Stroker Ace

Stroker Ace (1983)

Actors: Stanley Brossette (miscellaneous crew), Loni Anderson (actress), Hal Needham (director), Hal Needham (writer), Cassandra Peterson (actress), Jerry Whittington (miscellaneous crew), Hal Needham (actor), Ned Beatty (actor), Kevin McCorkle (actor), Bubba Smith (actor), Warren Stevens (actor), John Byner (actor), Burt Reynolds (actor), Hugh Wilson (writer), Hope Williams (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: Stroker Ace, a champion NASCAR driver, is standing at the top of his career, but is getting fed up with having to do as he's told. In between rebelling against his sponsor (a fried chicken chain)'s promotion gimmicks (like making him dress up in giant chicken suit) he spends the rest of the movie trying to bed the buxom Pembrook.

Keywords: advertising, based-on-novel, blonde, blonde-bombshell, car-race, chicken-suit, contract, contractual-obligation, cult-film, embarrassment
Genres: Action, Comedy, Romance, Sport,
Taglines: BURT'S BACK . . . With car crashin' & party crashin' as the hassled hunk who drives his car upside down & his women round the bend! [Australia theatrical] He's hot on the track... and off!

Quotes:

Announcer: Just once, JUST ONCE, I wish you guys would TELL US THE REAL STORY!

Charlie: What's so bad about second?::Stroker Ace, Lugs Harvey: Screw Second!

Stroker Ace: [asking about the previous night's encounter between Torkle and Pembrook] What DID happen between you two?::Pembrook Feeney: [Pembrook and Lugs roll out from under Stroker's race car on creepers] He just made me mad, that's all, so I kicked him in the scrotum. [Pembrook rolls back under the car]::Stroker Ace: Scrotum?::Lugs Harvey: What's a scrotum?::Stroker Ace: I dunno.::Lugs Harvey: I think I'll find out. [Lugs rolls back under the car] Pembrook, what's a scr... [sound of tools crashing]

Stroker Ace: What are you doin' now, Dad?::Dad Seegle: Oh, I make jewelry. [Dad shows a piece of jewelry to Stroker and Pembrook]::Stroker Ace: Oh, that's real pretty, isn't it? What do you make it out of?::Dad Seegle: Organic matter? Manure.::Stroker Ace: Kinda makes you the Cartier of ca-ca.

Man in Bar: Come on, damnit, we wanna hear a *cluck*!::Stroker Ace: Who gives a cluck?

Stroker Ace: [Punches Aubrey James] Take that, 12.::Lugs Harvey, Pembrook Feeney: 10.::Stroker Ace: Whatever.

Stroker Ace: The son of a bitch hit me and spun me out. I can't remember his name.::NASCAR Driver: You never can, can you?::Stroker Ace: Anyway, he spun me out. What do you think I should do with him?::NASCAR Driver: I think you ought to stick him in the fence.::Stroker Ace: Good idea, Neil.::[Aubrey drives up]::Stroker Ace: Well, speak of the devil.::Aubrey James: Mr. Bonnett. Stroker.::Stroker Ace: Hello, Audrey.::Aubrey James: Aubrey!::Stroker Ace: Whatever.::Aubrey James: You won't have trouble remembering my name after tomorrow.::Stroker Ace: I know your name; Audrey Meadows.::Aubrey James: Audrey JAMES! AUBREY James! Shmuck!::[Drives off]::NASCAR Driver: Stick him in the wall.::Stroker Ace: I'm Gonna.

Dad Seegle: [In a very dry tone] I know NOTHING, I am merely the messenger.

Lugs Harvey: [Torkle has his hand on the car] Don't lean on the car. Nobody touches the car. Not EVER! [Arnold glares at him]::Lugs Harvey: Except you! You can touch it any time you want!

NASCAR Driver: [Petty, Rudd, Earnhardt and James are racing room service carts in the hotel and Aubrey falls off] What seems to be the problem, James?::Aubrey James: Well, It's not handling too well in the turns, Kyle.::NASCAR Driver: You never could drive anyway, James. It's ALWAYS the equipment.