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A very succesful stock broker is called to court to testify against a mob boss who was into some inside trading. They hide him because of death threats. He gets caught in a gun battle and has to flee. He ends up hiding out as a student in a high school. He has to adjust to how things have changed as a teenager. The bad guys find him and he has fight it out in the high school gym. Written by
John Julien <jcjulien@eos.ncsu.edu>
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Where can a young stockbroker on the run from the mob seek refuge ? High School !!
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Goofs
[various]: Annoyingly frequently.
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Quotes
Andrew Morenski:
Do you ever ask yourself "How did I get here?"
Patrick Morenski:
Yeah, I used to, but now I just ask myself "How do I get out?"
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Crazy Credits
The song Anchors away is played by the Topsail High School Marching band.
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References
Bambi (1942)
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Soundtracks
"Catch Me (I'm Falling)"
Written by Jade Starling and Whey Cooler
Performed by Pretty Poison
Re-mixed by Victory, Gladwyne, PA
Courtesy of Virgin Records America, Inc.
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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...