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Overview

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Director:

Alan Cohn

Writers (WGA):

Anthony Abrams (story) &
Adam Larson Broder (story) ...
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Release Date:

21 August 1998 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy more

Tagline:

Roommate Wanted...For a Limited Time Only

Plot:

Two college roommates go out and party, resulting in bad grades. They learn of the clause that says, "If your roommate dies, you get an A," and decide to find someone who is on the verge, so to speak, to move in with them. full summary | add synopsis

User Comments:

This is the most underrated movie ever! more (98 total)

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Nov. 173:00 AMTBS   


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tom Everett Scott ... Josh

Mark-Paul Gosselaar ... Cooper
Poppy Montgomery ... Rachel

Lochlyn Munro ... Cliff
Randy Pearlstein ... Buckley

Corey Page ... Matt

Alyson Hannigan ... Lucy
Mari Morrow ... Kristin

Dave Ruby ... Zeke
Mark Carapezza ... Hank
Jeff Tarpley ... Jerry (as Jeff T)

Jason Segel ... Kyle

Linda Cardellini ... Kelly
Aeryk Egan ... Pickle

Judyann Elder ... Guidance Counselor
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Additional Details

MPAA:

Rated R for drug use, language and crude sexual humor.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Netherlands:6 | Canada:AA (Ontario) | USA:R (certificate #35770) | Norway:15 (TV rating) | Australia:M | France:U | Germany:16 | UK:15


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Trivia:

"Professor Durkheim" is presumably named after the French sociologist Emile Durkheim, who was the first academic to study suicide extensively. more

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Cooper breaks into the Admin building to steal the student records, he approaches a filing cabinet and tries to open it and says it's locked. However, the lock on the filing cabinet at the top is ejected, which is an indication that the file cabinet drawers are unlocked. If the cabinet was truly locked, the lock would have been pushed in. However, this could be deliberate - Cooper isn't exactly the brightest bulb; it's possible he just doesn't know how to properly open a file cabinet. more

Quotes:

Josh Miller: There's only one thing that can save you now.
Cooper Frederickson: What? Valium?
Josh Miller: No, studying! You need to study.
Cooper Frederickson: What? You're insane!
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in V.C.R. (2008) more

Soundtrack:

I Only Want To Be With You more


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6 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
This is the most underrated movie ever!, 14 March 2001
8/10
Author: mwilde (mwilde@attcanada.ca) from Canada

I can see why though. When this flick was released in theatre I thought it looked like garbage. Zack is back, I thought oh great. But then six months back I watched it on pay. Needless to say I was blown away. This movies has some unique characters. Cliff O'malley has some choice jokes and Buckley is great. I mean just look at those self portraits on his wall. One thing I expected was some lame Saved by the Bell jokes, which obviously isn't the case. The dark humour is fantastic. The cast fit each other so well, this helps you forget the ridiculous premiss of the movie. Dead Man shouldn't be taken seriously, that wasn't the writers intentions. It's a fun movie that I would like to see more of in the future. By that I mean a teen movie which doesn't suck. The soundtrack was also a great high point. Any soundtrack with Supergrass is terrific. The fact that it was full of great music that hasn't been pounded into your head by MTV deserves some respect. The chef recommends Dead Man on Campus. Forget the trailer, it wasn't marketed properly.

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