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Set in 1965, four rowdy teenage guys travel to Tijuana, Mexico for a night of partying when they are joined by a heartbroken housewife who is in town seeking a quick divorce.Set in 1965, four rowdy teenage guys travel to Tijuana, Mexico for a night of partying when they are joined by a heartbroken housewife who is in town seeking a quick divorce.Set in 1965, four rowdy teenage guys travel to Tijuana, Mexico for a night of partying when they are joined by a heartbroken housewife who is in town seeking a quick divorce.
Rick Rossovich
- Marine
- (as Rick Rossovitch)
Storyline
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- TriviaBecause this movie was a low budget, non-union film, they used at least ten crew members as actors, and many others didn't want their names on the credits. They also hired a lot of local people from Calexico, California to be extras and a few were put in as principals with lines. The art department covered eighty percent of the store fronts on the main boulevard with period looking facades. The crew worked six nights a week for five to six weeks for most of the scenes. The only nights off were Sunday nights, so a lot of the crew would drive into Mexicali, Mexico to go dancing at their version of a "Studio 54" disco. The Model A car, that was owned by the local guys, was actually very troublesome for the duration of the movie. By the end, it was dragging on the ground because the suspension was bad.
- Goofs1970's and 1980's cars are seen in the background throughout the entire movie which is supposed to be taking place in the 1960's.
- Quotes
[Spider comes back with a condom]
Spider: I forgot my rubber.
Spider's Whore: Did you remember to bring your dick?
- Crazy creditsDuring the closing credits roll the name of songwriter Bert Kalmar is misspelled as Bert Kalmer.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Teenage Sex Movies (1983)
- SoundtracksLosin' It
by Jeff Alan (as J. Alan) and T. Shenale
Performed by Jeff Alan Band
Featured review
I loved this movie cause it's so funny and it has the then unknown Tom Cruise and Shelley Long in this movie before they went onto fame later on the 80's, but the best performance goes to Jackie Earle Haley as Dave, who is a sex obsessed pal who is a Frank Sinatra wannabe, and I also liked John Stockwell's character Spyder who came from a broken home, Tom Cruise is the intellegent honor student. This movie is about 3 high school seniors who want to go to Tijuana in search of sex (without their parents knowing it) and things don't work out the way they want it as Dave's little brother Wendell 'Wimp' (John Navin) goes along for the ride and later they shoplift a grocery store and the owner's wife goes with them cause she claims that she's gonna divorce him and she finds out that they stoled some items at the grocery store but she didn't care, the situations that the boys got themselves in Tijuana are hilarious and they later meet crooked cops, insane marine sailors and junkyard ruffians, will they get out of Tijuana alive, will the three boys lose their virginity, in order to find out, watch this movie and it's way better than the movies of today, I think that Losin' It deserves more recognition than what it gets cause it's a funny movie and if you can find this movie at your local video store, rent it and have a good laugh, it's a great way to spend a weekend evening.
- csweetleaf2
- Jun 3, 2003
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Tijuana
- Filming locations
- Calexico, California, USA(setting: Tijuana)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,246,141
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $437,257
- Apr 10, 1983
- Gross worldwide
- $1,246,141
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