CAMPUS MAN

US, 1987, 94 minutes, Colour.
John Dye, Steve Lyons, Kim Delaney, Morgan Fairchild, Miles O'Keefe, Kathleen Wilhoite.
Directed by Ron Casden.

Campus Man is a pleasant, though slight, comedy drama about students at university. It focuses on Todd, an intelligent go-getter, who has a bright idea of producing a male beefcake calendar. The main man photographed is diving champion Brett, who becomes tangled in Todd's mechanisms and in the power of Catherine van Buren (Morgan Fairchild) from Image Magazine, a slick executive who contracts him to the magazine. This endangers his amateur status. Todd has to go through many manoeuvres in order to free Brett from his contract - which, with shrewdness, he does. The supporting cast includes Miles O'Keefe (who was Tarzan the Ape Man with Bo Derek!). The film has comments on the American Dream, American go-getting, the rights of the individual to fulfil personal dream with integrity.

1.Enjoyable comedy drama? Piece of Americana? University youth? The American Dream and its consequences? The world of big business and contracts?

2.The Arizona locations, the state university of Arizona? The surrounding countryside? Musical score and songs?

3.The title, the focus on Todd, the focus on Brett, the calendar men?

4.Todd and his sleep in class, encouragement of the professor, schemes, his friendship with Molly? Working together, the idea of the calendar, persuading Brett, persuading the others, the photos, the printing of the calendar, his salesmanship? Catherine and her contract? The conflict between the two? Getting the money from C.J? Brett and the success, the contract, the amateur status? His clash with Brett, with Molly and the other girls? His scheme with C.J., the big ceremony, producing C.J. as the image of the 80s instead of Brett? Saving Brett?

5.Brett, athletic, beefcake, the calendar, friendship with Dayna, roommate with Todd, signing the contract, his regrets, wanting to dive, the scheme and his being arrested - and his reaction, being saved?

6.Catherine, the executive from New York, business, unscrupulous, her being tricked by the cheating scheme started by Todd, the hoax in order to get her to release Brett, her meeting C.J?

7.C.J., outer Arizona, his money, tough rebellious look, the toughs around him? Todd approaching him, persuading him, coming back, the fight? His becoming the model?

8.Dayna and Molly, their friendship, working on the calendar, on the schemes, Dayna infatuated with Brett? Molly and her clashes with Todd? Friendship with him? The final scheme, the final ceremony?

9.Comic moments? Beefcake moments? The film's comment on the American dream, unscrupulous business? The person of integrity and ambitions?