Dead Man on Campus (1998)

Director:

Alan Cohn

Writers (WGA):

Anthony Abrams (story) &
Adam Larson Broder (story) ...
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Release Date:

21 August 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Roommate Wanted...For a Limited Time Only

Plot:

Two college roommates go out and party, resulting in bad grades. They learn of the clause that says, "If your roommate dies, you get an A," and decide to find someone who is on the verge, so to speak, to move in with them.

Plot Keywords:

Blender | Dinah | Pickle | Bong Water | College

Cast

Tom Everett Scott	...	Josh
Mark-Paul Gosselaar	...	Cooper
Poppy Montgomery	...	Rachel
Lochlyn Munro	...	Cliff
Randy Pearlstein	...	Buckley
Corey Page	...	Matt
Alyson Hannigan	...	Lucy
Mari Morrow	...	Kristin
Dave Ruby	...	Zeke
Mark Carapezza	...	Hank
Jeff Tarpley	...	Jerry (as Jeff T)
Jason Segel	...	Kyle
Linda Cardellini	...	Kelly
Aeryk Egan	...	Pickle
Judyann Elder	...	Guidance Counselor
John Aprea	...	Mr. Frederickson
Michael O'Hagan	...	Chemistry Professor
Nancy Linehan Charles	...	Anatomy Professor
Shelley Malil	...	Biology Professor
Ann Fairlie	...	Mrs. Boison
Paul Collins	...	Professor Durkheim
Wynn Irwin	...	Sonny
Johnny Dark	...	Henry The Drunk
Joe Barnaba	...	Drunk
Daniel Villarreal	...	Roberto
Annie O'Donnell	...	Merrilee
P.J. Ochlan	...	Boy Bookworm
Bren McElroy	...	Girl Bookworm
Michael Rivkin	...	'Shhh'-ing Student
Shawn Calizo	...	Sky (as Shawn Russell)
Kenn Michael	...	Luke (as Kenny Blank)
Zoaunne LeRoy	...	Cafeteria Worker
Peter James Smith	...	Calculus Seatmate
Christy L. Medrano	...	Student
Robert Michael Reilly	...	Student
Jeffrey Fierson	...	Student
Hope Tuck	...	Student
Kurt Loder	...	Himself
Kathleen Luong	...	Girl in Bed
Cory Oliver	...	Pam
Mary Stein	...	Irritated Woman
Brian Howe	...	Frank
Patrick Thomas O'Brien	...	Priest (as Patrick T. O'Brien)
Tracey Stone	...	Girl Groupie
Rueben Grundy	...	Guy
Cole Stratton	...	Guy
Steve Mackall	...	TV Show Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Adam Brody	...	Office Guy (unconfirmed)
Roger Raddatz	...	(unconfirmed) (also archive footage)
Jon Barton	...	Boyfriend (uncredited)
J. Blake Fichera	...	Guy in Bathroom Stall (uncredited)
Angella Kaye	...	Student (uncredited)
Beau Lotterman	...	Drunk in bar (uncredited)
Zee Miller	...	Student in Library (uncredited)
Stephen Milton	...	Roommate #2 (uncredited)
Brian Smallwood	...	Cop (uncredited)
Mason Storm	...	Party Student (uncredited)
Rosalinde Tropper	...	Barfly (uncredited)

Directed by
Alan Cohn

Writing credits (WGA)
Anthony Abrams		(story) &
Adam Larson Broder		(story)
Michael Traeger		(screenplay) and
Mike White		(screenplay)

Produced by
David Gale	....	executive producer
Gale Anne Hurd	....	producer
Maggie Malina	....	co-producer
Van Toffler	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Matt Mahaffey
Mark Mothersbaugh		(music score by)

Cinematography by
John Thomas		(director of photography) (as John A. Thomas)

