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Rip-Off(1971)
Status: Released
Date: 1971-09-30
40%
4 Votes
Time: 1h 29m
THEY'VE GOT IT MADE...(well, almost) a rock band, a commune...AND THE GIRLS
Overview:
Best friends Michael, Steve, Cooly and Richie are seniors at a large Toronto high school. Foremost on their minds and that of many of their classmates are what they are going to do this upcoming summer and beyond. They don't want to waste away the summer much like they did this past summer. Mike is being pressured by his parents to go to university following graduation from high school, although Mike himself is unsure if that's what he wants to do. Other ideas they discuss are to tour with their band, Arctic Madness, or to start a commune on a five hundred acre parcel of wilderness property outside of Timmins that was deeded to Mike. As the end of the school year approaches and these successive ideas come and fall by the wayside, the four come to a realization of what their future together holds
Languages: English.
Countries:
Canada
ProductionCompanies:
Phoenix Film Productions Ltd.
Movie: Rip-Off
Top 10 Billed Cast
Don Scardino
Mike
Maxine Miller
Mrs. Duncan
August Schellenberg
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Overview
Best friends Michael, Steve, Cooly and Richie are seniors at a large Toronto high school. Foremost on their minds and that of many of their classmates are what they are going to do this upcoming summer and beyond. They don't want to waste away the summer much like they did this past summer. Mike is being pressured by his parents to go to university following graduation from high school, although Mike himself is unsure if that's what he wants to do. Other ideas they discuss are to tour with their band, Arctic Madness, or to start a commune on a five hundred acre parcel of wilderness property outside of Timmins that was deeded to Mike. As the end of the school year approaches and these successive ideas come and fall by the wayside, the four come to a realization of what their future together holds
Release Date
1971-09-30
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4
Rating:
2.0 startsTagline
THEY'VE GOT IT MADE...(well, almost) a rock band, a commune...AND THE GIRLS
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