Robert Wuhl looked old as hell in this movie, so I checked his D.O.B., and he was almost 30 when he did this movie. I loved him as Newbaum Turk, but damn he looked old.
shareOf course he didn't but it doesn't really matter.
He's taking the knife out of the Cheese!
Do you think he wants some cheese?
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The little town I grew up in had a guy who was still cruising dowtown on his corvette and hanging out at the lake in his 40's. Could it have been newbomb???
shareYeah, Chadmary, that's the ticket. I don't think Newbomb was supposed to be a highschool kid + he was just one of those guys who hung around for a bit too long. The knights were a "car club" eh.
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HE is Exactly 12 years older than me. I just found out we have the same birthday (which is also the Late John Lennon's, Sean Lennon, and Jackson Brown)
They have people in their 20's and 30's playing teens all the time.
Look at "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" Most, if not all, were in their 20's.
Your mistaking high school age as a requirement for staying in the Knights - it was just a prerequisite.
Wheatley and Shorty looked high school age because their characters were probably recent graduates. Jimmy Shine obviously wasn't a highschooler because he was married, and about to leave for the Army the next day. Newbomb was probably in his early 20's, and I think Robert Wuhl passed for it acceptably.
I guess nowadays its no big deal for people to run on to the next big thing and leave behind friends, family, clubs, schools, whatever, but back during 1963 things were slightly more honorable. People got together in their clubs and stayed long after modern kids would have moved on. No internet, no weekly big movie releases, no cable, no LAN parties, raves, etc. This fictitious car club was made of people who got together based on their love of hot rods and street racing. It had nothing to do with age other than the fact that the younger people had more energy and free time, and a lot less to lose if something went wrong. There's always the guru who stayed behind and became the defacto leader, and thats Newbomb.
There's people from 18 to 50 in my local street club, and the older guys call the shots but the younger guys pull the stunts. Except for the jackets, its kinda close to the Knights.
Newbomb was such a repeat offender, it's likely he was 30 years old and expelled from school.
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"I guess nowadays its no big deal for people to run on to the next big thing and leave behind friends, family, clubs, schools, whatever, but back during 1963 things were slightly more honorable. People got together in their clubs and stayed long after modern kids would have moved on. No internet, no weekly big movie releases, no cable, no LAN parties, raves, etc. This fictitious car club was made of people who got together based on their love of hot rods and street racing. It had nothing to do with age other than the fact that the younger people had more energy and free time, and a lot less to lose if something went wrong. There's always the guru who stayed behind and became the defacto leader, and thats Newbomb. "---flashsideways
That was just an awesome explanation. Perhaps films like Hollywood Knights should get more exposure to remind us what was lost.
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Well I did know some guys out of high school that hung out with high schoolers but I just always found it creepy...Kinda like I get older they stay the same age thing.
"All year long you have been calling him Bob, his names not Bob, it's Bob, Bo." "Bo"
"Robert Wuhl looked old as hell in this movie, so I checked his D.O.B., and he was almost 30 when he did this movie. I loved him as Newbaum Turk, but damn he looked old. "--iujon779
Yeah, but most of these high school films use older actors. Teenagers do not act like any of the characters in any of the films featuring teenagers. I have yet to see one. Even with actual teenage actors and actresses they are usually so precocious in behavior that it doesn't look right.
Live Long and Prosper!
no he didny. the whole cast looked to old to be in high school. But you are not allowed to think for this movie, just watch and laugh. If u do that u get to watch one of the best comedies ever made.
shareFurthermore, get ahold of any high school yearbook from the early '60s and take a look at the senior pictures; most of them will look old enough to be the parents, rather than the students.
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