Hot Dog - Der Typ mit dem heißen Ski

Originaltitel: Hot Dog ...The Movie

1983
16
1 Std. 36 Min.

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5,1/10

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Hot Dog - Der Typ mit dem heißen Ski (1983)

Harkin Banks heads to skiing championships in California. A teen runaway tags along as he parties and competes with friends and foes.

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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuHarkin Banks heads to skiing championships in California. A teen runaway tags along as he parties and competes with friends and foes.Harkin Banks heads to skiing championships in California. A teen runaway tags along as he parties and competes with friends and foes.Harkin Banks heads to skiing championships in California. A teen runaway tags along as he parties and competes with friends and foes.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

5,1/10

4127

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Wissenswertes
James Saito, who played Kendo, couldn't actually speak Japanese. He fooled the entire crew for the first three weeks. During an interview with Outside magazine in 2016, he said, "At the audition, they asked me if I could speak Japanese. I don't speak any of it, but all the guys at the table were white guys, so I thought they'd never know the difference. I just said any household words in Japanese that I knew from growing up. When I got the part, I had a friend translate my lines. But during the course of the shooting, my part got bigger, and so the director would say, 'Jimmy, can you say this?' And I'd go, 'Uh, yeah, sure. When are we gonna shoot?' And they'd say, 'About 30 minutes.' So I'd ski down to the lodge and call my friend. Every day I had like three Japanese-English dictionaries in my pockets and a whole list of things to say."

Patzer
When Dan challenges Rudy to the Chinese Downhill, he states, "Forty bucks a man, winner takes all." At the start of the race, the announcer says that the winner will get $2300. 2300 doesn't divide evenly by 40. Further, only about 26 racers can be seen at the start. That would make the grand total $1040.

Zitate
[speaking English for the first time]
Kendo Yamamoto: What the fuck is Chinese Downhill?

Alternative Versionen
In the Producer's Cut, Harkin comes back to his motel room feeling sad. He picks up his guitar and starts playing, Sunny (who left him after seeing him in the hot tub with Sylvia while she messed around with Rudi) walks in and he starts singing to Sunny. After he finishes, he asks if she has any requests. She tells him to kiss him on the cheek, they hug and forgive each other. This takes care of a plot hole in the theatrical cut where Sunny does not return to Harkin until the end of the aerials competition, and she starts celebrating with him as if nothing happened between them.

Verbindungen
Featured in At the Movies: Broadway Danny Rose/Reckless/The Dresser/Reuben Reuben (1984)

Soundtracks
Top Of The Hill
Music by Peter Bernstein
Lyrics by Mark Goldenberg
Performed by Clif Magness

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A FUN '80'S COMEDY, AND A FINE EXAMPLE OF THE POST-"ANIMAL HOUSE" RAUNCHCOM GENRE

I saw this one in a Fairfield, Ct theater with a bunch of fellow tanked-up theater circuit employees, and we loved it! Sure it's stupid! Who cares? My cardinal rule with comedy is that it doesn't have to be highbrow to be funny; if a comedy makes you laugh, it has succeeded.

The predictable "snobs vs slobs" comedy is given the novel twist of having the slobs actually be highly proficient at their field of expertise, in this case "hot dog" skiing. While the comedy is pretty standard, the scenes on the slopes are standouts, particularly the spectacular Chinese Downhill race. And let us not forget that living proof of the existence of the Goddess, Shannon Tweed. The only thing that she's missing is the giant seashell that she looks like she stepped out of!!!

As for the heroes of the film, if you've ever gone seriously skiing, you know these guys. The raging alcoholic, the stoner, the foreign expert, the annoying new-kid-on-the-slopes/phenom, the thermonuclear ski goddess... They're all here. And don't miss the scene that features Mitch ryder's rockin' cover of Prince's "When You Were Mine." Kick back some tallboys and check it out!