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Learn more. Off the Wall: Directed by Rick Friedberg. With Paul Sorvino, Patrick Cassidy, Rosanna Arquette, Bill Hufsey. Two young hitchhikers are picked up by a speed-crazed, young woman, who tears around the countryside. She leaves them to take the blame for her activities, and they find themselves sentenced to six months in prison.
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Two young hitchhikers are picked up a speed-crazed young woman, who tears around the countryside. She leaves them to take the blame for her activities, and they find themselves sentenced to six months in prison. The girl, feeling bad about what she did to them, resolves to break them out of the prison. Rick Friedberg. Director, Writer. Ron Kurz.
In some ways, this is a promising plot. A nice, dumb, funny movie could have been made. “Off the Wall” is not that movie. I knew we were in big trouble during an early courtroom scene where the hitchhikers are accused of “conduct not befitting a white man,” and then their black attorney approaches the judge with a shuffling, ignorant “yassuh, yo’ honor” routine worthy of the most ...
July 1984. ( 1984-07) Running time. 85 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Off the Wall is a 1983 American crime comedy film directed by Rick Friedberg, written by Dick Chudnow, and starring Paul Sorvino, Patrick Cassidy, and Rosanna Arquette .
Off the Wall (1983) - Screenwriter Ron Kurz has never seen the finished film.
Few stereotypes are ignored by director Rick Friedberg, his future SPY HARD screenwriter Dick Chudnow, and co-writer Ron Kurz (FRIDAY THE 13TH PART 2). Blacks, Asians, Southerners, Latinos, cops, Jews, gays, and others get the unfunny treatment right down to Rosanna Arquette stopping the show in disguise as a blues singer, then as Marilyn Monroe.
Jun 1, 2020 · Known to horror fans for writing the cult classic slasher, Kurz’ other writing credits include King Frat, Eyes of a Stranger, and Off the Wall. According to Fridaythe13thFranchise.com, Kurz died suddenly last month on May 7 due to heart failure, and word of his passing is just now making the rounds online. He was 79 years old.
