License to Drive (1988)

Director:

Greg Beeman

Writer (WGA):

Neil Tolkin (written by)

Release Date:

6 July 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Driving Test | Teen | Drivers Ed | Face Slap | Ferrari

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

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
Jill Jaress	...	Dean's Mom
Kimberly Hope	...	Dean's Sister
Parley Baer	...	Grandpa Anderson
Bernie Pock	...	Dropout #1 (as Bernie Polk)
Jon Conrad Pochron	...	Dropout #2 (as Jon Pochron)
Daniel W. Barringer	...	Dropout #3
Christina Cocek	...	Anchorwoman
Jerry Tullos	...	DMV Clerk
Kelly Ames	...	Very Cute Girl
R.A. Mihailoff	...	Tow Truck Driver
Al Pugliese	...	Huge Cop
Carlos Lacamara	...	Second Cop
Eric Rosse	...	Club Doorman
Mary Ruth Breschard	...	Charles' Mom
Nancy Kusley	...	Pizza Parlor Waitress
Heidi Jardine	...	Roller Skating Waitress
Ira S. Rosenstein	...	Protest Leader
Fred Inman	...	Police Officer at Protest Rally (as Fred H. Inman)
Sandy Berumen	...	Girl at DMV Test
Chanin Brooks	...	Girl at DMV Test
John Grissom	...	Valet (as C. John Grisson)
Jon H. Epstein	...	Waiter
Lila Finn	...	Old Blind Lady
Jack Tice	...	Priest
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Henry Alan Miller	...	Drunk Driver (uncredited)
Paul Savage	...	Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Directed by
Greg Beeman

Writing credits (WGA)
Neil Tolkin		(written by)

Produced by
Mack Bing	....	associate producer
John Davis	....	producer
Andrew Licht	....	producer
Jeffrey A. Mueller	....	producer

Original Music by
Jay Ferguson

Cinematography by
Bruce Surtees

Film Editing by
Wendy Greene Bricmont
Stephen Semel

Casting by
Penny Perry

Production Design by
Lawrence G. Paull

Set Decoration by
Jeff Haley

Costume Design by
Hilary Wright

Makeup Department
Del Acevedo	....	makeup artist: supplemental unit
Judy Crown	....	key hair stylist
Francisco X. Pérez	....	makeup artist (as Frank Carrisosa)
Susan Zietlow-Maust	....	hair stylist: supplemental unit (as Sue Maust)

Production Management
Mack Bing	....	production manager
Mack Bing	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard W. Abramitis	....	second assistant director
Joe Dunne	....	second unit director
David Kelley	....	first assistant director: second unit
Michael Kusley	....	first assistant director
Janet Levine	....	DGA trainee: second unit
Larry Lipton	....	second assistant director: supplemental unit
David Newman	....	second assistant director: second unit
Conrad E. Palmisano	....	second unit director
Tomaz Remec	....	second second assistant director
Robert M. Rolsky	....	first assistant director: supplemental unit (as Bob Rolsky)

Art Department
Ken Adachi	....	assistant property master
James Allen	....	art director: second unit
Peter Bankins	....	property master: supplemental unit
Timothy Braniff	....	production illustrator
Mary Ann Good	....	set decorator: supplemental unit
James Hegedus	....	production illustrator
Bill Hrnjak	....	construction foreman
Larry Johnson	....	lead man
David L. McGuire	....	assistant property master: supplemental unit
Michael Milgrom	....	property master
Greg Papalia	....	set designer
David Shauger	....	construction foreman: supplemental unit
Michael Walsh	....	lead man: supplemental unit

Sound Department
Nicholas R. Allen	....	cable person
George Baetz	....	boom operator: supplemental unit
Tom Bellfort	....	supervising sound editor
Neal Burger	....	sound editor (as Neal Berger)
Chris Carpenter	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Duvall	....	sound editor
Cameron Frankley	....	sound editor
George Geren	....	cable person: supplemental unit
Joe Gilbert	....	assistant sound editor
Stan Gilbert	....	adr supervisor
Victor Grodecki	....	sound editor
Doug Hemphill	....	sound re-recording mixer (as D.M. Hemphill)
Richard Hymns	....	sound editor
Larry Kemp	....	sound editor
Joseph A. Mayer	....	sound editor (as Joseph Mayer)
Art Rochester	....	production sound mixer
Douglas J. Schulman	....	boom operator (as Douglas Schulman)
Paul A. Sharpe	....	sound re-recording mixer
Wylie Stateman	....	supervising sound editor
Edward F. Suski	....	sound re-recording mixer
Richard Van Dyke	....	sound mixer: supplemental unit (as Richard van Dyke)
Scott Warner	....	assistant sound editor
Asher Yates	....	sound editor
Cathie Speakman	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Stan Parks	....	special effects coordinator
Kevin Quibell	....	special effects coordinator
Paul Stewart	....	special effects coordinator: supplemental unit

