Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise

Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)

They're back!

The members of Lambda Lambda Lambda travel to Fort Lauderdale for a fraternity conference. They'll have to fend off the attacks of their rival frat, the Alphas, if they want to maintain their self-respect — and, of course, if they want to get anywhere with the pretty girls!

Date of release
1987-07-10
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (319)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Joe Roth
Collection
Revenge of the Nerds Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Florida

Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise is a 1987 American comedy film, a sequel to Revenge of the Nerds (1984), and the second installment in the Revenge of the Nerds series. Its cast features most of the main actors from its predecessor, including Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Curtis Armstrong, Larry B. Scott, Timothy Busfield, Donald Gibb, and Andrew Cassese. This film also provided an early starring role for Courtney Thorne-Smith. Other cast members include Bradley Whitford, Ed Lauter, and Barry Sobel.

Production

Upon gaining presidency of 20th Century Fox, Leonard Goldberg's first act was to green light a sequel to Revenge of the Nerds in a stark reversal of the previous studio head's "no sequels" policy, believing a sequel to Revenge of the Nerds was a "no brainer". While there was no indication original Nerds director Jeff Kanew was offered to direct, Kanew had been vocal in his opposition to a sequel and was quoted saying "It's done, the nerds won.

While Robert Carradine, Curtis Armstrong, Larry B. Scott, Timothy Busfield, Donald Gibb, and Andrew Cassese reprised their roles from the first film, Anthony Edwards only returned in a cameo appearance as he was reportedly busy with another film with the producers not all that concerned by Edwards absence as they considered him the least funny character in the original film.

Initially the sequel was supposed to take place in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, but the location was changed to Fort Lauderdale, Florida due to being a faster and cheaper alternative. Shooting took place at Fort Lauderdale and Miami, Florida during Spring break with many vacationing college students used as extras and background actors.

Curtis Armstrong admitted to hating the script and instead wanted to focus on his role in Moonlighting and turned down multiple offers from the studio with pay increases as well as the pleas of Robert Carradine who was worried that without the commitment of Anthony Edwards and now Curtis Armstrong the project would collapse.

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