Pajama Party

"The Party Picture That Takes Off Where The Others Pooped Out!"

1964 1h 27m EN

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4.8

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★4.8TMDB · 25

ComedyMusicRomanceScience Fiction

Synopsis

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A Martian teenager sent to prepare for an invasion falls in love with an Earth girl.

“The Party Picture That Takes Off Where The Others Pooped Out!”

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Cast

Tommy Kirk
Go Go
Annette Funicello
Connie
Elsa Lanchester
Aunt Wendy
Harvey Lembeck
Eric Von Zipper
Jesse White
J. Sinister Hulk
Jody McCrea
Big Lunk
Ben Lessy
Fleegle
Donna Loren
Vikki

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Don Weis
Writers: Louis M. Heyward
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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87 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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62 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Beach Party Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Don Weis, shot by Floyd Crosby. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Eve Newman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Tommy Kirk and Annette Funicello and Elsa Lanchester carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The Party Picture That Takes Off Where The Others Pooped Out!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0058440 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Don Weis directs. Floyd Crosby behind the camera. Eve Newman cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

187 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
262 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Beach Party Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Don Weis, shot by Floyd Crosby. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Eve Newman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Tommy Kirk and Annette Funicello and Elsa Lanchester carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The Party Picture That Takes Off Where The Others Pooped Out!".
8IMDB entry: tt0058440 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 25 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Floyd Crosby
Editing: Eve Newman
Makeup / hair: Robert Dawn
Runtime: 87 min · 1h 27m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Pajama Party (1964)

Part of

Beach Party Collection

American International Pictures produced a series of seven beach films, starting with Beach Party. The 1965 AIP film Ski Party (with Dwayne Hickman, Yvonne Craig, Lesley Gore and James Brown) is also notable for employing many of the same actors and schticks, only transplanted to a ski resort in the Sawtooth National Forest.