Rad, it's radical

The scene above could indeed be the greatest ever. Cruelly
looked over by the academy and foreign press during award season,
RAD is still indeed so.

It speaks volumes for a movie when a future Oscar winner would
go out and (unsuccessfully) try to top this flick as a way of launching
her frizzy gingness to the world. Robert Rodriguez also allegedly had a red hot
go with his (unseen by myself) early student film El BMX Banditos.

Never released to DVD, I recently acquired an original boxed VHS copy
on my trip to Los Angeles last year. The nerdy negotiations at
Santa Monica Video were a true embarrassment for my now wife to witness.

5 RAD facts you probably don't need to know
1. Talia Shire (Mrs Rocky) was a producer

2. Chief Baddie Bart Connors was an Olympic Gymnast married to
Nadia Comaneci

3. Lori Loughlin would go on to co-star in "Full House"
the show that would redefine comedy as we know it

4. The soundtrack was provided by none other session
vocalist John Farnham during his wilderness years.
Sadie had long left and Jack was a long way from being whispered.

5. It's rad.