Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love is a 1994 American made-for-television comedy film, a sequel to the 1984 film Revenge of the Nerds, and the final installment in the Revenge of the Nerds series.
| Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love | |
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| Genre | Comedy Romance |
| Based on | Characters by Tim Metcalfe Miguel Tejada-Flores Steve Zacharias Jeff Buhai |
| Written by | Steve Zacharias Jeff Buhai |
| Directed by | Steve Zacharias |
| Starring | Robert Carradine Curtis Armstrong Julia Montgomery Ted McGinley Corinne Bohrer Jessica Tuck Robert Picardo |
| Music by | Garry Schyman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Jeff Buhai Steve Zacharias |
| Producer | Ooty Moorehead |
| Cinematography | Zoran Hochstätter |
| Editor | Gary Karr |
| Running time | 92 minutes |
| Production companies | Fox West Pictures Zacharias/Buhai Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fox |
| Release | May 9, 1994 |
| Related | |
| Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation | |
Plot
editDudley "Booger" Dawson is marrying his Omega Mu girlfriend Jeannie, but her wealthy father Aaron tries to stop them, as his desire to maintain his conservative, nouveau riche standing clashes with his daughter's common interests with and love for the nerdy Booger. Jeannie's father works with his loathsome son-in-law Chip (the husband of Jeannie's older sister Gaylord) to find a way to discredit Booger and cause Jeannie to call off the wedding. Lewis Skolnick and the other nerds discover the conspiracy and work to save Booger's wedding ceremony from being ruined. In a subplot, Lewis' wife Betty is pregnant with their first child and is in her third trimester as the wedding date approaches.
Booger fights an accusation that he fathered an illegitimate child, Heidi, who is introduced as "Heidi Dawson" by Chip. Jeannie's mother tells her husband that she will leave him if he does not support his daughter's wedding to Booger, and Chip's accusations fall apart when the little girl reveals she was taken from an orphanage to play the illegitimate child role. Chip's wife decides to divorce him and throw him out of their lives forever, leaving Chip to swear his own revenge against the nerds (while Gaylord declares to cheers that her next husband will be a nerd). Aaron apologizes to Booger and gives his daughter his blessing, stating as well that he is proud to be nouveau riche and the California GOP will have to accept him that way or else. Booger and Jeannie are married, Betty gives birth to a healthy baby boy, and the newly married couple tell Heidi they would like to adopt her.
Cast
edit- Curtis Armstrong as Dudley (Booger) Dawson
- Corinne Bohrer as Jeanie Humphrey-Dawson
- Joseph Bologna as Aaron Humphrey
- Robert Carradine as Lewis Skolnick
- Julia Montgomery as Betty Childs-Skolnick
- Christina Pickles as Tippy
- Jessica Tuck as Gaylord Medford
- Robert Picardo as Chad Penrod
- Stephen Davies as Chip Medford
- Laurel Moglen as Judy
- Larry B. Scott as Lamar Latrelle
- Brian Tochi as Takashi Toshiro
- Ted McGinley as Stanley Harvey "Stan" Gable
- James Cromwell as Mr. Skolnick
- Donald Gibb as Frederick Aloysius "Ogre" Palowaski
- Bernie Casey as U. N. Jefferson
- John Pinette as Trevor Gulf
- Gregg Binkley as Harold
- Marvin Kaplan as Mr. Dawson
- James Karen as Mylan Whitfield
Note: Lewis' best friend, Gilbert did not appear in this film, but is briefly mentioned by Booger. Wormser doesn't appear in the film either.
Promotion
editThe film was broadcast as part of the Monday night "Fox-o-Rama" promotion.[1] As a promotional gimmick, Fox telecast the film in 3-D and "aroma-vision", the latter of which utilized a series of scratch and sniff cards sold at 7-Eleven outlets, each to be used at certain points during the movie.[1] A prompt appeared at the bottom right-hand corner of the screen to let viewers know when to smell their cards and which card to sniff. Several other network shows employed similar gimmicks with aromatic cards and 3D glasses at around the same time, including Living Single and Married... with Children. The 3D effects used in these broadcasts was based on the Pulfrich effect.
Reception
editTodd Everett of Variety had a subdued reaction to the film. He said it was "capably directed" and that the 3-D and "aroma-vision" effects were "OK", and praised several of the actors' performances, but criticized the script as being typical made-for-TV filler, and said that overall the Nerd series was wearing thin.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Everett, Todd (May 4, 1994). "Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love". Variety. Retrieved March 5, 2020.