Back to School (film)
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| Directed by | Alan Metter |
| Produced by | Chuck Russell |
| Screenplay by |
Steven Kampmann Will Porter Peter Torokvei Harold Ramis |
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Rodney Dangerfield Greg Fields Greg Snee |
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| Music by | Danny Elfman |
| Cinematography | Thomas E. Ackerman |
| Edited by | David Rawlins |
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| Distributed by | Orion Pictures |
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Running time
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96 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $11 million |
| Box office | $91,258,000 (theatrical) $41,948,000 (rentals) |
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| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
| Released | 1986 |
| Genre | Pop, Rock, Soul |
| Length | 35:34 |
| Label | MCA |
Back to School is a 1986 American comedy film starring Rodney Dangerfield, Keith Gordon, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Terry Farrell, William Zabka, Ned Beatty, Sam Kinison, Paxton Whitehead and Robert Downey, Jr. It was directed by Alan Metter.
The plot centers on a wealthy but uneducated father (Dangerfield) who goes to college to show solidarity with his discouraged son (Gordon) and learns that he cannot buy an education or happiness.
Author Kurt Vonnegut has a cameo as himself, as does the band Oingo Boingo, whose frontman Danny Elfman composed the score for the film.
The University of Wisconsin–Madison was used as a backdrop for the movie, although it was called "Grand Lakes University." The diving scenes were filmed at the since-demolished Industry Hills Aquatic Club in the City of Industry, California.
Before the end credits, the message "For ESTELLE Thanks For So Much" is shown. This is a dedication to Estelle Endler, one of the executive producers of the film, who died during filming. She was Dangerfield's long-time manager, who helped him get into films such as Caddyshack.
Thornton Melon's is a rags-to-riches story. The son of an Italian immigrant tailor, he is shown as a boy (Jason Hervey) in his father's shop, bearing a report card with poor grades. His ambition is to go into his father's line of work, but his father reprimands Thornton for his poor schoolwork, and tells him no matter how hardworking, skilled or wealthy one may be, "if a man has got no education, he has got nothing".
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