Fans – Fans – Fans – Runter mit den Pants (1973)

Fans – Fans – Fans – Runter mit den Pants: Directed by Paul Glickler. With Stephanie Fondue, Denise Dillaway, Jovita Bush, Brandy Woods. A group of cheerleaders from the local high school decide to show their school spirit for their football team by sleeping with the opponents the night before the game so that they can be so worn out the opposition won’t be able to play.

“u0026quot;The Cheerleadersu0026quot; is a prime example of a great sexploitation film.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt has fun, does not take itself seriously and never goes too long without the promised u0026quot;actionu0026quot;.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDespite the frequent sex, the movie is overall light and innocent. A lot of the comedy arises from the sex scenes which is sort of unique. Usually in these films the sex scenes are played straight and/or romantic and the sthick is in the rest of the film. Here, sex is part of the sthick and because of that it mixes into the movie a whole lot better.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s also unusual to have female nudity played for laughs. The rule of thumb in these movies is that male nudity is funny (like in Porkys or Private Resort)and female nudity is sexy. In this movie, female nudity is played for laughs at least a couple times.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSlapstick, sexual slapstick, goofy premise, total reality disconnect, pre PC freedom, impossibly short cheerleader skirts, this movie has it all.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhat it also has is a leading lady whou0026#39;s cute with a capital CUTE. Willowy Stephanie Fondue plays Jeannie, a girl who is desperate to lose her virginity but whenever she tries, something goes wrong. Thatu0026#39;s where the suspension of disbelief begins and youu0026#39;ll have to keep it all through the film. Especially when the cheerleaders come up with thier grand plan of helping thier team win by tiring out the opposing team in a… er… special way.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is a classic for the Joe Bob Briggs set, of which I am a part(Yes, I love the real classics, I love the high minded films but I love these type of movies too… so shoot me).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s also full of ephemeral details like see through water beds, shag walls and pictures of teen stars in the lockers I canu0026#39;t recognize. Itu0026#39;s a trip!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe girls playing the cheerleaders did not have Oscars looming over thier heads but they were appealing and often showed decent comic timing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003enYou are most likely to find this film on video edited to an R(the earliest video release was not edited. Iu0026#39;ve seen both). The original version, while not pornographic, would no doubt get an NC-17 today. I donu0026#39;t know if it was originally released as an X rating, unrated or if it did indeed squeak by with an u0026quot;Ru0026quot; rating because of the MPAAu0026#39;s looser latitude on sex in films back then.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo, for those of you that liked u0026quot;American Pieu0026quot; and all those other recent so called sexploitation movies, rent this movie and see how much more fun these type of movies were when they were less self conscious to getting a particular MPAA rating or to treading (but not crossing) u0026quot;the lineu0026quot; and much more u0026quot;Hey! This is going to be wild! Letu0026#39;s have fun with this!u0026quot;.”