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6 July 1988 (USA) moreTagline:
Some guys get all the brakes!Plot:
A teen decides to go for a night on the town with his friends despite flunking his driver's test. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
An innocent girl. A harmless drive. What could possibly go wrong? moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Corey Haim | ... | Les Anderson | |
| Corey Feldman | ... | Dean | |
| Carol Kane | ... | Mrs. Anderson | |
| Richard Masur | ... | Mr. Anderson | |
| Heather Graham | ... | Mercedes Lane | |
| Michael Manasseri | ... | Charles | |
| Harvey Miller | ... | The Professor | |
| Michael A. Nickles | ... | Paolo | |
| Nina Siemaszko | ... | Natalie Anderson | |
| Grant Goodeve | ... | Natalie's DMV Examiner | |
| James Avery | ... | Les' DMV Examiner | |
| Grant Heslov | ... | Karl | |
| Michael Ensign | ... | School Teacher / Bus Driver | |
| Helen Hanft | ... | Miss Hellberg | |
| Christopher Burton | ... | Rudy |
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Neither Corey Feldman nor Corey Haim had a driver's license and were in the middle of obtaining it during the filming of the movie. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: After Les jumps through the back window of the bus, the bus does a 180 in the middle of the road and it's obvious the bus is empty. moreSoundtrack:
DRIVE MY CAR moreFAQ
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Feast your eyes one of the last films that both Corey's will appear in that are of any merit for the rest of their brief careers. And this can be considered something of merit, despite the nature of the film, since they were only teen stars.
License to Drive is a movie about taking chances, though you can probably figure out from beginning to end how the movie is going to go. No less, it's good 80s fun. Les Anderson (Haim) has turned 16 and is desperate to get his driver's license. Over-confident, it is no surprise that he flunks the exam. But he figures no one would notice. So, he lies to his folks and friends about the whole thing, expecting everything will be smooth sailing until he can retake the exam.
But Les is wrong once again when his parents learned that he lied, serving up a harsh two week grounded term. But Les doens't know when to quit while he's ahead, and decides he's not going to let this little matter inconvenience him. After all, he has a Friday night date with his dream girl Mercedes Lane (Heather Graham). Hence the line, "an innocent girl, a harmless drive, what could possibly go wrong?" Everything. It all has to do with Les borrowing his grandfather's antique (and very off limits) Caddillac, a drunk date, and two friends looking for their newly licensed friend to show them a wild night. Sure it's predictable, but it's just a simple 80s comedy.