January 4 - All I Wanna Do

This comedy movie has a scene that happens today – January 4. I hope you will enjoy this film and watch it tonight.

ALL I WANNA DO                         

On January 4, 1963 Odette “Odie” Sinclair is delivered to Miss Goddard’s Prepatory School for Girls by her parents in order to separate her from her boyfriend, Dennis. She meets her roommates the smart, attractive Verena von Stefan and the promiscuous Trinka Parker, who both mock the school’s strict rules. Brownnoser Abigail “Abby” Sawyer takes a dislike to Odie. [2:00 to 9:00] Mr. Dewey, a teacher at the school invites her to New York ostensibly for a lecture.  The girls agree to forge a letter from Odie’s mother so Odie can leave campus alone to meet Dennis. The girls meet a group of strange local boys who call themselves “the Flat Critters”.  The girls induct Odie into their secret club “the Daughters of the American Ravioli” (DAR) where they pledge to help each other with their life goals. They try to get rid of Mr. Dewey by planting sexually oriented material in his briefcase, but Miss McVane, the headmistress, see through the plot. Miss McVane accidentally discovers the letter from Odie’s mother is a forgery and Odie is confined to campus for the rest of the year. The bulimic Theresa “Tweety” Goldberg, a member of the DAR, learns that the school is going to merge with the all-male St. Ambrose academy next year. The DAR splits, as only von Stefan and Maureen “Momo” Haines want to take steps to make the boys look bad during a visit by their choir to the Goddard school. Verena and Momo spike the punch at the dance. Tweety and Trinka change their minds about going co-ed after they see how badly the St. Ambrose boys behave. Verena keeps a promise to Odie by arranging for Dennis to sneak onto campus in a St. Ambrose uniform for a rendezvous.  Mr. Dewey interrupts them, and tries to make a move on Odie, but the “Flat Critters”, who have snuck into the school, take care of him. Momo gives the St. Ambrose boys ipecac, telling them it will help them sober up for their concert. Verena is caught by Abby making out with a boy in a dorm room. The boys all start hurling during the concert. Verena is expelled and Mr. Dewey is fired. In spite of the debacle, the trustees proceed with the plan to go co-ed. Odie raises such a stink by getting the students to barricade themselves in the dorms and calling the media that the trustees are forced to agree to a vote and school remains single sex. On screen squibs tell what happened to each of the girls. 

A pretty funny movie. Sort of a cleaner female version of Animal House.

Date given in film at 2:02-03

Producers - Nora Ephron, Ira Deutchman and Peter Newman

Director - Sarah Kernochan

Screenplay - Sarah Kernochan

Released - August 21, 1998

Runtime – 1 hour 37 minutes

Starring -

Kirsten Dunst as Verena von Stefan

Gaby Hoffmann as Odette Sinclair

Lynn Redgrave as Miss McVane

Rachael Leigh Cook as Abigail "Abby" Sawyer

Tom Guiry as Bradley 'Frosty' Frost

Vincent Kartheiser as ‘Snake’

Monica Keena as Tinka Parker

Matthew Lawrence as Dennis

Heather Matarazzo as Theresa 'Tweety' Goldberg

Merritt Wever as Maureen 'Momo' Haines

Robert Bockstael as Mr. Frank Dewey

Rosemary Dunsmore as Page Sawyer

Nigel Bennett as Harvey Sawyer

Michael Reynolds as Mr. Armstrong

Caterina Scorsone as Susie

Michael Barry as ‘Possum’

Zachary Bennett as ‘Skunk’

Aaron Poole as ‘Beagle’

Danny Smith as ‘Groundhog’

Noah Shebib as Conrad Bateman

Robin Dunne as Todd Winslow

Hayden Christensen as Tinka's date

Shawn Ashmore as St. Ambrose photographer

Jack Duffy as School Guard