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Skatetown, U.S.A. is a 1979 American comedy musical film produced to capitalize on the short-lived fad of roller disco. [2] Directed by William A. Levey, the film features many television stars from the 1960s and 1970s, among them Scott Baio, Flip Wilson, Maureen McCormick, Ron Palillo and Ruth Buzzi.
Pages in category "Roller skating films" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Released by United Artists on December 19, 1979, Roller Boogie received mostly negative reviews from film critics, who deemed it a shallow film exploiting the trends of disco and roller skating, though it was a box office success, grossing over $13 million.
1979 Romance TV movie about two teens who become romantically involved as they train for a skating championship. Ice Pawn: 1989 Drama Dan Haggerty's favorite champion of ice skating. On Thin Ice: The Tai Babilonia Story: 1990 Biographical Fact-based TV film on champion skater's career focusing on her drug abuse and depression. Carmen on Ice: 1990
Roller Boogie: United Artists / Compass International Pictures: Mark L. Lester (director); Barry Schneider (screenplay); Linda Blair, Jim Bray, Albert Insinnia, Jimmy Van Patten, Kimberly Beck, Stoney Jackson, Beverly Garland, Mark Goddard: 20 All That Jazz: 20th Century Fox
In 1978 Chicago, after the local roller rink the "Palisade Garden" closes down, 16-year-old Xavier "X" Smith and his friends Junior, Boo, Naps, “Mixed” Mike, along with his new neighbor Tori, spend their summer roller skating in the ritzy uptown rink "Sweetwater" where they are disrespected by the five-year roller disco contest champions, Sweetness and his crew, the Sweetwater Rollers.
The live-action sequences featuring The Skatebirds mostly revolved around the nasty Scat Cat perpetually chasing the roller-skating trio and trying to get the best of them. Unlike the Banana Splits live-action segments, the Skatebirds were filmed in a variety of theme-park locations, rather than running around in a single studio. [2]
This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1979 per Variety.The data was based on grosses from 20 to 22 key cities and therefore, the gross quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.