Summer School (1987)

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6.0/10   

Director:

Carl Reiner

Writers:

Stuart Birnbaum (story) &
David Dashev (story) ...
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Release Date:

22 July 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

At Ocean Front High, what do they call a guy who cuts classes, hates homework, and lives for summer vacations? Teacher.

Plot:

A high-school gym teacher has big plans for the summer, but is forced to cancel them to teach a "bonehead" English class for misfit goof-off students...

Plot Keywords:

Teacher | Summer | Student | High School | Field Trip

Cast

Mark Harmon	...	Mr. Freddy Shoop
Kirstie Alley	...	Ms. Robin Elizabeth Bishop
Robin Thomas	...	Vice Principal Phil Gills
Patrick Labyorteaux	...	Kevin Winchester
Courtney Thorne-Smith	...	Pam House
Dean Cameron	...	Francis 'Chainsaw' Gremp
Gary Riley	...	Dave Frazier
Kelly Jo Minter	...	Denise Green (as Kelly Minter)
Ken Olandt	...	Larry Kazamias
Shawnee Smith	...	Rhonda Altobello
Richard Steven Horvitz	...	Alan Eakian
Fabiana Udenio	...	Anna-Maria Mazarelli
Francis X. McCarthy	...	Principal Kelban (as Frank McCarthy)
Tom Troupe	...	Judge
Lucy Lee Flippin	...	Substitute Teacher - Ms. Cura
Amy Stock-Poynton	...	Kim (as Amy Stock)
Beau Starr	...	Mr. Gremp
Laura Waterbury	...	Mrs. Gremp
Robin Kaufman	...	Chainsaw's Sister
Dottie Archibald	...	Mrs. Frazier
Patricia Conklin	...	Mrs. Kazimias
Vivian Bonnell	...	Mrs. Green
Judy Heinz	...	Mrs. Altobello
Michael MacRae	...	Mr. Winchester
Carl Reiner	...	Mr. Dearadorian
Lillian Adams	...	Grandma Eakian
Duane Davis	...	Jerome Watkins
David Wakefield	...	Scuzzy Kid
Conroy Gedeon	...	Mr. Winnick
Bill Capizzi	...	Security Guard
Andrea Howard	...	Woman at Strip Joint
Dee Dee Rescher	...	Woman at Strip Joint
Christopher Kriesa	...	Beach Cop
Carlos Lacamara	...	Beach Cop
Jeff Silverman	...	Examiner
Thomas Ryan	...	Examiner
Judy Nagy	...	Nurse
Darwyn Swalve	...	Scary Inmate
Prince Hughes	...	Scary Inmate
Courtney Gebhart	...	Surfer Girl
Terry Logan	...	Cop at Police Station
Nels Van Patten	...	Tommy
Leigh French	...	Student
Jack Blessing	...	Student
Gigi Vorgan	...	Student
Lynne Marie Stewart	...	Student
John Stark	...	Student
Susan Elliott	...	Student
Lora Staley	...	Student
Laurie Faso	...	Student
Brian Stevens	...	Student
Gary Imhoff	...	Student
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sara-Beth Lima	...	Student (uncredited)

Directed by
Carl Reiner

Writing credits
Stuart Birnbaum		(story) &
David Dashev		(story) and
Jeff Franklin		(story)
Jeff Franklin		(screenplay)

Produced by
Jeff Franklin	....	producer
Jeff Franklin	....	associate producer
George Shapiro	....	producer
Marc Trabulus	....	executive producer
Howard West	....	producer

Original Music by
Danny Elfman

Cinematography by
David M. Walsh

Film Editing by
Bud Molin

Casting by
Penny Perry

Production Design by
David L. Snyder

Art Direction by
Joe Wood

Set Decoration by
Linda DeScenna

Makeup Department
Judith A. Cory	....	hair stylist (as Judy Cory)
Carolyn Ferguson	....	additional hair stylist
Cheri Minns	....	makeup artist
Greg Nelson	....	additional makeup artist
Norman Cabrera	....	special makeup effects: Boris Inc (uncredited)

Production Management
Jack Roe	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James Dillon	....	second assistant director
Marty P. Ewing	....	first assistant director (as Marty Ewing)
Nilo Otero	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Glenn Forbes	....	assistant property master
Steven M. Levine	....	property master
Ric McElvin	....	lead person
Donn Piller	....	set dresser
John Warnke	....	set designer
Walter Zingelewicz	....	paint foreperson

