a great movie to watch again and again.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Great Weekend for everyone, October 25, 2002
This review is from: Palm Springs Weekend [VHS] (VHS Tape)
What a great film. Not as kitchy as the Avalon/Funicello films but lots of fun bits and great characters. Zeme North is just great as the "plain girl" Amanda; Jerry Van Dyke is a terrific goof ball, and Robert Conrad plays the bad rich boy with gusto.
The VHS quality is very good and the film is wonderful fun for the whole family -- although my kids can't believe college kids actually wore jackets and ties to a party. Probably the most fun is watching Troy Donahue and Stephanie Powers do their crazy version of the twist. Gotta love this film.
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