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25 March 1988 (USA) moreTagline:
Every college in the country wants Johnny. 'Cause when he's good he's very very good. And when he's bad he's better.Plot:
It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Just Awful more (19 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Anthony Michael Hall | ... | Johnny Walker | |
| Robert Downey Jr. | ... | Leo Wiggins | |
| Paul Gleason | ... | Wayne Hisler | |
| Uma Thurman | ... | Georgia Elkans | |
| Steve James | ... | Coach Sanders | |
| Seymour Cassel | ... | Wallace Gibson | |
| Michael Greene | ... | Tex Wade | |
| Marshall Bell | ... | Chief Elkans | |
| Deborah May | ... | Mrs. Walker | |
| Michael Alldredge | ... | Vinny Kroll | |
| Jennifer Tilly | ... | Connie Hisler | |
| Jon Stafford | ... | Bad Breath | |
| Peter Koch | ... | Pete Andropolous | |
| Howard Cosell | ... | Himself | |
| Jim McMahon | ... | Himself |
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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UK:15 | Iceland:12 | New Zealand:M | Finland:K-14 | USA:PG-13 (theatrical version) | USA:R (video rating) | Australia:MFun Stuff
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During a scene where Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) is drumming, you can clearly see a Charlie Chaplin poster. Robert Downey Jr., who plays Leo Wiggins, played Charlie Chaplin in the movie titled Chaplin (1992). moreMovie Connections:
Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Bride of the Monster (#5.23)" (1993) moreSoundtrack:
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Honestly, this is probably one of the worst movies I've ever seen. It's certainly one of the least-competently made studio releases ever. There are entire scenes in this movie in which the sound is so poorly handled that you can barely hear what characters are saying. This isn't helped by Anthony Michael Hall's decision to mumble all of his lines. He seemed very unenthusiastic about this role--like he could barely work up the energy even to say the words.
There is a scene in the film in which Hall's character and some friends have an impromptu football game on his girlfriend's front lawn, against her father (who hates Hall for some reason that is never explained) and some other boobs, that is so badly edited that you simply cannot tell what is happening. Characters come in and out of that scene without rhyme or reason--continuity errors abound. There are also many scenes in which weird dialog was looped in during post-production to bridge awkward narrative gaps. This is a sure sign that the director didn't really know what he was doing, and just failed to capture footage that made sense on its own.
Also, Robert Downey, Jr. is unbelievably obnoxious in this movie. I mean really disgusting.