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Porky's II: The Next Day
Porky's II: The Next Day
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Bob Clark
Written by	Roger Swaybill; Alan Ormsby; Bob Clark;
Based on	Characters; by Bob Clark
Produced by	Don Carmody; Bob Clark;
Starring	Dan Monahan; Wyatt Knight; Mark Herrier; Roger Wilson; Cyril O'Reilly; Tony Ganios; Kaki Hunter; Scott Colomby; Nancy Parsons; Joseph Running Fox; Eric Christmas; Bill Wiley; Edward Winter; Ilse Earl; Cisse Cameron; Art Hindle;
Cinematography	Reginald H. Morris
Edited by	Stan Cole
Music by	Carl Zittrer
Production; company	Astral Films
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	June 24, 1983;
Running time	98 minutes
Countries	United States; Canada
Language	English
Budget	$7 million
Box office	$33,759,266 (North America) or $55 million

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Porky's II: The Next Day is a 1983 sex comedy film and the sequel to the 1981 film Porky's. The film is directed and co-written by Bob Clark. Despite the films' title, the character of Porky does not make an appearance. A sequel, Porky's Revenge!, was released in 1985.

Plot

The Angel Beach High School Drama Club is producing a Shakespeare Festival in which the group from the first film is participating. A religious leader named Bubba Flavel wants to halt the production because his group, "The Righteous Flock," believe Shakespeare is indecent and profane. Flavel recruits the support of the local Ku Klux Klan chapter by informing them that the Festival will feature an interracial kiss between John Henry, a Seminole student playing Romeo, and a white Juliet played by Wendy. The students seek the help of County Commissioner Gebhardt, who promises to pull some strings to keep the Festival running. Gebhardt reneges on his promise after his aide delivers a stack of 5,000 petitions from voters that Flavel gathered. Meanwhile, the Klan attacks and beats John Henry. Though the Angel Beach principal, Mr. Carter, enthusiastically supports his students, he is forced to cancel the Festival after the county commissioners voted against it. The Angel Beach students plot revenge against Flavel, Commissioner Gebhardt, the rest of the county commissioners, and the Klan.

The teens discover that the county commissioners, while publicly espousing decency and morality, secretly gather to watch stag films in the courthouse basement. The students take a tape recorder to the courthouse and record the commissioners' crude commentary on the films, which include remarks that Flavel provided the pornography.

After the Festival is cancelled, Wendy agrees to a date with Gebhardt at a classy restaurant. Wendy arrives in a deliberately showy, vulgar dress with her breasts artificially inflated by a secret container of fake vomit. Throughout dinner, she constantly shouts out Commissioner Gebhardt's name, his upcoming re-election, and her own age, alerting the other patrons to the situation. Once she has the attention of the entire restaurant, she announces that Gebhardt took her virginity and that she is now carrying his child. Finally, to complete Gebhardt's humiliation, she uses the fake vomit to pretend to throw up in a fountain. When Gebhardt tries to sneak away, Peewee jumps out with a camera, promising to send the photos to the local newspapers.

The students lure the Klansmen (who are on their way to Flavel's celebratory revival meeting) into the school gym, whose bleachers are filled to capacity with Seminoles. The students hold down the Klansmen while their Jewish friend, Brian, shaves their heads with an izmel. The Angel Beach students and the Seminoles then strip the Klansmen naked and force them to run across the stage of Flavel's revival. In the confusion, the students commandeer the public address system and play the recording from the courthouse basement. The outraged crowd turns on Flavel, the county commissioners, and the Klan. A closing montage of newspapers report Gebhardt resigns, Flavel is ousted from his position, the county commissioners face obscenity charges, and the Festival resumes.

Cast

Dan Monahan as Edward "Pee Wee" Morris
Wyatt Knight as Tommy Turner
Mark Herrier as Billy McCarty
Tony Ganios as Anthony "Meat" Tuperello
Scott Colomby as Brian Schwartz
Cyril O'Reilly as Tim Cavanaugh
Kaki Hunter as Wendy Williams
Ilse Earl as Mrs. Morris
Eric Christmas as Mr. Carter
Bill Wiley as Bubba Flavel
Nancy Parsons as Ms. Beulah Balbricker
Joseph Runningfox as John Henry
Roger Wilson as Mickey Jarvis
Art Hindle as Officer Ted Jarvis
Jack Mulcahy as Frank Bell
Bill Hindman as Coach Goodenough
Mal Jones as Mayor Abernathy
Richard Liberty as Commissioner Couch
Fred Buch as Commissioner Hurley
Edward Winter as Commissioner Bob Gebhardt
Will Knickerbocker as Klan #1

Production

Greynolds Park in North Miami Beach, Florida stood in for the Everglades and a plant nursery on Old Cutler Road was turned into a cemetery for the graveyard scenes.^[3]

Cowriter Swaybill later said "It took us about six weeks to write the sequel. And it was before the cameras by June. The result was far less spontaneous. The kids just wanted us to be down and dirty."^[4]

Home Media

Porky's II: The Next Day was released on DVD on May 22, 2007, alongside Porky's and Porky's Revenge, in a DVD box set called The Porky's Ultimate Collection.

