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How I Got Into College

  • 19891989
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 26m
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5.7/10
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How I Got Into College (1989)
ComedyRomance
Marlon has a crush on Jessica (running for high school senior class president). Jessica wants to attend Ramsey College. Marlon wants to go wherever Jessica is going. Problem: low SAT score.Marlon has a crush on Jessica (running for high school senior class president). Jessica wants to attend Ramsey College. Marlon wants to go wherever Jessica is going. Problem: low SAT score.Marlon has a crush on Jessica (running for high school senior class president). Jessica wants to attend Ramsey College. Marlon wants to go wherever Jessica is going. Problem: low SAT score.
IMDb RATING
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2.3K
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    • Savage Steve Holland
    • Terrel Seltzer
  • Stars
    • Anthony Edwards
    • Corey Parker
    • Lara Flynn Boyle
    • Savage Steve Holland
    • Terrel Seltzer
  • Stars
    • Anthony Edwards
    • Corey Parker
    • Lara Flynn Boyle
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    • 20User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    How I Got Into College (1989)
    How I Got Into College (1989)
    Nora Dunn and Phil Hartman in How I Got Into College (1989)
    Corey Parker and Christopher Rydell in How I Got Into College (1989)
    Curtis Armstrong and Corey Parker in How I Got Into College (1989)
    Lara Flynn Boyle in How I Got Into College (1989)
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    Anthony Edwards and Corey Parker in How I Got Into College (1989)
    Lara Flynn Boyle in How I Got Into College (1989)
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    Anthony Edwards
    Anthony Edwards
    • Kip Hammett
    Corey Parker
    Corey Parker
    • Marlon Browne
    Lara Flynn Boyle
    Lara Flynn Boyle
    • Jessica Kailo
    Finn Carter
    Finn Carter
    • Nina Sachie
    Charles Rocket
    Charles Rocket
    • Leo Whitman
    Christopher Rydell
    Christopher Rydell
    • Oliver
    Gary Owens
    Gary Owens
    • Sports Announcer
    • (voice)
    Brian Doyle-Murray
    Brian Doyle-Murray
    • Coach Evans
    Tichina Arnold
    Tichina Arnold
    • Vera Cook
    Bill Raymond
    Bill Raymond
    • Flutter
    Philip Baker Hall
    Philip Baker Hall
    • Dean Patterson
    Nicolas Coster
    Nicolas Coster
    • Dr. Phillip Jellinak, Sr.
    Micole Mercurio
    Micole Mercurio
    • Betty Kailo
    Robert Ridgely
    Robert Ridgely
    • George Kailo
    Richard Jenkins
    Richard Jenkins
    • Bill Browne
    Bill Henderson
    Bill Henderson
    • Detroit High School Coach
    Helen Lloyd Breed
    • Chancellor Joanna Holbrook
    Nora Dunn
    Nora Dunn
    • Francine Bauer, SAT Coach
      • Savage Steve Holland
      • Terrel Seltzer
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    • Trivia
      The original director, Jan Eliasberg was fired during production and replaced by Savage Steve Holland.
    • Goofs
      In the scene showing the school where Ronny "Surehands," is being recruited, the school is supposed to be located in Detroit Michigan, only in the distance behind the school New York City's Empire State Building is directly seen.
    • Quotes

      Coach Evans: We got Ronnie "Sure Hands" Paulson, goddamn it!

    • Connections
      References Wheel of Fortune (1983)
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      Written by Joseph Vitarelli, Jason Scheff, Edgy Lee and Savage Steve Holland

      Performed by Jason Scheff

      Courtesy of Polygram Records

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    4/10
    Collegiate failure
    I was really expecting this to be a laugh fest like Better Off Dead, so you can imagine my disappointment. I then found out a day later, this didn't come from the pen of Savage Steve Holland, and to hell I wish it did. This semi satire, as in it's small number of laughs, has appealing performances, but it's problem, is it takes itself too serious to be a satire, and wants to be something more than that, as if to telegraph a few morals, realities about college, it's struggles, disappointments, but also still want to be a satire too. Many gags fail, more than ones which succeed, and that isn't often. Parker and the black actress, turn out the more, impressive performances The song near the finale, is a song I really liked too. Still it is enjoyable. But where are the laughs? A and B, are some of the saving graves in that department.
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      • May 19, 1989 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • Chicago, Illinois, USA
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      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • 1 hour 26 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby

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