Revenge Of The Nerds

About Revenge Of The Nerds

Revenge of the Nerds is a 1984 American comedy film starring Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards, with Curtis Armstrong, Ted McGinley, Julia Montgomery, Brian Tochi, Larry B. Scott, John Goodman, and Donald Gibb. The film was directed by Jeff Kanew. It chronicles the story of a group of nerds trying to stop harassment by the persecuting jock fraternity, the Alpha Betas. Exterior scenes such as the arrival of the nerds at college and the fraternity houses were filmed at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. The original residence of the Nerds, from which they were ousted, was in fact Cochise Hall. Their subsequent residence was Bear Down Gymnasium. One scene was filmed at Kyle Field on the campus of Texas A&M University.

This film is number 91 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies".[citation needed]

Lewis Skolnick (Robert Carradine) and Gilbert Lowell (Anthony Edwards) are nerds, and best friends who have just graduated from high school. Gilbert is comfortable with his reputation as a nerd, though Lewis hates being thought of as such. They enroll in fictional Adams College due to its acclaimed computer science department. The college also displays unethical favoritism toward its football team, the Atoms. This gives the coach (John Goodman), who is an arrogant bully, and his team, stocked mainly by the equally obnoxious jocks of the Alpha Beta fraternity, considerable power on campus. The Administrative Dean (David Wohl) is largely intimidated into complicity in this favoritism by the football coach.