Back To School (1986)
by Alternative Reel Staff

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Director: Alan Metter

Starring: Rodney Dangerfield, Keith Gordon, Sally Kellerman, Ned Beatty, Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

"Bring us a pitcher of beer every seven minutes until someone passes out. Then bring one every ten."

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Rodney Dangerfield portrays Thornton Mellon, a clothing store tycoon ("Big & Fat Stores") who returns to college and gets NASA to do his son's astronomy homework. Mellon even tells Kurt Vonnegut to go fuck himself. Action centers around a diving meet where Mellon performs the legendary "Triple Lindy," an act he learned off the boardwalk at Atlantic City.

In addition to a solid performance by Dangerfield (real name: Jacob Cohen), Back to School features some great supporting roles. Robert Downey Jr. plays the geek: "That's something you never see ... a heckler at a diving meet." Also with Sam Kinison as a totally insane history teacher. And Burt Young as the tough but philosophical limo driver ("I put one kid through college; I put the other through a wall.").



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Brigitte Garrod - 2007-04-14 14:38:08
Rumored to be the first comedy ever to make more than 100 million at the box office.