Film Editing by
Debra Chiate

Casting by
Deborah Aquila
Jane Shannon-Smith

Production Design by
Carol Winstead Wood

Art Direction by
Gregory A. Weimerskirch

Set Decoration by
Jan K. Bergstrom

Costume Design by
Kathleen Detoro

Makeup Department
Bonnie Clevering	....	hair stylist
Jane Galli	....	makeup artist
Deborah Mills Gusmano	....	assistant hair stylist (as Deborah Mills)
Toby Lamm	....	assistant makeup artist
Lisa Rocco	....	key makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Bill Bannerman	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Otie Brown	....	second assistant director
Dieter 'Dietman' Busch	....	second second assistant director (as Dieter Busch)
Scottie Gissel	....	second second assistant director (as Julia 'Scottie' Gissel)
Linda Montanti	....	first assistant director
Bill Bannerman	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department
Brook Bacon	....	set dresser
Larry Boyd	....	set dresser
David B. Brenner	....	construction coordinator (as David Brenner)
Rocco Buffolino	....	property person (as Rocco Buffalino)
Thom Caraccio	....	signwriter
Alan Cohn	....	storyboard artist
Matt Furginson	....	lead person (as F. Matthew Furginson)
Michael R. Gannon	....	assistant property master (as Michael Gannon)
Antoinette J. Gordon	....	set designer (as Antoinette Judith Gordon)
Mike Higglemeyer	....	property person
Alan D. Laslovich	....	construction foreperson (as Alan Laslovich)
Sarah McCoy	....	art department coordinator
Len Morganti	....	storyboard artist
Luigi Mugavero	....	property person
William A. Petrotta	....	property master (as Bill Petrotta)
Jose Sandoval	....	paint foreperson
Eric Springer	....	greens person
Manuel Valenzuela	....	labor foreperson
Gregory A. Weimerskirch	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Bob Baron	....	adr mixer
Willie D. Burton	....	sound mixer (as Willie Burton)
Jeff Clark	....	sound effects editor
David B. Cohn	....	sound effects editor
Anne Couk	....	first assistant sound editor
Scott Curtis	....	foley editor
Zack Davis	....	adr editor
Flash Deros	....	boom operator
Richard Duarte	....	foley mixer
Roger Fearing	....	assistant sound editor
Tammy Fearing	....	foley editor
Christopher Flick	....	supervising foley editor
Cameron Frankley	....	supervising sound editor
Dana LeBlanc Frankley	....	assistant adr editor (as Dana LeBlanc)
Douglas Greenfield	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby (as Doug Greenfield)
Robin Harlan	....	foley artist
Robert W. Harris	....	cable person (as Robert Harris)
David L. Horton Jr.	....	foley editor (as Dave Horton Jr.)
Tom Ketterer	....	assistant sound editor
Marvin E. Lewis	....	boom operator
Walt Martin	....	sound mixer
David McDonald	....	adr recordist (as Dave McDonald)
Ron Meredith	....	assistant sound editor
Sarah Monat	....	foley artist (as Sarah Monet)
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	adr mixer
Steve Pederson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tom Perry	....	sound re-recording mixer
Carin Rogers	....	dialogue editor
Alison Sanford	....	sound recordist
Carolyn Sauer	....	foley recordist
Paul S. Shapiro	....	boom operator
Randy Singer	....	foley mixer (as Randy K. Singer)
Beth Sterner	....	co-supervising sound editor
Mike Szakmeister	....	supervising dialogue editor
Robert Ulrich	....	supervising adr editor
David Williams	....	dialogue editor (as Dave Williams)
Kerry Dean Williams	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Bruce Khteian	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Thomas Lopatka	....	digital compositing support: main title sequence (uncredited)

Stunts
John Branagan	....	stunts
Keith Campbell	....	stunts
Eliza Coleman	....	stunts (as Liza Coleman)
Dane Farwell	....	stunts
Mickey Giacomazzi	....	stunts
Tanner Gill	....	stunts
John-Clay Scott	....	stunts
Brian Smrz	....	stunts
Gregg Smrz	....	stunt coordinator
Scott Sproule	....	stunts
Merritt Yohnka	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Baumgartner	....	chief lighting technician (as Robert A. Baumgartner)
George Billinger III	....	steadicam operator (as George Billinger)
John Cambria	....	first assistant camera
Erin-Bruce Cook	....	first assistant camera
Tony Deale	....	grip
Flint Ellsworth	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Greg Fausak	....	second company grip (as Gregory Fausak)
Roger Latin	....	chief rigging lighting technician
John Joseph Minardi	....	first company grip (as John Minardi)
Melissa Moseley	....	still photographer
Alexandre Naufel	....	set lighting
David Pearlberg	....	dolly grip
Dylan Rush	....	set lighting
Robert Schierer	....	second assistant camera
John Seravic	....	grip
Luke Bird Stern	....	camera loader (as Luke Stern)
Jeffery J. Tufano	....	camera operator (as Jeffery Tufano)
David Wright	....	grip

