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A stockbroker on the run from the mob decides to hide out from them by enrolling as a high-school student.A stockbroker on the run from the mob decides to hide out from them by enrolling as a high-school student.A stockbroker on the run from the mob decides to hide out from them by enrolling as a high-school student.
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Tim Quill
- Kevin O'Roarke
- (as Tim Quill)
Johnny Walker
- Pratt
- (as John Walker)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- GoofsOutside the school, Andrew bums a cigarette off a student and then asks for a light, which the student refuses to give him. A short time later, inside the school, he pulls a lighter from his pocket to light the same cigarette.
- Quotes
Andrew Morenski: I used to be just like you: a short, horny, hopeless dork.
Patrick Morenski: And now look at you.
Andrew Morenski: Well, I'm not short.
- Crazy creditsThe song "Anchors Aweigh" is played by the Topsail High School Marching Band.
- SoundtracksLive My Life
Performed by Boy George
Written by Allee Willis and Danny Sembello
Produced by Paul Fox and John Robie
Published by Streamline Moderne Music/Texascity Music (BMI)/No Pain, No Gain/Unicity Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Virgin Records America Inc.
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should've been a hit
Big shock this didn't strike when the teen iron was hot in the 80s, cuz it turned out to be a big favorite of mine. Others have pointed out its implausibility, but aren't all films? This just moves swiftly from start to finish, and I dare compare it to my all time fave, "Back to the Future", in terms of its pacing. It all begins when stockbroker Cryer goes on the run. He's due to testify against some pre-requisite mob guys who were dealing with bogus bonds (or something). So he looks up his cousin and aunt in Jersey for help. But for reasons only known to himself, decides not to tell his aunt who he is after altering his appearance. He elects to hold up in his cousin's loft for a bit and then finds refuge underneath the school in some sort of abandoned basement. All the while, dealing with an annoying teacher, an unwanted popularity that prompts the kids to nominate him for student council and falling for the sweet Gish. Coogan is good as the dorky cohort to all of Cryer's happenings, which there are plenty of that keep the film rolling. But all this talk about near 30 Cryer and teenage Gish dating in the film is blown way out. Though her age is never mentioned, she's obviously 18, just having been accepted to college. And at the end of film, graduating high school. So, Roger Ebert's comment about her being 15 is waaaaayyy off. Sure it would be an odd romance, but not stat. rape. Anywho, the whole thing is a lot of fun, exploring perfectly what could happen if...
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- mcfly-31
- Mar 13, 2001
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Adult Education
- Filming locations
- Wilmington, North Carolina, USA(the town of Topsail Bay, Delaware)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $7,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $7,019,441
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,062,120
- Nov 8, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $7,019,441
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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