HOT DOG - THE MOVIE

US, 1983, 96 minutes, Colour.
David Naughton, Shannon Tweed.
Directed by Peter Markle.

Hot Dog - The Movie is one of the numerous (too numerous) films catering for the teenage and early adult audience. These proliferated in the early '80s - taking their cue from such successes as Porky's and Porky's II. They generally take a situation involving young adults (races, college situations etc.) and then insert fairly raucous and traditional comedy with some sex material. Often this is fairly blatant and lewd material.

This film is no exception. The situation is a skiing tournament. There is some ordinary comedy regarding the group who are going to ski - and into this is mixed some fairly crude sex material. The basic plot is reminiscent of What's Up Doc with an arrogant European ski champion who is to be thwarted be the hero. The ski champion is unscrupulous in his efforts to win the competition (like Kenneth Mars' musician thwarted by Ryan O'Neal in What's Up Doc).

Of interest as representing, fairly typically, much of the material for popular audiences of the early '80s.