Midnight Madness

Released: February 8th, 1980. Rated PG. 112 min.

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Cast:

David Naughton—Adam Larson - Yellow Team Leader
Debra Clinger—Laura - Yellow Team
David Damas—Marvin - Yellow Team
Michael J. Fox—Scott Larson (as Michael Fox)
Stephen Furst—Harold - Blue Team Leader

Storyline:

A college student known as "Leon" has created an all-night scavenger hunt for his fellow college students to participate in. He secretly invites them one by one, and splits them into colored teams: the Red Team, Blue Team, Green Team, etc. As the students reluctantly accept Leon's offer of intrigue for a night of adventure around southern California, we start to learn about the backgrounds of the main characters of the Yellow Team, and the relationship of its leader with his younger brother, played by Michael J. Fox in his acting debut.

What makes it special?

Lots of things. This movie was one of the inspirations for the creation of this site. While being an extremely campy and silly movie, it is all created with youthful exuberance and fun. This is an opportunity to see Michael J. Fox in his acting debut as a brash, angry pre-teenager. We are also introduced to Paul Reubens (A.K.A. Pee-Wee Herman) in one of his first movie appearances. While the character of Pee-Wee is not even created yet (Paul does not create him until 1981), we can see the beginnings of the character in this film. Watching the different groups try to figure out each clue at the different locations is also a blast, as most of the secondary characters are over the top.