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Ski Buffs and Ski Babes on the Go-Go in the Snow-Snow!
Teenagers work, play, and dance to rock 'n' roll at the Lake Tahoe ski lodge.
Winter A-Go-Go
1965 Directed by Richard Benedict
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28 Oct 1965
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I guess this movie, released in October of 1965, answers the question: “Did other studios decide to rip off AIP’s Ski Party, which was released in June of 1965, under the mistaken assumption it would be as successful and spin off as many sequels (and rip-offs) as AIP’s Beach Party had two years earlier?” I also guess that question has never been asked in real life. The fact that Columbia greenlit a rip-off of a spin-off indicates just how badly the various Hollywood studios were flailing in their efforts to get young audiences into the theaters in the years leading up to the advent of the New Hollywood.
William Wellman Jr inherits a ski lodge near Lake Tahoe. His friend…
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Never mind the proliferation of beach party exploitation fare in the 60s, this one is set at a ski lodge which has men leering at girls in short outfits, and which only serves Coca Cola.
Right from the start where sound effects better suited to a Benny Hill comedy accompany a pair of shapely female legs, through to the bad dancing to third-rate music acts the Nooney Rickett Four (with Joni Lynam), and The Reflections (bad matching jumpers), this sets its store firmly in the "bad film" camp.
It isn't that awful though, despite its flimsy plot and period sexism and racism. With song titles like "Hip Square Dance" and lyrics like "popsicles in the summer time,…
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From Columbia comes another teen/dance movie starring James Stacy & William Wellman jr
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At the dawn of civilization in the 1960s at Lake Tahoe ski area, a bunch of white women attempt to invent twerking and are only partially successful.
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Delightfully bad b-movie has a paper-thin plot but plenty of silly shenanigans to keep you smiling the whole way through. After watching two very serious films back to back, I decided it was time for something light and gave this groaner a view. Yes, it’s ridiculous, but if you dig vintage cars, ‘60s music, and the gorgeous slopes of Lake Tahoe, you’re sure to get a get a kick out of WINTER A-GO-GO. I found it quite fun!
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I probably shouldn't have put on a film I've not seen before, as I'm just feeling too restless to pay attention, so I spent most of the runtime looking at pictures of handsome men on tumblr instead of paying attention to this ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
But the songs were pretty neat! And I did pay enough attention to see a dude in a nightshirt say they should go have a hip square dance while they were dressed for it.
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Such an odd movie. Easily the worst of the Beach Party rip off films. Outside of a good theme by The Hondells the film mostly has a bunch of unknowns, even in the music department. Sexism and a very racist stereotype chef don’t help.
I can say I didn’t hate it this time as I did the first time I saw it. Only for those who also want to explore the deeper waters of ‘60s teenage intended quickies.
I do love the title though.
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Dumb fluff but very colorful and the music was fun. There's of course some unfortunate racism but it was honestly less racist than I expected somehow. Also it is very short
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The most 80s teen movie of the 1960s, only with about 30% less plot and 100% less boobs.
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I was reading a macho book about the making of The Wild Bunch, and the macho author macholy lamented that the masculine hairy manly men who might have been making The Wild Bunch were forced instead to work on a trifle called Winter A-Go-Go, which had the unintended consequence of making me want to watch Winter A-Go-Go. After seeing it, I can guarantee that Godard, for example, would have enjoyed Winter A-Go-Go about a million times more than The Wild Bunch. The musical interludes are straight out of Twin Peaks: The Return. I was jokingly comparing it to The Shining, and then a minor character in Winter A-Go-Go said "All work and no play makes for a dull day." I…