Body Slam

Body Slam

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Release Date

11/21/1986

Runtime

89 mins

Overview

M. Harry Smilac is a down-on-his-luck music manager who is having a hard time attracting talent and booking gigs for his band, Kicks (The most recent of the gigs is a Dairy Queen opening!!). When making arrangements for a campaign fund-raiser, he mistakes Rick Roberts, a professional wrestler, for a musician and hires him. At that moment he becomes a wrestling manager and starts to book matches for him and his teammate Tonga Tom. The team is a success, and Harry decides to take his wrestlers and his band on a "Rock n' Wrestling" tour. The tour is a success, and Harry feels what it is like to be a winner again.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A scrappy 80s comedy that mixes wrestling spectacle with rock music in a feel-good underdog story about a down-and-out manager getting a second chance at success.

Mood

PlayfulJoyfulBittersweet

Themes

RedemptionFriendshipAmbition

Tone

Comedic

Pacing

Brisk

Look

Stylized genre

Structure

Linear

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