A new transfer student to St. Basil's Boys' Prep School tries to fit in while romantically pursuing a troubled young girl.A new transfer student to St. Basil's Boys' Prep School tries to fit in while romantically pursuing a troubled young girl.A new transfer student to St. Basil's Boys' Prep School tries to fit in while romantically pursuing a troubled young girl.
- Boo
- (as Jennie Dundas)
- Pilot
- (as Al Cerullo Jr.)
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- TriviaFilm debut of actors Kevin Dillon, Patrick Dempsey, Stephen Geoffreys, Yeardley Smith, and Maggie Wagner
- GoofsThough set in 1965, virtually every school bus in the film was manufactured in the late-1970s and early-1980s. Most of them were built on truck cowls that didn't exist at the time, and contained features such as amber flashing lights next to the red ones above the windshield, which didn't exist in New York State until 1973.
- Quotes
Brother Thadeus: [Dunn, Rooney, Caesar, Williams and Corbet are in Brother Thadeus' office after the melee in the auditorium] Can you gentlemen give me one good reason why you shouldn't be expelled?
Michael Dunn: It's my fault, brother. I'm the one who should be expelled.
Brother Thadeus: You all acted as one, Mr. Dunn. And as one, you shall bear the consequences.
Michael Dunn: Yes, brother, but I started it.
Brother Thadeus: Did you? As I understand it, Brother Constance started it.
Brother Constance: [in disbelief] What?
Brother Thadeus: I'm suspending you for two weeks. Good day, gentlemen.
Brother Constance: [boys leave... Brother Dominic comes in and hands Thadeus a sheet of paper, which he signs... Constance is angry] What do you mean I started it? They've assaulted the faculty, the've disgraced this institution, and they destroyed a statue of St. Basil.
Brother Thadeus: I always hated that statue.
[signs paper and hands it to Constance]
Brother Constance: What's this?
Brother Thadeus: Well, you're transferred out of this institution. I don't want you working with children anymore.
Brother Constance: [angry] You can't do this! I will demand an investigation. I will take this all the way to the bishop if I have to.
Brother Thadeus: Take it whereever you want, brother...
[opens door]
Brother Thadeus: just take it out of my office!
[Constance glares at Timothy and then storms out the door]
Brother Thadeus: It appears we have a vacancy, brother. Think you can fit in?
Brother Timothy: [smiles] I think so, brother.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Heaven Help Us/The Mean Season/The Breakfast Club (1985)
- SoundtracksHallelujah Chorus
Written by George Frideric Handel (as Georg Friedrich Händel)
Performed by The Roches
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records
The movie is at times funny, touching, and intense. I believe it has been largely forgotten and was ignored even in its initial run. It is vastly underrated, and if you happen across it in the TV Guide or in the older titles at the video store, it is worth two hours of your life. Recommended.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,070,794
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,235,687
- Feb 10, 1985
- Gross worldwide
- $6,070,794