O.C. & Stiggs (1985)
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In what can only be described as a dramatic change of pace, Robert Altman directed this raunchy teen comedy based on the antics of two characters featured in a series of stories published in the National Lampoon. Oliver Cromwell Ogilvie (Daniel Jenkins), aka O.C., and his buddy Mark Stiggs (Neil… More In what can only be described as a dramatic change of pace, Robert Altman directed this raunchy teen comedy based on the antics of two characters featured in a series of stories published in the National Lampoon. Oliver Cromwell Ogilvie (Daniel Jenkins), aka O.C., and his buddy Mark Stiggs (Neil Barry), are a pair of misfit teenagers whose greatest joy in life is making those around them miserable. O.C.'s ancient grandfather (Ray Walston) has just had his insurance cancelled, and when he discovers that suburbanite salesman Randall Schwabb (Paul Dooley) is responsible, O.C. and Stiggs swing into a summer-long campaign to get revenge on Schwabb and his family. While it received some of the most brutally negative reviews of Altman's career, O.C. and Stiggs is worth a quick look for its cast, which includes fellow outcast auteurs Dennis Hopper and Melvin Van Peebles, comics Louis Nye and Jane Curtain, the one-time glamour girl of the Clifford Irving scandal Nina Van Pallandt, and Thomas Hal Phillips, reprising his role as Hal Phillip Walker from Nashville. World music superstars King Sunny Ade and his African Beats appear and provide the musical score. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Robert Altman
- Written By
- Tod Carroll, Ted Mann, Donald Cantrell
- Genres
- Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Jul 10, 1987 Limited
Critic Reviews
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
Its notion of American artificiality runs so deep that the film begins and ends at a man-made surfing beach in the middle of the desert.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
I found little to like in this incoherent, gross, and juvenile farce by film-maker Robert Altman.
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...a massive failure on every single level...
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Shane Burridge, rec.arts.movies.reviews
(Altman's) distinctive, observational satire is poles apart from the sophomoric humor that trademarks the Lampoon
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Cast
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Daniel Jenkins
as Oliver Cromwell "O.C." Ogilvie
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Neil Barry
as Mark Stiggs
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Paul Dooley
as Randall Schwab
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Jane Curtin
as Elinore Schwab
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Jon Cryer
as Randall Schwab Jr.
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Ray Walston
as Gramps
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Dennis Hopper
as Sponson
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Louis Nye
as Garth Sloan
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Tina Louise
as Florence/Beaugereaux
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Martin Mull
as Pat Coletti
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Melvin Van Peebles
as Wino Bob
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Donald May
as Jack Stiggs
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Carla Borelli
as Stella Stiggs
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Cynthia Nixon
as Michelle
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Caroline Aaron
as Janine
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Dana Anderson
as Robin
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Alan Autry
as Goon
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Margery Bond
as Mrs. Buny
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Robert Fortier
as Wino Jim
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Tiffany Helm
as Charlotte
- Lobo
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Bob Uecker
as Bob Uecker
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Nina Van Pallandt
as Claire Dejavve
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Greg Wrangler
as Jefferson Washington
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Dan Ziskie
as Rusty Calloway
- King Sunny Ade and His African Beats
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Danny Darst
as Schwab Commercial Singer
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Jeannine Ann Cole
as Nancy Pearson
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Stephanie Elfrink
as Missie Stiggs
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Tom Flagg
as Policeman
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James Gilsenan
as Barney Beaugereaux
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Victor J. Ho
as Frankie Tang
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Fred Newman
as Bongo Voice
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Maurice Orozco
as Bandito
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Thomas Hal Phillips
as Hal Phillip Walker
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Frank Sprague
as Actor in Play
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Laura Urstein
as Lenore Schwab
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Louis Enriques
as Promoter
- Roy Gunsberg
- Richard Thompson
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Gary Guthrie
as Deejay
- Neill Barry
