A friend delivers John Twiller greetings from a long gone high school girlfriend. This makes him open his school's yearbook - his "Book of Love" - and remember the old times, way back in ...
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Title: Book of Love (1990)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Chris Young | ... | Jack Twiller | |
| Keith Coogan | ... | Crutch Kane | |
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Aeryk Egan | ... | Peanut |
| Josie Bissett | ... | Lily | |
| Tricia Leigh Fisher | ... | Gina Gabooch | |
| Danny Nucci | ... | Spider Bomboni | |
| John Cameron Mitchell | ... | Floyd | |
| Beau Dremann | ... | Angelo Gabooch | |
| Jill Jaress | ... | Mrs. Kitty Twiller | |
| John Achorn | ... | Mr. Joe Twiller | |
| Michael McKean | ... | Adult Jack Twiller | |
| Michael Cavalieri | ... | Ubaldini | |
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Gary Ellenberg | ... | Drainpipe |
| Brent David Fraser | ... | Meatball | |
| Lewis Arquette | ... | Mr. Malloy | |
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A friend delivers John Twiller greetings from a long gone high school girlfriend. This makes him open his school's yearbook - his "Book of Love" - and remember the old times, way back in 1956, when he was in his last year of high school and his family just moved to the town. He hung out with geeky Paul Kayne and tried to get the attention of Lily, who unfortunately was together with bully Angelo. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
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1 February 1991 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$596,131, 3 February 1991Gross USA:
$1,382,259Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$1,382,259Company Credits
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Crutch Kane: Why didn't you come and get me?
Jack Twiller: Crutch, she was just like, nine years old.
Crutch Kane: So what? My cocker spaniel's only five.
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Written by Robert 'Bumps' Blackwell and John Marascalco
Performed by Little Richard
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The US release was edited so it could receive a PG-13 rating, even though the directer wanted to give it an R rating, but New Line wanted to be teen safe. Many "F" words were edited out from it's original release but recent releases had all the original "F" words added the way the director intended to have it released. See more »Goofs
The poster for East of Eden shows a picture of James Dean in his famous red jacket with the white t-shirt and jeans from _Rebel without a Cause (1955)_, a movie which came out on a later date. See more »Quotes
Jack Twiller: Crutch, the weirdest thing just happened to me. This, this girl offered me hot sex for a dollar.Crutch Kane: Why didn't you come and get me?
Jack Twiller: Crutch, she was just like, nine years old.
Crutch Kane: So what? My cocker spaniel's only five.
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Rip it upWritten by Robert 'Bumps' Blackwell and John Marascalco
Performed by Little Richard
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The movie has a simple goal, and that's to make you like the under-appreciated, overlooked geek known as Jack Twiller--to sympathize with his coming of age: the awkwardness, embarrassing moments, bullies, and, yes, even pimple cream.
There is no great intellectual message, no uplifting moral to the movie. Quite honestly, it doesn't take itself that seriously, which is the entire point. This isn't an art house film, folks. It's a "kick back in your flannel jammies with some ice cream after a rotten day" kind of movie. It's a fun movie made simply to make us laugh. Stop analyzing and digging for profundity. Just laugh.