Rip-Off (1971)
- Directed by
- Donald Shebib
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 4.0 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Four high school friends in their final year try to impress their classmates by making a movie, starting a band, and living on a piece of land one of them inherited. Their schemes do not work out as planned.
lightheartedaimlesswhimsicalearnestnostalgicmildly comicslow-paceddated
What happens
Rip-Off: Trying to Find Your Own Thing (better known simply as Rip-Off; French: Rêver en couleur; U.S.: Virgin Territory) is a 1971 Canadian slice of life teen comedy film directed and co-edited by Don (Donald) Shebib, written by William Fruet, and produced by Bennett Fode, about the misadventures of four high school friends in their graduating year who make valiant but unsuccessful attempts to impress their school friends, especially the girls, trying filmmaking, forming a rock band, and starting a commune on a piece of land inherited by Michael (Don Scardino). The film features a score by Gene Martynec and Murray McLauchlan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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