Continuity mistake: At the least swim meet, Chaz is shown diving before Jason Melon. Howver, after Jason dives, it then shows Chaz "up next" - and his hair is completely dry.
Back to School (1986)
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Directed by: Alan Metter
Starring: Burt Young, Keith Gordon, Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman
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9.6/10.Possibly one of Rodney Dangerfield's best movies.I liked the idea of this self made millionaire going to college to make up for lost time with his son.It's touching at times while still being funny.One of the funnier gags they ever did was when Rodney was making a hoagie at this posh party his wife was hosting.If anyone who wanted to go into comedy wanted to learn the art of the straight line watch this movie.I would say it's possibly one of the most overlooked comedies of the 80's.
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Thornton Melon: Please, try to understand. I don't have the background for this. I mean, the high school I went to, they asked a kid to prove the law of gravity, he threw the teacher out the window.
Trivia: In the opening montage of shots, showing Thornton Mellon's progressive rise to the top, one of the final shots is actually that of Al Czervik, the role Rodney Dangerfield played in Caddyshack.
Question: I have always been curious about one thing in this movie - when Thornton was taking the oral examination, if he answered all of Dr. Barbay's questions right, why did he only get a D? How did Dean Martin not question that?
Answer: It should also be noted he got all D's and just 1 A. So it wasn't just Barbay that gave him a D.
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Answer: We don't know that he answered all the questions right, just that he answered the last one right. Based on Barbay's upset response to that correct answer, it is likely Thornton was at the edge between a wrong answer giving him an F and a correct answer giving him the D he got.
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