Stunts
Linda Arvidson	....	stunts (as Linda Lee Arvidson)
Ken Blazer	....	stunts
Jerry Brutsche	....	stunts
Steve Buckingham	....	stunts
Bobby Burns	....	stunts
Harold Burns	....	stunts
Kerrie Cullen	....	stunts
Jeffrey J. Dashnaw	....	stunts (as Jeff Dashnaw)
Scott Dockstader	....	stunts
Joe Dunne	....	stunt coordinator
Dick Durock	....	stunts
David Efron	....	stunts
Greg Wayne Elam	....	stunts (as Greg W. Elam)
Bob Elmore	....	stunts (as Robert Elmore)
Charles Edward Fortson	....	stunts
Linda Lee Franklin	....	stunts
Allan Graf	....	stunts
Stefan Gudju	....	stunts
James M. Halty	....	stunts
Dick Hancock	....	stunts
Bob Herron	....	stunts
Jeff Jensen	....	stunts
Henry Kingi	....	stunts
James C. Lewis	....	stunts
Carey Loftin	....	stunts
Dwayne McGee	....	stunts
Faith Minton	....	stunts
John Moio	....	stunts
Paula Marie Moody	....	stunts
Conrad E. Palmisano	....	stunt coordinator: supplemental unit
Victor Paul	....	stunts
Manny Perry	....	stunts (as Manuel Perry)
William R. Perry	....	stunts
Norman Rockwell	....	stunts
J.P. Romano	....	stunts
Pat Romano	....	stunts
Thomas Rosales Jr.	....	stunts
Bobby Sargent	....	stunts
Anthony G. Schmidt	....	stunts (as Anthony Schmitt)
Rick Seaman	....	stunts
Jan Michael Shultz	....	stunts
Jerry Spicer	....	stunts
Jerry Summers	....	stunts
Neil Summers	....	stunts
Cris Thomas-Palomino	....	stunts
Mike Tillman	....	stunts
Mike Washlake	....	stunts
Paula Wayton	....	stunts (as Paula Moore-Wayton)
Jack West	....	stunts (as Jack S. West)
Randell Dennis Widner	....	stunts
Brian J. Williams	....	stunts
Harry Wowchuk	....	stunts
Christopher Bowman	....	stunts (uncredited)
Richard Burch	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Gale M. Adler	....	still photographer
Michael J. Bailey	....	best boy electric
Arthur R. Botham	....	director of photography: second unit (as Bud Botham)
Gary R. Dodd	....	key grip
Candy Edwards	....	assistant camera: "b" camera, supplemental unit (as Candace Edwards)
David Fay	....	key grip: supplemental unit
Jimmy Godber	....	best boy electric
Tom Hayes	....	gaffer
James Keys	....	electrician (as James Keyes)
Jan Koshay	....	dolly grip
Julio Macat	....	camera operator: "a" camera supplemental unit
Keith Pallant	....	electrician
Paul M. Pollard	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Joyce Rudolph	....	still photographer
Dennis Smith	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Gregory W. Smith	....	assistant camera: "b" camera, supplemental unit (as Gregory Smith)
Eric Stoner	....	best boy grip
Tama Takahashi	....	assistant camera
David Terpin	....	company grip (as David Turpin)
Mike Thomas	....	assistant camera
Richard Tim Vanik	....	camera operator: "b" camera supplemental unit
Lynda Vincent	....	assistant camera: "a" camera, supplemental unit
Susan Walsh	....	assistant camera: "a" camera, supplemental unit
Lorna Wiley	....	assistant camera
Mark Simon	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Durk Tyndall	....	grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Donna B. Anderson	....	casting associate
Connie Zimmer	....	casting coordinator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ingrid Ferrin	....	additional set wardrobe
Marla Denise Schlom	....	costume supervisor: women
Chuck Velasco	....	costume supervisor: men

