How I Got into College
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Movie poster for How I Got Into College
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| Directed by | Savage Steve Holland |
| Produced by | Elizabeth Cantillon Michael Shamberg |
| Written by | Terrel Seltzer |
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| Music by | Joseph Vitarelli |
| Cinematography | Robert Elswit |
| Edited by | Kaja Fehr Sonya Sones |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Release dates
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May 19, 1989 |
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Running time
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86 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,642,239 (USA) |
How I Got Into College is a 1989 romantic comedy film directed by Savage Steve Holland and starring Anthony Edwards, Corey Parker, and Lara Flynn Boyle. This is the film debut for then-future voice actor Tom Kenny.
Contents
Plot
The story follows a girl named Jessica (Lara Flynn Boyle) and her attempt to get into Ramsey College, a small college in Pennsylvania, and Marlon (Corey Parker), a boy who tries to get into Ramsey to pursue Jessica, whom he is in love with.
Cast
- Anthony Edwards as Kip Hammett
- Corey Parker as Marlon Browne
- Lara Flynn Boyle as Jessica Kailo
- Finn Carter as Nina Sachie
- Charles Rocket as Leo Whitman
- Christopher Rydell as Oliver
- Brian Doyle-Murray as Coach Evans
- Tichina Arnold as Vera Cook
- Tom Kenny as "B"
- Bill Raymond as Flutter
- Phillip Baker Hall as Dean Patterson
- Nicolas Coster as Dr. Phillip Jellinak, Sr.
- Richard Jenkins as Bill Browne
- Phil Hartman as Bennedict
- Nora Dunn as Francine Bauer
- Duane Davis as Ronny "Sure Hands" Rawlson
- Diane Franklin as Sharon Browne
- Robert Ridgely as George Kailo
- Micole Mercurio as Betty Kailo
- Rino Passaniti as Tuba Player 1
- Keith "Beaker" Burrus as Tuba Player 2
- Richard Steven Horvitz as Young Energizer
- Bruce Wagner as "A"
- Phill Lewis as Earnest Boy
- Curtis Armstrong as Arcadia Bible Academy Recruiter
Reception
Critical response
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes has rated it a 38%[1]
Box office
The movie was not a box office success, making just $651,850 in its opening weekend from 743 theaters for an average of $877 per venue.[2] It ended its run with only $1,642,239 domestically.[3]
Production notes
Parts of the film used Pomona College in Claremont, California, as Ramsey College.
References
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). How I Got Into College at IMDb
- How I Got Into College at AllMovie
- How I Got Into College at Rotten Tomatoes
- How I Got Into College at Box Office Mojo
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