Midnight Madness (Film)

. Midnight Madness: A freakish pile (also: Midnight Madness: Insanity hunting at midnight, in the original only Midnight Madness) is produced by Walt Disney Pictures American comedy from 1980 It is the first film role for the at that time 18 - year-old Michael J. Fox.

Action

Student Leon has a penchant for freaky games. His latest idea is a nocturnal chase through Los Angeles. To this end, he instructed his fellow students to form five teams. At sunset, the teams meet: Each team will be given an envelope with the first clue. So the night scavenger hunt through LA starts from constantly monitored by the "Game Master" Leon from his apartment.

The teams have always decipher more puzzles and clues to move forward. On their hunt they get, among other things in an observatory in a brewery and to the international airport of Los Angeles. The aim is to achieve the first before dawn, the Westin Bonaventure Hotel.

The Teams

The five teams are all made ​​up of characters that convey the unique clichés:

  • The yellow team consists of good-looking, friendly, smart and always fair playing members around the Team Leader Adam (David Naughton ). As the game pushes Adam 's younger brother Scott (Michael J. Fox) to the team that is constantly striving to gain attention and Adams has ready at the right moment is the right solution to a puzzle. The vehicle of the team is a yellow Toyota Land Cruiser.
  • The blue team is the counterpart to the yellow team. Led by the rich, overweight and extremely bored Harold (Stephen Furst ) they solve their mystery only through fraud. The team vehicle is a blue van that is equipped with a riddle -solving computer.
  • The green team consists of the football aces the college. Your vehicle is a green VW Beetle Cabriolet, the Meat Machine.
  • The white team is made up of four nerds and is on scooters go.
  • The red team is led by Donna (Maggie Roswell ) and is composed of rather unpopular students, including two striking obese twins go which bore numerous jokes throughout the night. The vehicle of the team is a red pick-up.

The film deals primarily with the yellow and the blue team and their efforts to win the race. The Adventure of the other three teams form only sideshows, as well as the scenes of the game lead in Leon's apartment.

Reception

The film was not a great success at the box office. Overall, he played in the United States about 2.9 million U.S. dollars.

Publications

Comes a German -language VHS release from 1988. In English-speaking, there are two releases on DVD (2001 Anchor Bay Entertainment and 2004 by Disney).

Comments

  • Midnight Madness was the second Disney film a PG rating received in the U.S., so contains scenes that are considered unsuitable for children under ten years. The first Disney movie with such a rating was The Black Hole.
  • Although the film was produced by Disney, the company's name does not appear in the credits.
  • Midnight Madness is, as already mentioned, Michael J. Fox's first film role. Since the film was shot largely at night, needed the producers an adult actor who appeared still young enough to play Adam's younger brother. He is out at the beginning of the film as Michael Fox, uncredited as Michael J. Fox.
Screenplay Film score Norman Palmer (film editor) Los Angeles International Airport
570821
de