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Overview

User Rating:
5.6/10   5,012 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Neil Tolkin (written by)
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Release Date:
6 July 1988 (USA) more
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Some guys get all the brakes!
Plot:
A teen decides to go for a night on the town with his friends despite flunking his driver's test. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 1 nomination more
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(7 articles)
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Haimster and Feldog's 2nd best film more (41 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Corey Haim ... Les Anderson

Corey Feldman ... Dean

Carol Kane ... Mrs. Anderson
Richard Masur ... Mr. Anderson

Heather Graham ... Mercedes Lane
Michael Manasseri ... Charles
Harvey Miller ... The Professor

Michael A. Nickles ... Paolo

Nina Siemaszko ... Natalie Anderson
Grant Goodeve ... Natalie's DMV Examiner
James Avery ... Les' DMV Examiner

Grant Heslov ... Karl

Michael Ensign ... School Teacher / Bus Driver
Helen Hanft ... Miss Hellberg
Christopher Burton ... Rudy
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
To Live and Drive in L.A. (USA) (working title)
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88 min
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Michael Manasseri's first movie. more
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Continuity: The license plate on the Cadillac changes several times (for instance, when they are parking at Archie's and when they are turning the corner just before getting to the DUI checkpoint) between the vanity plate 'GRANDPA' and the blue and yellow California license plates with a stock number. more
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Dean: Charles, you spasticated idiot. more
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10 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
Haimster and Feldog's 2nd best film, 8 November 2004
10/10
Author: lim666 from Birmingham, England

One of the better 80's teen flicks in which Haim and Feldman manage to pull off surprisingly good performances. If you are going 2watch any of their movies make it this one as their output in the nineties as not up to scratch. Nice to see a young Heather Graham in one of her first decent roles as the out of reach babe Haim falls for. The film is also complimented by the great soundtrack featuring eighties greats, Billy Ocean, Belinda Carlisle and many others. Look out for a great cameo from Uncle Phil from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air who plays Les' driving instructor. The Scene with the drunk driver is especially funny. This film is made even more hilarious by the fact that Corey Haim drove round LA without a real driving license for many years when he was in his wild child years. They Rock.

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