Spring Fever is a 1982 film directed by Joseph L. Scanlan, set in the world of competitive tennis.[1] It was produced by Amulet Pictures with the participation of the Canadian Film Development Corporation and Famous Players Limited. The original title for the film was Sneakers, but was changed to Spring Fever when released.
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Directed by | Joseph L. Scanlan |
Screenplay by | Stuart Gillard |
Produced by | John F. Bassett |
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Cinematography | Donald Wilder |
Edited by | Kirk Jones |
Music by | Fred Mollin |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
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Language | English |
The film follows a Las Vegas teen (Carling Bassett) as she participates in the National Junior Tennis Championship in Tampa, Florida with her showgirl mother (Susan Anton).
Stevie Castle is a Las Vegas showgirl whose teen daughter K.C. demonstrates a promising aptitude for tennis. When K.C. enters a local tournament, she encounters hostility and snobbery from the tennis crowd due to her mother's profession.
Roger Ebert gave the film one-and-half of four possible stars in his March 17, 1983 review in the Chicago Sun-Times. Ebert wrote that the film "does not show anybody even slightly resembling any of the three people in the ad. Nor does it have a scene in which two girls and a boy mess around at the beach."[2]
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