National Lampoon's Joy of Sex is a 1984 film directed by Martha Coolidge. It was written by Kathleen Rowell and J.J. Salter, based on the sex manual by Alex Comfort. Leslie Hindenberg has just entered senior year, but going to the doctors to get a mole checked out she mistakenly believes she only has six weeks to live and goes about trying to lose her virginity. However it's quite hard when her father is the school's PE coach. While on the other side of the coin is Alan Holt, whose pals brag about their sexual encounters, which leaves him rather frustrated as he can't stop thinking about sex... as he goes about trying to lose his virginity anyway possible. Director Coolidge was fired from the movie for cutting many scenes of gratuitous nudity but declined an opportunity to have her directing credit appear as Alan Smithee. According to the book Wired, John Belushi was supposed to appear in this movie, but he died before filming began. The film was given a theatrical release in the United States by Paramount Pictures in August 1984. It grossed $4,463,841 at the box office. The film was given a release on VHS by Paramount Home Video in the 1980s.
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| Release date: | August 3, 1984 |
| Directed by: | Martha Coolidge |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 93 Minutes |
| Producer: | Frank Konigsberg |
| Editor: | Allan Jacobs |
| Cinematography: | Charlie Correll |
| Screenplay by: | Kathleen Rowell |
| Genre: | Comedy |