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Midnight Madness is a 1980 American comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and starring David Naughton, Stephen Furst, Eddie Deezen, and Maggie Roswell. [3] [4] The city of Los Angeles is the game board as five teams of college students attempt to win "The Great All-Nighter", a dusk-to-dawn competition dreamed up by an eccentric ...
- $4.5 million
- Julius Wechter
- February 8, 1980
- Ron Miller
A comedy film about a group of teenagers who play a game of capture the flag in a shopping mall overnight. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers and other crew members who worked on this movie.
- Midnight Madness was Michael J. Fox's feature film debut. Though he'd portrayed roles on scattered TV shows and made-for-TV movies since an episode of The Beachcombers back in 1973, Midnight Madness marked the soon-to-be-teen-heartthrob’s first appearance on the big screen.
- Midnight Madness was based on a real thing. The film is based on a real all-night scavenger hunt, which graphic designer Don Luskin staged in Los Angeles for the first time in 1973.
- Midnight Madness inspired a number of alernate reality games. The most famous among them is probably Microsoft VP Joe Belfiore’s The Game. He started it as a high school student in Clearwater, Florida, before moving it to Stanford University and then to Seattle when he began working for Microsoft.
- David Naughton was promoting Dr Pepper at the time. Product placement in movies is nothing new, so David Naughton gulping down a bottle of Dr Pepper shouldn’t seem suspicious.
A comedy film about a treasure hunt in Los Angeles, starring Michael J. Fox and Eddie Deezen. Watch the trailer, read the cast and crew, and shop for the DVD on Disney's official site.
- Michael Nankin, David Wechter
- Maggie Roswell
Roger Ebert praises the filmmaking talent of two young directors, Nankin and Wechter, who made "Junior High School" and "Midnight Madness". He criticizes the latter film for its unwieldy plot, slow pace and nasty humor.
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Feb 6, 2022 · 8. 771 views 1 year ago. "The most fun you'll ever have...in the dark!" David Naughton ("An American Werewolf in London"), Stephen First ("National Lampoon's Animal House"), Eddie Deezen ("Grease")...
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- It Looks So Fake Productions
A movie about a treasure hunt in Los Angeles with five teams of oddballs. Watch the trailer, see the cast and crew, and find out where to rent or buy this PG-rated comedy.
