Marlon has a crush on Jessica, who's running for senior-class president and wants to attend Ramsey College. Marlon wants to go wherever she's going. Problem: low SAT scores.Marlon has a crush on Jessica, who's running for senior-class president and wants to attend Ramsey College. Marlon wants to go wherever she's going. Problem: low SAT scores.Marlon has a crush on Jessica, who's running for senior-class president and wants to attend Ramsey College. Marlon wants to go wherever she's going. Problem: low SAT scores.
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- TriviaThe original director, Jan Eliasberg was fired during production and replaced by Savage Steve Holland.
- GoofsThe school where Ronny "Surehands" is being recruited is supposed to be located in Detroit, Michigan, but New York City's Empire State Building can be clearly seen in the distance behind the school.
- Quotes
Marlon Browne: Two men, A and B, are trapped inside my mailbox chained to 200,000 pounds of explosives.
B: This isn't funny!
A: What test is this?
Marlon Browne: If their chains are three inches thick and they have thirty seconds to escape, sawing at one inch per second, what are their chances for survival?
B: Skip it! Go to the next problem!
A: Come on, man! Get us out of here!
Marlon Browne: Who cares? I already got into college.
- ConnectionsReferences Wheel of Fortune (1983)
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Written by Joseph Vitarelli, Jason Scheff, Edgy Lee and Savage Steve Holland
Performed by Jason Scheff
Courtesy of Polygram Records
We follow that of Marlon who has his eyes set on the highly respected, top of the class Jessica, but he has never been game enough to confront her. However he sees college the chance to do so. He decides to aim for the same campus she's applying too, but it's not going to be any easy walk through the park.
Maybe I didn't find the characters and interactions as memorable and comical as in Holland's earlier films, but there's no doubts that hanging off it is an amusingly witty and creatively inspired script that seems to have that oddball sense despite probably keeping it a tad more in check and favouring the romance sub-plot. It's quite forward and slight but never lets the stereotypical inclusions take over; in doing so it gave it a more random air and warm feeling within its grounded framework. Also there are some amusingly bright cameo roles by Phil Hartman, Nora Dunn, Diane Franklin, Taylor Negron, (playboy model) Rebecca Ferratti and Curtis Armstrong.
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Box office
- Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,642,239
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $651,850
- May 21, 1989
- Gross worldwide
- $1,642,239
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1