Skatetown, U.S.A.


Skatetown, U.S.A. is a 1979 American comedic feature film produced to capitalize on the shortlived fad of roller disco.

One evening at a Los Angelesarea roller disco called Skatetown, U.S.A., a rivalry between two skaters Patrick Swayze and Greg Bradford culminates in a contest, the winning prize for which is 1000 and a moped. After a game of chicken played on motorized roller skates, the two rivals become friends.The setting is based on Flippers Roller Boogie Palace, a disco roller rink which had opened in West Hollywood on Santa Monica Boulevard earlier in 1979 and was fleetingly a very popular celebrity hangout. The film includes many short, broadly comedic and slapstick subplots such as a gag having to do with itching powder set between long roller skating sequences and musical performances. ........

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