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Director
  
Dick Lowry

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Drama, Sport

Music director
  
Mark Snow

Country
  
United States

Writer
  
Gordon Dawson
,
Jack Epps, Jr.

Release date
  
July 6, 1984 (1984-07-06)

Produced by
  
Ivan Reitman, Matty Simmons

Genres
  
Comedy, Drama film, Sports

Cast
  
Adam Baldwin
(Mickey South),
Tony Randall
,
Brian Dennehy
(Sergeant Cheever),
Grant Goodeve
(Neal Brockmeyer),
Stephen Furst

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Off Sides (Pigs vs. Freaks), originally titled Pigs vs. Freaks, is an American film. Based on a short film by Jack Epps, Jr., the feature-length film was scheduled for release in 1980 but was not actually released until 1984. Directed by Dick Lowry, it stars Eugene Roche, Grant Goodeve and Tony Randall. It was broadcast on television, not released as a theatrical feature.

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Plot summary

In the late 1960s in a small town, a police chief and his hippie son lead opposing football teams to settle their differences. The police ("Pigs") play against the hippies ("Freaks").

Crew

  • Frank Beascoechea: Director of Photography
  • Gordon Dawson: Screenwriter
  • Jack Epps, Jr.: Writer, original story; Producer
  • Duane Toler: Script Supervisor
  • Robert Lovenheim: Supervising Producer
  • Robert Huddleston: Producer
  • Greg Strangis: Executive Producer
  • Sam Strangis: Executive Producer
  • Frank Ballou: Associate Producer
  • Mark Snow: Music
  • Skip Beaudine: Assistant Director
  • Anderson House: Assistant Director
  • Allen G Di Gioia: Assistant Director
  • Bill Ross: Art Director
  • Dale Johnston: Sound Editor
  • Caro Jones: Casting

    • Production

    The film was based on a 1970 short film by Jack Epps, Jr. which won a Blue Ribbon from the American Film Institute. The story was based on a real-life softball game with a similar premise in 1970. Partly filmed in Salem, Oregon.

    References

    Off Sides (Pigs vs. Freaks) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Off Sides (Pigs vs. Freaks) IMDb


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