Revenge of the Nerds

    • Directed by: Jeff Kanew
    • Produced by: Ted Field and Peter Samuelson
    • Written by: Jeff Buhai and Tim Metcalfe
    • Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
    • Release date: July 20, 1984
    • Running time: 90 minutes
    • Budget: $8,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross revenue: $40,900,000 (USA)
    • Sequel: Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
    • Filmed on location at the University of Arizona in Tuscon
  • Revenge of the Nerds is a comedy about a group of nerdy college students who band together to start their own fraternity and challenge their persecution at the hands of the school's "Jocks". Released in 1984, the film follows the nerds as they compete to win the annual homecoming carnival and wrest control of the Greek council from the "Jocks." The film was a commercial success and spawned a number of sequels, including the 1987 film Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise.
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  • Quotes

    • "Jocks only think about sports, nerds only think about sex" - Lewis
    • "No one will really be free until nerd persecution ends" - Gilbert

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