BODY SLAM

US, 1987, 100 minutes, Colour.
Roddy Piper, Dirk Benedict, Tanya Roberts.
Directed by Hal Needham.

Body Slam is an action comedy directed by Hal Needham (Smokey and the Bandit series, Hooper). It has a setting of advertising hustling, wrestling, rock and roll. And it would probably appeal to wrestling fans who have a tolerance of rock and roll. Dirk Benedict and Tanya Roberts star. Forgettable.

1. Film about advertising and promotion, wrestling, rock and roll? The combination?

2. California settings, on the American road? Society? The wrestling world? The rock and roll world? Staging of the musical numbers, staging of the wrestling? Musical score?

3. The title, the wrestling focus?

4. Harry as a hustler, his promotions, his self confidence, out of money, discussing with agents? Promoting of rock and roll and his contacts? Meeting the wrestler and his daughter, in contact with the wrestling world, the matches, the interviews, the injuries? Promoting the social and the clash with Candice? On the road, ingenuity? Double crosses? Clashes with Candice and falling in love? The little girl? Gradually sorting every thing out?

5. Candice and her mother, socialites, the entertainment, Harry's mistake, their continued clashes, falling in love?

6. The wrestlers, the wrestler and his daughter, their needs? Promotions, rivalries? The show business style of wrestling? The matches?

7. The rock and roll contacts, linking them with the wrestling, the personalities, the performances? The combination?

8. An action film for the widest possible audience?