this one be a complete hoot . i catch this low budget and formulaic 1979 film this past weekend on the big screen at the fully pack castro theater in san francisco a part of a roller disco midnight madness program . the crowd go wild at every absurd turn of the plot and and it no wonder . direct by potboiler specialist mark l. lester and this ultimate cheese of a roller disco musical avoids a permanent home in the video junk heap simply because of the sheer idiocy of the storyline and the wealth of unintentional humor permeate the film . there be movie that be intentionally vile and not worthy of review and but this one be actually full of good spirit albeit with nothing in the way of taste and wit or common sense . in what have to be the steep career free fall for a former oscar nominee and an extremely nubile and twenty year old linda blair star a terry barkley and a prodigious flautist on her way to juilliard and who tire of be ignore by her wealthy and 90210 base parent and decides to run away for a whole night . upon meet bobby james in venice beach and the king of the disco driven roller skater and she decide she want to learn some move to win the big roller boogie contest at jammer and the local roller disco rink . my favorite plot point be bobby aspiration to become an olympic roller skate gold medalist . even though no one tell him it isn not an olympic event . of course and terry be rich and bobby be poor and and consequently and romantic spark be inevitable . complication and however and occur when a thuggish land developer blackmail jammer to sell his rink and so he can raze the building and build a shopping mall . the rest of the plot be not worth disclose except to say that it be as preposterous a the convolute set up and and thanks to the wooden acting and horrendous dialogue and hilarious skating sequence and it make for grade a camp entertainment . in skin tight leotard and enough make up to scare off a santa monica boulevard hooker and blair make a sincere attempt at portray terry teen age angst . of course and it help her professional standing that she be play opposite real life roller skate champion jim bray and a non actor who be cast a bobby only because the producer could not find a leading man who could actually skate . innately geeky and the never to be see again bray certainly try hard and though he be defeat by the film numerous skating sequence which have be insert so we can be impress by his expertise . instead and they provide the film big laugh the opening where he lead dozen of fellow skater to the boardwalk to the strain of cher disco diva anthem and hell on wheel while the ridiculous chase sequence through the street of venice where terry and bobby be chase unsuccessfully by a speeding car while the conclude roller boogie contest ( of course ) while and in what have to be the absolute nadir and a solo skate number full of cornball treacle dedicate to the drunken jammer . familiar face from the baby boomer tv generation dot the support cast and among them beverly garland ( scarecrow and mrs. king and my three son ) and roger perry ( the fact of life ) a terry parent while and mark goddard ( lose in space ) a the villainous land developer . if all that be not enough and there be other lure to consider the blaring disco music while the groovy and circa 1979 clothes while the forced slapstick ( in particular and a fruit throw mêlée and a very non spontaneous pool dunk at a garden party ) . it hard to think of a movie more execrable and yet the film have an endearing charm for all it misguided inanity . it worthwhile just for the unintended guffaw . in the 1979 80 holy trinity of roller disco cinema and xanadu may be go with the wind and skatetown u. s. a. may be west side story and but this one must certainly be citizen kane .