Set in 1961, WEEKEND WARRIORS film follows a bunch of movie-biz employees who have joined the National Guard to avoid the draft. For one weekend a month these wackos assemble at a nearby Hollywood base camp where they are subjected to the rages of Sgt. Burge (Vic Tayback) and the
eccentricities of Col. Archer (Lloyd Bridges). The narrator of the story is struggling screenwriter Vince Tucker (Chris Lemmon, son of Jack), who introduces us to some of his buddies: a bisexual gossip columnist; the members of a doo-wop singing group; a makeup man who does mortuary work on the
side; a huge bodybuilder type who talks like Elmer Fudd. After being threatened with active duty...
Released:
1986
Rated:
R
Length:
85 mins