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Johnny Be Good (1988)
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25 March 1988 (USA)
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Every college in the country wants Johnny. 'Cause when he's good he's very very good. And when he's bad he's better.
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It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect...
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1 nomination
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One good scene in a sea of mediocrity
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Anthony Michael Hall | ... | Johnny Walker |
 | Robert Downey Jr. | ... | Leo Wiggins |
 | Paul Gleason | ... | Wayne Hisler |
 | Uma Thurman | ... | Georgia Elkans |
 | Steve James | ... | Coach Sanders |
 | Seymour Cassel | ... | Wallace Gibson |
| Michael Greene | ... | Tex Wade |
 | Marshall Bell | ... | Chief Elkans |
 | Deborah May | ... | Mrs. Walker |
| Michael Alldredge | ... | Vinny Kroll |
 | Jennifer Tilly | ... | Connie Hisler |
| Jon Stafford | ... | Bad Breath |
 | Peter Koch | ... | Pete Andropolous |
| Howard Cosell | ... | Himself |
| Jim McMahon | ... | Himself |
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91 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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UK:15 |
Iceland:12 |
New Zealand:M |
Finland:K-14 |
USA:PG-13 (theatrical version) |
USA:R (video rating) |
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Playing on the drive-in screen is non other than a scene from Putney Swope (1969) which was both written and directed by Robert Downey Sr..
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Georgia Elkans:
Well. Since you're not going to speak, you WILL rub my feet.
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Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Bride of the Monster (#5.23)" (1993)
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It's Not the Way You Rock
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There is one good scene in this movie, and it's pretty good. Anthony Michael Hall has just been on a recruitment tour of private colleges who want to give him football scholarships and he has come back to his hometown to negotiate a deal with the athletic director of a public university. The interplay between the two, especially the unspoken lines, is done beautifully.
Other than that, this is a pretty standard (sub-standard) teen flick posing as a cautionary tale. I think this movie wanted to be a comedic version of "All the Right Moves", but didn't have the guts to tell a real story.