Sound Department
Juno J. Ellis	....	supervising adr editor
Daniel F. Finnerty	....	assistant sound editor
Bruce Fortune	....	sound editor
Robert W. Glass Jr.	....	sound re-recording mixer
Timothy A. Hoggatt	....	sound re-recording mixer
Frank Howard	....	supervising sound editor
David M. Ice	....	sound editor
Joseph A. Ippolito	....	supervising sound editor (as Joey Ippolito)
Dennis Jones	....	boom operator
Joe Kenworthy	....	sound mixer
Gregg Landaker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Victoria Martin	....	foley editor
James Thompson	....	cable person (as Jim Thompson)
George Watters II	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Richard O. Helmer	....	special effects foreman (as Richard Helmer)

Camera and Electrical Department
Richard Alarian	....	chief lighting technician
Martin G. Beazell	....	second assistant camera (as Marty Beazell)
Danny Boldroff	....	dolly grip (as Dan Boldroff)
Marty Carrillo	....	electrician
Robert Edesa	....	camera operator (as Bob Edesa)
Carlos M. Gallardo	....	grip (as Carlos Gallardo)
Joe Hughes	....	electrician
Mike Jones	....	grip
Hugh Langtry	....	second company grip (as Hugh Langtree)
Donald Lewis	....	electrician (as Don Lewis)
Richard Moran	....	first company grip
Michael Nash	....	first assistant camera (as Mike Nash)
Fred Sabine	....	still photographer
Robert Wilhoit	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Nick Woolfolk	....	electrician (as Nicky Woolfolk)

Casting Department
Donna B. Anderson	....	casting assistant (as Donna Anderson)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Cynthia Bales	....	wardrobe supervisor: women
Ann Culotta	....	costumer
Robert Iannaccone	....	costumer (as Bob Iannaccone)
Ray Summers	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Stephen R. Myers	....	assistant editor (as Stephen Myers)
Lucas Reiner	....	apprentice film editor

Music Department
Steve Bartek	....	orchestrator
Dan Garde	....	music editor (as Dan C. Garde)
Joel Moss	....	score mixer

Transportation Department
Fritz Braden	....	transportation coordinator
Robert D. Mayne	....	transportation captain (as Bob Mayne)

Other crew
Diane Barnett	....	assistant to producers
Kevin Barry	....	production assistant
Linda Brachman	....	production assistant
Kevin Richard Buxbaum	....	assistant production auditor
Dan Curry	....	title designer
Ron Eisenman	....	first aid
Tony Fields	....	choreographer
Leigh French	....	adr group coordinator
Ed Jones	....	craft service
Jan Kemper	....	script supervisor
Donna Langley	....	production secretary
Morgan Moore	....	unit publicist (as Morgan B. Moore)
Judy Nagy	....	assistant: Mr. Reiner
David Salven Jr.	....	location manager
Roger Schumacher	....	animal trainer
Tony Schwartz	....	production assistant
Janet Lee Siegel	....	production coordinator
David Sorensen	....	production assistant
Robert Thorson	....	production auditor (as Robert Cecil Thorson)

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• CIC Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Paramount Pictures

Other Companies

• Cinema Research  titles and opticals
• Record Plant Scoring  music recorded at
• Reel People Inc.  negative cutting

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:12 | West Germany:12 (cut) | West Germany:16 | Spain:13 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Charles Evans Hughes Jr. High School - 5607 Capistrano, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The Hawaiian shirt that Mark Harmon wears is the same exact Duke Kahanamoku model Montgomery Clift wears in "From Here To Eternity."

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Mr. Shoop is trying to convince Wondermutt that Bob has come back by cutting a new doll's head off, he states something like, "Wondermutt, look, I found him - it's Bob" as he holds up the head. All the while his mouth is visible in the background and it does not move during the entire sentence.

Quotes:

Shoop: Hey, I remember you. Where have you been?
Jerome Watkins: Bathroom.
Shoop: For the last six weeks?
Jerome Watkins: My zipper got stuck.

Movie Connections:

References From Here to Eternity (1953)

Soundtrack:

Mind Over Matter

This teacher was kick ass

When this movie came out, i was only 4, so i didn't see it when it came out in the theater. I happened to stumble upon it 3 years ago and i've watched it above 100 times since. The best part is when Dave and Chainsaw do everyones make-up and they do their rendition of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Classic!!