Midnight Madness (film)
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| Directed by |
Michael Nankin David Wechter |
| Produced by | Ron Miller |
| Written by |
Michael Nankin David Wechter |
| Starring |
David Naughton Michael J. Fox Stephen Furst Maggie Roswell Eddie Deezen Debra Clinger Brad Wilkin |
| Music by | Julius Wechter |
| Cinematography | Frank V. Phillips |
| Edited by | Norman R. Palmer Jack Sekely |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
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112 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.9 million |
Midnight Madness is a 1980 American comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and starring David Naughton, Stephen Furst and Maggie Roswell. The city of Los Angeles is the game board as five teams of college students attempt to win "The Great All-Nighter," a dusk-to-dawn competition dreamed up by an eccentric graduate student. David Naughton (An American Werewolf In London) and Stephen Furst (National Lampoon's Animal House) are paired with a grab-bag group of fellow students including Michael J. Fox in his first movie appearance, equally determined to win the game by collecting various clues planted around the city. The film was directed by Michael Nankin.
Graduate student Leon (Alan Solomon) summons five college students to his apartment and challenges them to participate in his latest game creation: The Great All-Nighter. He tells them about his game and instructs them to form teams. At first, the leaders refuse to play. However, rivalries between them lead all five to change their minds by the game's start time.
The game works like this:
Leon, as "game master," keeps track of the teams locations with a giant map, and various radio equipment. The teams are supposed to call and check in at each clue (though many of the teams end up skipping at least one location).
Starting at sundown, the five teams meet and are given envelopes with the first clue. They travel around Los Angeles, deciphering new clues in various locations, including the Griffith Observatory, a piano museum, the Pabst Blue Ribbon brewery, a restaurant, a mini golf course, the Los Angeles International Airport, and a video arcade. The first team to reach the final destination, a room in the Westin Bonaventure Hotel, wins the game.
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