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Summary

An ordinary sex-starved teenager and his friends start secretly video recording high school girls and their activity irks the community, as well as their principal.

Cast

Martin Yost

Alex Carson

Heather Kennedy

Sally Clark

Jeff Edmond

Nicholas Byers

Kathy Brickmeier

Marilyn White

Mark Alan Ferri

Richard Byers

C.K. Bibby

Mr. White

Terry Loughlin

Mr. Carson

Caroline McDonald

Mrs. Carson

Sue Satoris

Mrs. White

Kim Saunders

Prostitute

Dan Thompson

Chuck Sugar

Peggy Van Dyke

Hostess

Amrita Bost

Nude Girl with Flamethrower

Tim Bost

Reverend Hargus

Steve Boles

Store Customer

Mark Alton Rose

Ricky Schramm

John Rudy

Blimp Pilot

Buzz Atwood

Party Guest

Allison Pitts

Party Guest

Larry Barry

Party Guest

Bill Jones

Party Guest

Jack Davis

Party Guest

Mary Featherston

Party Guest/Girl Reading Dictionary

Fred Stevenson

Mr. Steptoe

Steve Fleming

Chuck's Friend

Mark Hannah

Guy with Lighter

David Rudisill

Street People

Sheila Rudisill

Street People

Cindy Balinger Brinkley

Street People

Pete Wallace

Street People

Patty Blackwell

Girl Reading Dictionary

William Olsen

Cartoon Voice (voice)

Gina Sain

Cartoon Voice / Secretary

Willie Thompson

Cartoon Voice (voice)

Steve Smith

Video Store Clerk

Paul Assion

Convenience Store Clerk

Art Gerard

Alex's Friend

Steve Robinson

Alex's Friend

Todd Gorelick

Alex's Friend

Steve Howard

Mr. Harris the Neighbor

Suzan Greene

College Girl in Dorm

Brenda Jarrott

College Girl in Dorm

Denise Linville

College Girl in Dorm

Marion Roberson

College Girl in Dorm

Berit Anderson

Girls' Track Team

Catherine Dale

Girls' Track Team

Linda Hodges

Girls' Track Team

Jackie Mullins

Girls' Track Team

Libby Robinson

Girls' Track Team

Corrine Sral

Girls' Track Team

Ralph Connor Jr.

Coach

The Late Bronze Age

Party Band

Robert McMillan

Thief at Party

Bryan Elsom

Taxi Driver

Aaron Lewis

Satellite Dish Installer

Bill Biggs

Nude Man in Mask

Fran Taylor

Librarian

Jevon Morris

Boy with Radio

John Tucker

Irate Driver

Crew

Director, Writer

William Olsen

Reviews

Wuchak

July 13, 2024

**_Not as distasteful as “Porky’s” but not as good as “Fast Times at Ridgemont High”_**

A 14 years-old teen in Hickory, North Carolina, gets ahold of some video recording equipment and wastes no time taping his attractive neighbor and other females.

"Getting It On" (1983) was shot in twenty-four days in October, 1982, under the more accurate name “American Voyeur” for $220,000, which would be about $693,000 today (factoring inflation). It’s a teen sex dramedy that’s not as raunchy as "Porky's” from two years prior, but it’s not as palatable as “Valley Girl.” It lands somewhere in between.

It has some appeal as a coming-of-age in the 80s flick and there are a few attractive females (with three briefly shown top nude, just a heads up). Plus, it seems to have a good heart underneath the sometimes awkward sex-oriented material, but it doesn’t hold a candle to the great "Fast Times at Ridgemont High.”

Still, it's preferable to the offensive "American Pie" flicks. And there are inspired bits, like when the protagonist, his best friend, and the latter's older brother sneak into a local community costume party for adults dressed as Ku Klux Klansmen and no one bats an eye!

It runs 1 hour, 35 minutes, and was shot in Hickory, which is an hour’s drive northwest of Charlotte on the western side of the state.

GRADE: C