Directed by Andrew Bergman • 1981 • United States Starring Ryan O’Neal, Jack Warden, Mariangela Melato

Blood proves thicker than Velcro in this screwball comedy, as a young college professor is forced to leave academia for the cutting rooms of Manhattan’s Seventh Avenue to save the faltering family dress firm. Along the way, Bobby Fine (Ryan O’Neal) creates an eyebrow-raising new craze in designer jeans, succumbs to a sultry Italian soprano, and becomes the target of a jealous mafioso. The directorial debut from BLAZING SADDLES writer Andrew Bergman is every bit as raunchy and outrageous as a movie featuring butt-cheek-exposing peekaboo pants as a major plot point ought to be.