Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
Short description
The Lambda Lambda Lambda fraternity travels to Fort Lauderdale for a national gathering of student organizations, with Lewis Skolnick and his friends expecting sun, parties and a chance to enjoy themselves. Their rival fraternity, the Alphas, works to undermine them at the event, and the nerds find their accommodations cancelled. They must outwit their larger, more aggressive rivals while trying to make an impression on the women they meet.
Joe Roth directed the film, his first feature as director; his later directing work includes America's Sweethearts, Christmas with the Kranks and Freedomland. Dan Guntzelman and Steve Marshall wrote the screenplay, and Ted Field, Robert W. Cort and Peter Bart produced. Robert Carradine returns as Lewis, alongside Larry B. Scott as Lamar Latrell, Timothy Busfield as Arnold Poindexter, Curtis Armstrong as Dudley Booger Dawson and Anthony Edwards as Gilbert Lowell, with Courtney Thorne-Smith as Sunny Carstairs. The credited cast numbers 32 and the credited crew 102.
Made for about 10 million dollars, the film took roughly 30 million dollars worldwide, a solid return for a comedy of its size. Audiences have been modest in their assessment: on IMDb it holds 5.1 from around 16,000 votes, and on TMDB 5.6 from 314 votes, figures that place it below the original among viewers rather than among the high points of the series.
What's left behind the scenes
- Actress Julia Montgomery declined to reprise her role as Betty, as she had done in the first film of the franchise («Revenge of the Nerds», Jeff Kanew, 1984), because the original script stipulated that Betty cheated on Lewis. The sequel's director, Joe Roth, offered to rewrite that scene, but the actress stood her ground. She did, however, appear in the sequels (1992 and 1994). The film opens with Lewis keeping a photograph of Betty, hinting that they are still together, and later in the film, he cheats on her with Sunny, played by Courtney Thorne-Smith.
- Anthony Edwards was reluctant to appear in the sequel for several reasons: he felt that the original film had already told the entire story, he did not want his name to be associated solely with this type of comedy, and he simply did not like the script. Regardless, he was bound by the terms of his contract and had to play the role. The script was specifically revised so that Edwards could quickly shoot his scenes. In the next sequel (1992), this character was played by Mike Greenwood, and he is simply absent from the final installment of the franchise.
- The soundtrack features the song «Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini».
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