(1986)
Title Back to School
Year 1986
Director Alan Metter
Genre Comedy, Romance, Sport
Interpreted by
- Burt Young
- Robert Downey Jr.
- M. Emmet Walsh
- Ned Beatty
- Rodney Dangerfield
- Sam Kinison
Plot – Thornton Melon, owner of a well established “big size” clothing chain, enrolls at Grand Lake University to follow his son Jason, who is lonely and depressed. Thornton has never been to college, but he understands the importance of education and wants to help his beloved son. Having drastically changed Jason's room, he befriends many students and answers back the haughty Business Administration professor - who is dating Date Turner, the English Literature professor with whom Thornton is flirting. Jason, energized by his father’s efficiency and exuberance, feels reassured. Getting ready for exams proves difficult for Thornton but he manages to pass every class. His greatest success will be during the final swimming competition: with a perfect and spectacular dive he will lead his and Jason's team to win the contest. After that, Thornton will go back to his hectic business life.
All actors – Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, Keith Gordon, Robert Downey Jr., Paxton Whitehead, Terry Farrell, M. Emmet Walsh, Adrienne Barbeau, William Zabka, Ned Beatty, Severn Darden
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“Back to School” Quotes 23 quotes
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“Bring us a pitcher of beer every seven minutes until somebody passes out. And then bring one every ten minutes.”
Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon[Tag:drinking, drunkenness]
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“Oh, we were doomed from the start. I'm an Earth sign. She's a Water sign. Together, we made mud.”Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon
[Tag:astrology, wife]
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“- Thornton Melon: All right. I'll say it. 'Cause Truman was too much of a puss* wimp to let MacArthur go in there and blow out those Commie bastards!
- Professor Terguson: Good answer. Good answer. I like the way you think. I'm gonna be watching you.
- Thornton Melon: [chuckling to his classmates] Good teacher. He really seems to care. About...” (continue)(continue reading)Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon
Sam Kinison - Professor Terguson[Tag:answers, caring, war]
“Vanessa, let's talk about class for a minute, alright? Here's you and Giorgio in the guestroom. A little classy, isn't it? Here's you and Giorgio in the rumpus room. Another classy one, huh? Oh, this one, I can't figure out. There's you, there's Giorgio... what's with the midget over here?”Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon
[Tag:cheating, sex]
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“- Thornton Melon: How 'bout tomorrow night?
- Dr. Diane Turner: I have class then, too.
- Thornton Melon: I'll tell you what, then. Why don't you call me some time when you have no class?
- Dr. Diane Turner: [laughs] Alright. Maybe I will.”
Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon
Sally Kellerman - Dr. Diane Turner[Tag:date, laughing]
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“So take it from me, Thornton Melon, if you want to look thin, you hang out with fat people.”
Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon[Tag:appearance, obesity]
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“And just remember, the best thing about kids... is making them!”
Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon[Tag:children, sex]
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“When you make love, do you have to give directions? At the zoo, do the elephants throw you peanuts? Do you look at a menu and say 'ok'?”Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon
[Tag:advertising, obesity, television]
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“The football team at my high school, they were tough. After they sacked the quarterback, they went after his family.”
Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon[Tag:family, football]
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“I think I'm attracted to teachers. Yeah, I took out an English teacher. That didn't work out at all. I sent her a love letter... she corrected it!”
Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon[Tag:falling in love, letters, teachers]
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- Dr. Diane Turner: How would you characterize "The Great Gatsby"?
- Thornton Melon: He was... uh... great!
Sally Kellerman - Dr. Diane Turner
Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon[Tag:literature]
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“- Jason Melon: Uh, we got Economics tomorrow at 11 o'clock.
- Thornton Melon: 11 o'clock? No good. I got a massage 11 o'clock. Tell 'em to make it 2 o'clock.
- Jason Melon: No, dad. Uh, you don't get it. They're not gonna re-schedule the classes around your massage.
- Thornton Melon: All right, 11 o'clock, but I'm gonna talk to that Dean. I mean...” (continue)(continue reading)
Keith Gordon - Jason Melon
Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon[Tag:class, school]
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“I want to have fun and be romanced and... be loved. So, let's not rush into anything. Let's just start by having fun, ok?”
Sally Kellerman - Dr. Diane Turner[Tag:relationships, romance]
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“- Trendy Man: Mr. Melon, your wife was just showing us her Klimt.
- Thornton Melon: You too, huh? She's shown it to everybody.
- Trendy Man: Well, she's very proud of it.
- Thornton Melon: I'm proud of mine too. I don't go waving it around at parties, though.
- Trendy Man: It's an exceptional painting.
- Thornton Melon: Oh, the painting.”
Timothy Stack - Trendy Man
Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon[Tag:misunderstanding, painting]
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“- Dr. Diane Turner: Ever since the women's movement, most of the men I meet go out of their way to show you how sensitive they are. Before, they were too macho, and now they're too... soft. You all want us to know you can cry.
- Thornton Melon: No, with women, I never cry. Never. I beg.”
Sally Kellerman - Dr. Diane Turner
Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon[Tag:crying, men, women]
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“- Vanessa: Are you saying I spend too much money?
- Thornton Melon: You spend too much money? Nah. A lot of people go to Switzerland to get their watch fixed.
- Vanessa: You have no taste, Thornton.
- Thornton Melon: You're right. I married you, didn't I?”
Adrienne Barbeau - Vanessa
Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon[Tag:marriage, money]
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“- Jason Melon: Dad, what's goin' on here?
- Thornton Melon: I'm doin' my homework.
- Jason Melon: No, no, no, no, they're doing your homework.
- Thornton Melon: Jason, a good executive knows how to delegate authority.”Keith Gordon - Jason Melon
Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon[Tag:authority, management]
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“I don't know. I can't figure women out. Today, they're... independent. They only think about themselves. Why, during sex, Vanessa, she used to scream out her own name!”
Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon[Tag:independence, sex, women]
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“- Thornton Melon: What's your favorite subject?
- Bubbles the Hot Tub Girl: Poetry.
- Thornton Melon: Really? Well, maybe you can help me straighten out my Longfellow.”
Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon
Becky LeBeau - Bubbles the Hot Tub Girl[Tag:poetry, school, sex]
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“- Phillip Barbay: What did he want?
- Dr. Diane Turner: Oh! What do all men want?
- Phillip Barbay: He wants you to dress up as Wonder Woman? Tie him up with a golden lariat and force him to tell the truth?”
Paxton Whitehead - Philip Barbay
Sally Kellerman - Dr. Diane Turner[Tag:desire, men]
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“The high school I went to, they asked a kid to prove the law of gravity, he threw the teacher out the window!”
Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon[Tag:gravity, school, teachers]
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“Violent ground acquisition games such as football is in fact a crypto-fascist metaphor for nuclear war.”
Robert Downey Jr. - Derek Lutz[Tag:football, metaphors, war]
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“- Jason Melon: Wait a minute. When did you dream about going to college?
- Thornton Melon: When I used to fall asleep in high school.”
Keith Gordon - Jason Melon
Rodney Dangerfield - Thornton Melon[Tag:dreams, sleeping, university]
