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13 June 1986 (USA) moreTagline:
Registration starts Friday, June 13, at theaters everywhere.Plot:
To help his discouraged son get through college, a funloving and obnoxious rich businessman decides to enter the school as a student himself. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 win moreNewsDesk:
(8 articles)
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Rodney You're a Genius!!! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Rodney Dangerfield | ... | Thornton Melon | |
| Sally Kellerman | ... | Dr. Diane Turner | |
| Burt Young | ... | Lou | |
| Keith Gordon | ... | Jason Melon | |
| Robert Downey Jr. | ... | Derek | |
| Paxton Whitehead | ... | Dr. Phillip Barbay | |
| Terry Farrell | ... | Valerie Desmond | |
| M. Emmet Walsh | ... | Coach Turnbull | |
| Adrienne Barbeau | ... | Vanessa | |
| William Zabka | ... | Chas | |
| Ned Beatty | ... | Dean David Martin | |
| Severn Darden | ... | Dr. Borozini | |
| Sam Kinison | ... | Professor Terguson | |
| Robert Picardo | ... | Giorgio | |
| Kurt Vonnegut Jr. | ... | Himself |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
96 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
DolbyCertification:
Australia:M | Netherlands:MG6 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #27622) | New Zealand:M | Canada:14A | Finland:K-10 | Iceland:L | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | West Germany:6Fun Stuff
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The original music score for the movie was composed by band leader Danny Elfman of Oingo Boingo. The band was featured performing their song "Dead Man's Party" at Thornton Melon's dorm party. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Oingo Boingo performs at the party, the music is obviously the pre-recorded studio version of the song. moreQuotes:
Derek: [at the diving competition] You know what you almost never see? Somebody heckling a diver.[blows an air horn just as a diver is going into his dive]
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Without Rodney Dangerfield this movie would be in the bottom 100 for sure. However with Rodney Dangerfield (in my opinion) it should be considered for the top 75 comedies of all time.
Lines like "I like teachers. If you do something wrong they make you do it again" are what carry this movie. There's not a lot of them but when they do pop-up they're hilarious.
I do believe the director and producers made a mistake not taking Jim Carrey on for the role of the History Teacher because he was too young, because it wasn't a believable kind of movie any way. I must say though that the man who did play the History Teacher did a great job and seeing him teaching was one of the best parts of the movie.
So if your into comedies or a Rodney fan don't be put off by how old this movie is like I was because its age, if anything, makes the movie even better.