Speedo film in AZ (ARIZONA)

[louis]

Anybody know the name of the film about a diver student taking part in a springboard diving contest , I beleave the film was filmed ether in Tucson or Phoenix, if my memory is correct the studen was wearing red speedos ans was somehow involvesd in a kind of illegal thing about modelling on calenders,
At the end of the film he won the diving competition in a red speedo, is someone remembers the title Id lik to know to view it again, sorry not much to go about but some guy in Az MIGHT REMEMBER.

[PSDave]

I remember the movie. The diver in the movie was an actual olympic diver. You are right on the location of AZ, but can't remember which university was used. I do remember that Morgan Fairchild was also in the movie. Maybe if you do a Google on her there is a filmogrophy that will list the name of it

[PSDave]

Made in 1987. Curiosity got the best of me so I looked. Probably available on Amazon to buy or rent. Great locker room shots, as I recall.

[louis]

Thanks ever so much I will try to purchase the video for sure.

[Torchwatch]

Are we talking about Campus Man 1987?

http://www.videosurf.com/video/campus-man-1987-1266674255

[Byron]

Might be worth a look also at http://dailybooth.com/ferbyboo/20310342

[sebbie]

The movie you are looking for is NOT Campus Man, but the 1986 "Back to School" staring Rodney Dangerfield as the dad who goes to college with his son and Keith Gordon as Jason the Diving son. Dangerfield too eventually does a dive in the movie, called the Triple Lindy, which is all over Youtube. Keith Gordon wears a red Speedo as the son Jason in many diving scenes in the movie.

See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_School

and
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090685/

This is an excellent comedy esp if you like Dangerfield at his goofyist

Sebbie

[louis]

Yes Torchwatch that is the film but he is wearing a red speedo in some parts of the film thanks for posting that.

[Swimmboy]

I believe it WAS Campus Man - that is the movie where the diver got in trouble for posing for a calendar.

[Byron]

:rolleyes: Thanks for attempts to bring some sanity to this thread Sebbie but are we really at the end of the mystery?

We seem to have found a red speedo on Jason somewhere along the line but it was Dad Thornton who performed the spectacular winning dive in the contest, so was he also wearing red, as specified in the original enquiry above?

The filming locations were all CA and not AZ and the storyline makes no mention of a character being in trouble over a photoshoot for a calendar.

[Byron]

OK - does this help?

Actor John Dye (died a year ago) is the guy who needs the cash for his student fees and has a
loan shark on his back to produce some cash within a month.

He comes up with an idea to make some money by publishing a beefcake calendar.
The ideal guy to lead the models in this is his best friend and classmate Brett Wilson (male model and actor Steve Lyon).
The good looking Brett wants to help out his friend but participation in the calendar photoshoot loses him his diving scholarship at the college.

The preparations of the various male models are shown here. Brett wears black speedos but not red (but no doubt red might show up elsewhere in pool scenes).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJXpizm8YIE


PSDave is right about Amazon. DVDs are (or were) available at $9.50 new and $4.34 used.

[Byron]

:) Brett Wilson in red on the springboard
(no mention of an Olympic diver however):

http://hunksinspeedos.blogspot.com/2011/10/steve-lyon.html

[sebbie]

Dangerfield as Thorton Melon also wore red but obviously not a Speedo
Jason Melon wore a red Speedo in many scenes involving competitive diving.
Red was a school color.
The divres from the school were competiong in red Speedos.

Campus man is a different movie from about the same time , also has a guy wearing Speedos, tho I don't recall the color.

[sebbie]

The Speedo was BLACK not red in Campus Man

[Byron]

Sebbie : Brett was in BLACK in the studio fitting room but in RED on the springboard - that I have clearly dealt with in posts above.

My one outstanding piece of research is to find that Steve Lyon was an Olympic diver - and, so far, I would say he was not.

[Byron]

Another old movie for Louis - this time from Oz
(this pic from Coolangatta Gold 1984)

http://bondilife.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/grant-kenny-speedo.jpg

[Byron]

Another old movie for Louis - this time from Oz
(this pic from Coolangatta Gold 1984)

http://bondilife.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/grant-kenny-speedo.jpg

[Crail]

Thanks for all the reviews. Believe the first movie posted here is the right one.

[Byron]

YouTube has highlights of the 1984 movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ9HlyDcWxs&feature=related