Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise is the 1987 sequel to the 1984 comedy Revenge of the Nerds. Its cast featured most of the main actors from the earlier film, including Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Curtis Armstrong, Larry B. Scott, Timothy Busfield, Donald Gibb, and Andrew Cassese. This film also provided an early starring role for Courtney Thorne-Smith. Other cast members include Bradley Whitford, Ed Lauter, and Barry Sobel. One of the movie trailers parodies the trailer of Poltergeist II: The Other Side where they pan the inside of a house, then the phone rings, and the... person sitting in the chair facing away from the camera picks up, then the person turns to reveal it's Heather O'Rourke's character, Carol-Ann, who says "They're Back." In the Nerds version, Robert Carradine's character, Lewis, turns and says "We're Back!" and does his infamous nerd laugh. The film opens with a Star Wars-like crawl summarizing the Tri-Lambs exploits from the first film, culminating in their triumph against their rival fraternity, the Alpha Betas.
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| Release date: | July 10, 1987 |
| Directed by: | Joe Roth |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 98 Minutes |
| Producer: | Peter Bart, Robert W. Cort, Ted Field, Joe Roth |
| Editor: | Richard Chew |
| Music by: | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| Cinematography: | Charlie Correll |
| Screenplay by: | Dan Guntzelman, Steve Marshall |
| Estimated budget: | $10,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |