Underplayed Gems

Rip-Off (1971)

Rip-Off poster
Directed by
Donald Shebib
Genre
comedy film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
R
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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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: RĂªver 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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