Kino Lorber released Porky's II: The Next Day, along with Porky's Revenge, as a double feature Blu-Ray on December 13, 2016. The theatrical trailer for the film is the only bonus material on the disc.

Reception

Box office

The film's gross receipts were considerably lower than the first Porky's film. While Porky's grossed $105 million in the North American market, Porky's II: The Next Day took in $33,759,266.^[2]

Critical response

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 10% based on the reviews of 10 critics.^[5] The film was nominated for a Stinkers Bad Movie Awards for Worst Picture, but lost to Krull.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b WE'RE TALKING GROSS, TACKY AND DUMB Brown, Peter H. Los Angeles Times 20 Jan 1985: 6.
^ ^a ^b "Porky's II: The Next Day(1983) - Daily Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 15, 2006.
^ Goyanes, Ily (August 19, 2010). "Celluloid City: Porky's Trilogy Filmed at Miami Senior High School and Greynolds Park". Miami New Times. Archived from the original on August 28, 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
^ `PORKY'S REVENGE': BACK TO THE LOWBROW BASICS OF RAUNCHY SEX Series: Second in a series on how to make stupid, mindless, moronic, gross, slob movies and make millions of dollars and live happily ever after. Los Angeles Times 21 Jan 1985: 1.
^ "Porky's II: The Next Day". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster.
^ "1983 6th Hastings Bad Cinema Society Stinkers Awards". Stinkers Bad Movie Awards. Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 17, 2006. Retrieved April 2, 2013.

External links

[los-1] WE'RE TALKING GROSS, TACKY AND DUMB Brown, Peter H. Los Angeles Times 20 Jan 1985: 6.

[boxmojo-2] "Porky's II: The Next Day(1983) - Daily Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 15, 2006.

[3] Goyanes, Ily (August 19, 2010). "Celluloid City: Porky's Trilogy Filmed at Miami Senior High School and Greynolds Park". Miami New Times. Archived from the original on August 28, 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2010.

[pork-4] `PORKY'S REVENGE': BACK TO THE LOWBROW BASICS OF RAUNCHY SEX Series: Second in a series on how to make stupid, mindless, moronic, gross, slob movies and make millions of dollars and live happily ever after. Los Angeles Times 21 Jan 1985: 1.

[tomato-5] "Porky's II: The Next Day". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster.

[6] "1983 6th Hastings Bad Cinema Society Stinkers Awards". Stinkers Bad Movie Awards. Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 17, 2006. Retrieved April 2, 2013.

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 The Angel Beach High School Drama Club is producing a [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] Festival in which the group from the first film is participating. A religious leader named Bubba Flavel wants to halt the production because his group, "The Righteous Flock," believe Shakespeare is indecent and profane. Flavel recruits the support of the local [[Ku Klux Klan]] chapter by informing them that the Festival will feature an interracial kiss between John Henry, a [[Seminole]] student playing [[Romeo Montague|Romeo]], and a white [[Juliet]] played by Wendy. The students seek the help of County Commissioner Gebhardt, who promises to pull some strings to keep the Festival running. Gebhardt reneges on his promise after his aide delivers a stack of 5,000 petitions from voters that Flavel gathered. Meanwhile, the Klan attacks and beats John Henry. Though the Angel Beach principal, Mr. Carter, enthusiastically supports his students, he is forced to cancel the Festival after the county commissioners voted against it. The Angel Beach students plot revenge against Flavel, Commissioner Gebhardt, the rest of the county commissioners, and the Klan.
-The teens discover that the county commissioners, while publicly espousing decency and morality, secretly gather to watch [[stag film]]s in the courthouse basement. The students takes a tape recorder to the courthouse and record the commissioners' crude commentary on the films, which include remarks that Flavel provided the pornography.
+The teens discover that the county commissioners, while publicly espousing decency and morality, secretly gather to watch [[stag film]]s in the courthouse basement. The students take a tape recorder to the courthouse and record the commissioners' crude commentary on the films, which include remarks that Flavel provided the pornography.
 After the Festival is cancelled, Wendy agrees to a date with Gebhardt at a classy restaurant. Wendy arrives in a deliberately showy, vulgar dress with her breasts artificially inflated by a secret container of fake vomit. Throughout dinner, she constantly shouts out Commissioner Gebhardt's name, his upcoming re-election, and her own age, alerting the other patrons to the situation. Once she has the attention of the entire restaurant, she announces that Gebhardt took her [[virginity]] and that she is now carrying his child. Finally, to complete Gebhardt's humiliation, she uses the fake vomit to pretend to throw up in a fountain. When Gebhardt tries to sneak away, Peewee jumps out with a camera, promising to send the photos to the local newspapers.