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Overview

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Writer (WGA):

Terrel Seltzer (written by)

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Release Date:

19 May 1989 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Romance more

Plot:

The simple story of two young Michigan high school students, Jessica, Class President, Local Smart Girl... more | add synopsis

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Oh those darn college applications! more (13 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Anthony Edwards ... Kip Hammett

Corey Parker ... Marlon Browne

Lara Flynn Boyle ... Jessica Kailo
Finn Carter ... Nina Sachie
Charles Rocket ... Leo Whitman
Christopher Rydell ... Oliver
Gary Owens ... Sports Announcer (voice)
Brian Doyle-Murray ... Coach Evans
Tichina Arnold ... Vera Cook
Bill Raymond ... Flutter

Philip Baker Hall ... Dean Patterson

Nicolas Coster ... Dr. Phillip Jellinak, Sr.

Micole Mercurio ... Betty Kailo
Robert Ridgely ... George Kailo

Richard Jenkins ... Bill Browne
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Additional Details

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA more


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Trivia:

Although the final music credit is listed as "Hail to the Matadors" by Richard Kaufman, what the Cal State University Northridge Matador Band plays onscreeen is actually titled "CSUN Fight Song" which is based on the original 1967 school song for the former San Fernando Valley State College. The up-tempo arrangement for marching band was done by CSUN alum, Steve Tyler. more

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: Jessica Kailo's House Number is 227, but Her Mailbox Says 717. more

Quotes:

Leo Whitman: Girls like her are a dime a dozen. She's state school material at best. more

Movie Connections:

References "Wheel of Fortune" (1975) more

Soundtrack:

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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Oh those darn college applications!, 4 April 2004
5/10
Author: Pepper Anne from Orlando, Florida

This is an amusing story that highlights that blasted college admissions process. The story follows several soon-to-be high school graduate's plans for the future. For Marlo (Parker), it's going to whatever school his dream girl Jessica (Flynn Boyle) is going to. For Oliver, it's giving into the white line fever and experiencing life Jack Kerouac style with the possibility of meeting "renegade game show hostesses" on the side. But, for most of the students in the movie, it is all about getting into college. We see the whole bit of it, taking the SATs, college recruitment day, college prep programs, and the dreaded admissions interview.

It's quite an amusing exageration of the whole process, and probably more likely so for kids actually going through the college application process. Although, the movie, at least for me, is sometimes funny and sometime not so funny, on the multiple occassions that I have seen it. I like the idea of the living SAT's with the fate of word problem person A and B resting on Marlo's selection of answers. I like the running gag about admitting a pig among the admissions officers. Despite the fact that the actors are too old to play teenagers (except Oliver and Wanda), it is a nice little movie about kids stuck in a nerve wracking situation hoping to just make it through things.

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