Tuff Turf

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Tuff Turf

1985

Directed by Fritz Kiersch

Meet Morgan Hiller. He's a rebel about to become a hero.

The new guy in a Los Angeles high school, Morgan, does some singing and fights hotshot Nick over disco dancer Frankie.

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James Spader Kim Richards Paul Mones Matt Clark Claudette Nevins Olivia Barash Robert Downey Jr. Panchito Gómez Michael Wyle Catya Sassoon Francis X. McCarthy Art Evans Herb Mitchell Ceil Cabot Donald Fullilove Vivian Brown Bill Beyers Jered Barclay Lou Fant Gene Pietragallo Donna Fuller Evonne Kezios Cheryl Ann Clark Matt Gavin Chad McCann William Bergman John Berry Jr. Rick Braun Mark Campbell Show All…

Director

Fritz Kiersch

Producers

Donald P. Borchers Pat Kehoe Bob Manning

Writer

Jette Rinck

Story

Murray Michaels Greg Collins O'Neill

Casting

Linda Francis

Editor

Marc Grossman

Cinematography

Willy Kurant

Assistant Directors

James R. Murray Jesse Wayne Stuart B. Hagen

Lighting

James J. Gilson

Camera Operator

Elliot Davis

Art Direction

Craig Stearns

Set Decoration

Anne Kuljian Peter Borck Susan Emshwiller

Stunts

Vince Deadrick Jr. Steven Lambert Jeff Smolek Chuck Waters Pete Antico Scott Wilder Bernie Pock Steve Picerni Spiro Razatos Paula Moody Bob Yerkes

Choreography

Robert Banas

Composer

Jonathan Elias

Sound

Ed White Gregg Barbanell Julia Evershade Craig Felburg Blake Leyh Greg Jacobs Frederick Wasser Neil Brody Gary C. Bourgeois Joseph D. Citarella

Costume Design

Kathie Clark

Makeup

Christy Ann Newquist

Hairstyling

Kathy Webright Teresa M. Austin

Studios

Planet Productions New World Pictures New World Production

Country

USA

Language

English

Alternative Titles

Los rebeldes, Love-Fighters - Tuff Turf, Love Fighters, 较量场情敌厮杀, Városi vagányok, Love-Fighters, Ultima occasione, A toda marcha, Årgang '85, 터프, Tuff Turf: O Rebelde, Стенка на стенку, 火爆小子, Quartier chaud, Rebel z mé školy

Genres

Romance Drama Action

Themes

Underdogs and coming of age Dance rhythms and catchy tunes Violent action, guns, and crime Show All…

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maya
Review by maya ★★½ 3

if you see me logging 5 james spader movies today no you didnt

Todd Gaines
Review by Todd Gaines ★★★★ Liked 24

Here's a Rebel With a Clue movie with James Spader as the new kid in town; in a battle with a local street gang.

Man, James Spader smokes it! He looks cool as fuck as he rides his bicycle, sports his shades, pimps his leather jacket, dances a funky groove and even plays the piano while "singing" a romantical tune. 

Speaking of music. You have a heavy synth-pop musical score. Plus, multiple scenes with live bands performing. My favorite has to be Jack Mack and The Heart Attack jamming to So Tuff. Jack Mack's gap between his front teeth is a sight to see.

Robert Downey Jr has an enjoyable supporting role as Spader's only male friend in town. He's either…

trinity ★
Review by trinity ★ ★★½

i fear not even james spader could save this mess. the soundtrack and outfits were absolutely everything though. 

and kim richards’ hair actually had my jaw on the floor

Yves Bouwen
Review by Yves Bouwen ★★★★ Liked 4

In Tuff Turf James Spader plays the new kid, not the bully. He falls for the girl of the gang leader of the Tuffs. Highschool trouble is around every corner. The movie regular shifts gear. Before heading full throttle towards West Side Story, around the fifty minute mark the movie shift briefly back into Ferris Bueler gear. The characters of James Spader, Robert Downey Jr., Kim Richards and Olivia Barash crash a country club party. While the kids are stuffing themselves at the buffet and Olivia Barash is trying to convince the country club members to swallow, a band named Dale Gonyea with J.R. & the Z-Men is playing the most fun version of Twist and Shout. When the band stops,…

bira
Review by bira

james spader the sexiest man ever objectively speaking

matt lynch
Review by matt lynch ★★★ Liked

Plays like a Cannon REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE knockoff for squares until it unexpectedly escalates in some genuinely alarming ways, and then it's like a reverse THE NEW KIDS.* Amusingly silly and unpleasant in equal measure, and I haven't even mentioned all the musical numbers.

*An essential work for Spader completeists.

Sally Jane Black
Review by Sally Jane Black 6

There's a moment in this when Spader is being beaten (again) by the ever-more-violent villain, and I swear, it reads like a bad BDSM scene more than a merciless beatdown between two teenagers. It doesn't help that neither actor looks much like a teenager. If seeing a nearly naked Spader being whipped on the back with padlocks is your thing, I recommend this movie to you.

To say this movie has a problem with consistency of tone is to ignore the fact that the inconsistency of tone is the greatest strength of the film. It makes the film unpredictable. Things escalate so rapidly it feels like you changed the channel to a different movie at times. Bad teen comedy? Schlocky…

theironcupcake
Review by theironcupcake ★★★★½ Liked 18

"What do I do right now?"
"Right now, you do what you... really wanna do. Do whatever it is that you know is right. That you believe in. That's all. And feel good about it! Look, son, life isn't a problem to be solved. It's a mystery to be lived. So live it."

Just why is the TURF so TUFF? Allow me to explain: James Spader, a man clearly in his mid-20s and inarguably extremely pretty, plays a teenager in this Rebel Without a Cause/West Side Story/The Warriors mash-up updated for 80s kids in Beverly Hills. You get insanely over the top fight scenes, SO MANY MUSICAL NUMBERS (amazingly edited, btw), the Jim Carroll Band (!!!) plays two songs and…

caroline 𝜗𝜚
Review by caroline 𝜗𝜚 ★★★★ Liked 16

why must a movie be good? is it not enough to have young james spader and rdj as bffs?

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