With original songs written by Jack Elliott and Lou Quadling, this will never be a threat to "Hairspray" or "Bye Bye Birdie". In fact, I'd rather be forced to go to the umpteenth high School revival of "Birdie" then have to listen to any of the pedestrian songs in this college musical ever again.
....with his amazing piano skills and he really wows the crowd at a concert with "El Cumbanchero"!!
First of all, in the spirit of full disclosure, director Nick Terry is a student of mine at Mountlake Terrace High School. However, as a film instructor and as somebody who's critical of amateurish productions, I can assure you that this film is a remarkable debut effort by Nick and his crew of young filmmakers.
Terrible movie with unappealing leads is not the time capsule you were hoping for. This simplistic story about college students who act like 12-year-olds bills itself as a musical and boasts a number of star names as guest performers.
"Senior Prom" is a real movie musical comedy. It is nothing like the early Rock 'n Roll movies made by Columbia, as well as other studios, during this period.
When i tuned into this unfamiliar film on TCM today, i had not planned on sticking around long for at first glance it appeared to be your run-of-the-mill 50's boring Leave It To Beaveresque high school Love/Crush romp. And besides it only scored 2 out of 4 stars on the cable film guide but what i found is that i never wanted to change the channel.
Yeah, I can see the producer pitching this one..."And there will be none of that damn Rock and Roll in MY picture...
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