Spring Fever (1982 film)

Spring Fever
Spring Fever
	Canadian Film Development Corporation Famous Players Limited;
Release dates	December 30, 1982 (Canada); January 14, 1983 (United States);
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	United States; Canada;
Language	English
Box office	$3.1 million

Spring Fever is a 1982 film directed by

Canadian Film Development Corporation

and Famous Players Limited. The original title for the film was Sneakers, but was changed to Spring Fever when released.

The film follows a Las Vegas teen (

Carling Bassett) as she participates in the National Junior Tennis Championship in Tampa, Florida with her showgirl mother (Susan Anton

).

Plot

Stevie Castle is a Las Vegas showgirl whose teen daughter K.C. demonstrates a promising aptitude for tennis. When K.C. enters a local tournament, she encounters hostility and snobbery from the tennis crowd due to her mother's profession.

Cast

Carling Bassett as Karen "K.C." Castle
Susan Anton as Stevie Castle
Jessica Walter as Celia Berryman
Frank Converse as Lewis Berryman
Stephen Young as Neil Berryman
Shawn Foltz as Melissa "Missy" Berryman
David Main as Van Beechum
Briane Nasimok as Pedro the cab driver

Soundtrack

"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" (Eddie Schwartz) - Pat Benatar
"The Long Arm" (
The Nu Kats
"Turn Me Loose" (Paul Dean - Mike Reno) - Loverboy
"Just One Chance to Be Free" (Fred Mollin) - Taffy McElroy
"Do It All Night" (Paul Sabu) - Barbara Law
"Easy Lover" (Fred Mollin) - Susan Anton
"Shake Your Bait" (Paul Sabu - Harry Hinde) - Barbara Law

Reception

Roger Ebert gave the film one-and-half of four possible stars in his March 17, 1983 review in the Chicago Sun-Times. Ebert wrote that the film "does not show anybody even slightly resembling any of the three people in the ad. Nor does it have a scene in which two girls and a boy mess around at the beach."^[3]

At the 4th Genie Awards in Toronto in 1983, Fred Mollin's song "Just One Chance to Be Free" was nominated as Best Original Song.

References

^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 294. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
^ Maslin, Janet (January 15, 1983). "The Last American Virgin (1982) FROLICS IN FLORIDA AND OTHER ANTICS". The New York Times.
^ Spring Fever by Roger Ebert, 17 March 1983

External links

Spring Fever at
IMDb

Spring Fever at AllMovie
Spring Fever at the TCM Movie Database
Spring Fever at the American Film Institute Catalog

[1] Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 294. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada

[NYT-2] Maslin, Janet (January 15, 1983). "The Last American Virgin (1982) FROLICS IN FLORIDA AND OTHER ANTICS". The New York Times.

[eb-3] Spring Fever by Roger Ebert, 17 March 1983

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