Editorial Department
Rod Dean	....	assistant editor
Mark Helfrich	....	additional film editor
Chris Jackson	....	assistant editor
John Spence	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Jim Cahill	....	music coordinator
Thomas A. Carlson	....	music editor
Kathy Nelson	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Glenn Carter	....	picture car coordinator
John Hood	....	transportation captain
Dean E. Mason	....	transportation coordinator: supplemental unit (as Dean Mason)
Stanley R. Webber	....	transportation captain: supplemental unit (as Stanley Webber)
Randy White	....	transportation coordinator
Steve Bonner	....	driver (uncredited)
Tim Sisson	....	picture car mechanic (uncredited)

Other crew
Robert Anderson	....	production assistant
Patrick Andriani	....	assistant: Mr. Licht and Mr. Mueller
Julianna Arenson	....	production accountant
Kathy Barnett	....	assistant: Mr. Davis
Lisa Blok-Linson	....	assistant location manager
Brooke Brooks	....	assistant: Mr. Davis
Laura Brown	....	assistant location manager: supplemental unit
Hilbert Hakim	....	production assistant
Fred Inman	....	location police coordinator
Lindsey Jones	....	unit publicist
Joel Marx	....	location manager: supplemental unit
George McDowell Agnew	....	assistant location manager
Wanda Mull	....	production coordinator
Ira S. Rosenstein	....	location manager
David Russell	....	production coordinator
Gayle Sandler	....	assistant production accountant
Mark Suveg	....	craft service
Jack Tice	....	studio teacher
Suzanne Todd	....	assistant: Mr. Beeman (as Susy Todd)
Hope Williams	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (presents)
• Davis Entertainment

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1988) (USA) (theatrical)
• Abril Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• CBS/Fox Home Video (1989) (USA) (VHS)
• CBS/Fox Video Española S.A. (1990) (Spain) (VHS)
• CBS/Fox Video (1989) (Belgium) (VHS)
• Fox Network (1991) (USA) (TV)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Finland:K-10 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 | Australia:M | Iceland:L | Portugal:M/12 | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

485 Loring Ave, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Neither Corey Feldman nor Corey Haim had a driver's license and were in the middle of obtaining it during the filming of the movie.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When Les reaches into the glove compartment of his grandfather's car and makes the comment "Grandpa's top 10" when viewing the set of cassettes, he pulls out a Frank Sinatra tape, notable by its cover as the 1974 release of "Some Nice Things I've Missed." This is the tape that gets stuck in the player for the remainder of the movie. None of the songs played on the soundtrack from the cassette player (i.e. Strangers in the Night, That's Life, and Saturday Night (sung by a Sinatra impersonator Jerry Wright) are on this album.

Quotes:

Les:Hey dad, did you take a look at that brochure I gave you?
Mr. Anderson:Yeah.
Les:And what did you think?
Mr. Anderson:A 23,000 dollar BMW for a kid who hasn't had a job in his life... I think it's a great idea!

Movie Connections:

References "The Flintstones" (1960)

Soundtrack:

TOUCH AND GO

An innocent girl. A harmless drive. What could possibly go wrong?

Feast your eyes one of the last films that both Corey's will appear in that are of any merit for the rest of their brief careers. And this can be considered something of merit, despite the nature of the film, since they were only teen stars.

License to Drive is a movie about taking chances, though you can probably figure out from beginning to end how the movie is going to go. No less, it's good 80s fun. Les Anderson (Haim) has turned 16 and is desperate to get his driver's license. Over-confident, it is no surprise that he flunks the exam. But he figures no one would notice. So, he lies to his folks and friends about the whole thing, expecting everything will be smooth sailing until he can retake the exam.

But Les is wrong once again when his parents learned that he lied, serving up a harsh two week grounded term. But Les doens't know when to quit while he's ahead, and decides he's not going to let this little matter inconvenience him. After all, he has a Friday night date with his dream girl Mercedes Lane (Heather Graham). Hence the line, "an innocent girl, a harmless drive, what could possibly go wrong?" Everything. It all has to do with Les borrowing his grandfather's antique (and very off limits) Caddillac, a drunk date, and two friends looking for their newly licensed friend to show them a wild night. Sure it's predictable, but it's just a simple 80s comedy.