H.O.T.S.
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| Technical | |
| Type: | Video Color
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| Alternate title(s): | T & A Academy |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date(s): | 1979 |
| Running time: | 98 minutes |
| Language: | English |
| Company: | Mid-America Releasing / Anchor Bay Entertainment |
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| Directed by: | Gerald Seth Sindell |
| Starring: | Lisa London, Susan Kiger, Lindsay Bloom, Angela Aames, Pamela Jean Bryant, Kimberly Cameron |
| Produced by: | The Great American Dream Machine Movie Company |
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H.O.T.S. is a 1979 sex comedy about a sorority named H.O.T.S. The film stars three Playboy Playmates-- Susan Kiger (January 1977), Pamela Bryant (April, 1978) and Sandy Johnson (June, 1974)-- as well as former Miss USA of 1972, Lindsay Bloom, sexploitation actress Angela Aames and B-movie veteran Lisa London. Danny Bonaduce appears in a supporting role.
During the movie, the cast frequently appears in tight white T-shirts with the H.O.T.S. logo and red-orange shorts. Some reviewers believe this wardrobe inspired the Hooters waitresses uniforms.
Plot
Honey Shayne (Kiger) is a freshman at Fairenville University (known, according to a title card, as "Good old F.U."). After unsuccessfully pledging the Pi sorority, and being publicly ridiculed by sorority president Melody Ragmore (Bloom), Honey joins with three other unsuccessful pledges (O'Hara, Terri and Samantha) to form a new sorority (to be known as H.O.T.S. after their initials ) with the goal of stealing all of the rival sorority's boyfriends.
The movie includes a number of competitions intended to accomplish that goal, including a fundraiser (a kissing booth), a dance and a climactic game of strip football. Both groups play pranks on the others and must attempt to avoid disciplinary actions from the F.U. administration. A subplot deals with the attempts of two bungling gangsters to recover money hidden in the renovated building housing the sorority.
A running gag during the movie is the source of the name "H.O.T.S." While the closing credits reveal that the name is an anagram of the first names of the four founders, other characters in the film believe it to stand for Hands Off Those Suckers and Hold On To Sex. At one point, the girls claim it stands for Help Out The Seals.
Cast
- Main cast
- Susan Kiger ... Honey Shayne
- Lisa London ... O'Hara
- Pamela Jean Bryant ... Teri Lynn
- Kimberly Cameron ... Sam
- Mary Steelsmith ... Clutz
- Angela Aames ... Boom-Boom Bangs
- Marjorie Andrade ... Conchita
- Cece Bullard ... Debbie
- Karen Smith ... Candi
- Robyn Martin ... Brandy
- Lindsay Bloom ... Melody Ragmore
- K.C. Winkler ... Cynthia
- Sandy Johnson ... Stephanie
- Marilyn Rubin ... Jackie
- Supporting cast
- Constance Carlton ... Pi Girl
- Marion Leeuw ... Pi Girl
- Nancy Plummer ... Pi Girl
- Cynthia Nigh ... Pi Girl
- Cendi Campbell ... Pi Girl
- Donald Petrie ... Doug
- Larry Gilman ... Mad Dog
- Dan Reed ... Stormin' Normin'
- Danny Bonaduce ... Richie Walker
- David Gibbs ... Macho Man
- Marvin Katzoff ... Big Boy
- Steve Bond ... John
- Talmadge Scott ... Hunk (as Talmage Scott)
- Ken Olfson ... Dean Larry Chase
- Richard Bakalyan ... Charlie Ingels (as Dick Bakalyan)
- Louis Guss ... Bugs Benny
- Dorothy Meyer ... Ezzetta
- Scott Ellsworth ... Professor
- Bunny Summers ... Opera Singer
- Harvey Parry ... Officer O'Toole
- Ted Grossman ... Officer Goldstein
- Gary Davis ... Patterson Man #1
- Dar Robinson ... Patterson Man #2
- C.D. Smith ... Patterson Man #3
- Wayne King ... Patterson Man #4
- Pat Moorehead ... Pilot
- Angel Pineira ... Lady with Shopping Cart
- Slinky ... Himself
- Sugar Bear ... Honey Bear