Casting Department
Carissa Blix	....	casting: Stockton
Everett Blix	....	casting: Stockton
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting
Avy Kaufman	....	additional casting
Susan Maas	....	casting assistant
Cheryl Mack	....	casting assistant
Dayna Polehanki	....	casting assistant
Alex Wald	....	casting associate (as Alex Rosenberg)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Antoinette Squeo	....	costume supervisor
Robyn Williams	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Bob McMillian	....	color timer
Pablo Prietto	....	apprentice editor: film
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative cutter
Marcelo Sansevieri	....	assistant film editor
Momita Sengupta	....	post-production coordinator
Laura Steiger	....	assistant editor
Don Thompson	....	assistant film editor (as Don B. Thompson)

Music Department
Peter Afterman	....	music supervisor
Dust Brothers	....	executive music producer (as The Dust Brothers)
Amy Finnerty	....	music supervisor
Charles Martin Inouye	....	music editor
Elizabeth Wendel	....	associate music supervisor

Transportation Department
Keith Dillin	....	transportation coordinator
Robert Santoro	....	transportation captain
Tom Sweeney	....	transportation office administrator

Other crew
Rashied Aljuwani	....	craft service
Patrice Arter	....	medic
Serena Baker	....	assistant location manager
Curt Bergman	....	production assistant
Curtis Collins	....	location manager
Kyle Cooper	....	title designer: main title sequence
Stephen Denner	....	production assistant
Maureen Egan	....	assistant: Ms. Malina
Daniel Eisenberg	....	payroll clerk
April Fitzsimmons	....	assistant: Ms. Hurd
Karin Fong	....	title designer: main title
Barry Fox	....	assistant: Mr. Gale
Vincent G. Gonzales	....	production assistant (as Vince Gonzales)
David 'Cajun' Guilbeau	....	craft service
Maureen Holmes	....	production auditor
Keith Kumamoto	....	assistant auditor
Suzanne Lore	....	production coordinator
Elizabeth Ludwick-Bax	....	script supervisor (as Elizabeth Ludwick)
Cara McCastlain	....	production assistant
Yael Oestreich	....	assistant: Ms. Malina
Tajamika Paxton	....	assistant: Mr. Gale
Salwa Raphael	....	production assistant
Kathleen Roll	....	production assistant
Jim Rossow	....	assistant: Ms. Hurd
Kim Steinert	....	assistant production coordinator
Susan Steinlauf-Pascal	....	unit publicist (as Susan Steinlauf)
Debbie Tieman	....	assistant production auditor
Amelia Wong	....	assistant: Mr. Cohn
Gwendolen Twist	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Bernie Kramer	....	the producers wish to thank
R. Doyle Minden	....	the producers wish to thank

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures (presents)
• MTV Productions (in association with)
• Pacific Western (producer)

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1998) (USA) (theatrical)
• CIC-Taft Home Video (199?) (Australia) (VHS)
• Cinema International (1999) (Netherlands) (VHS) (rental)
• Fox Network (2002) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2000) (Netherlands) (VHS) (retail)
• Paramount Home Video (1999) (USA) (VHS)
• RTL Entertainment (2004) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL5)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1999) (France) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• DreamWorks Records  soundtrack album available on
• Eastman Kodak  printed on (as Eastman Kodak Film)
• Home on the Range  caterer
• Imaginary Forces  title design
• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)  this picture made under the jurisdiction of (as I.A.T.S.E.)
• Media Casting  casting: Stockton
• Pacific Title/Mirage  titles and opticals
• Paramount Pictures  digital sound editing
• Third Street Signs Boynton Beach  props
• University of the Pacific  the producers wish to thank (as University of the Pacific, Stockton, California)
• Yaji's Security  security

MPAA:

Rated R for drug use, language and crude sexual humor.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Québec) | USA:R (certificate #35770) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Iceland:L | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Netherlands:6 | Australia:M | France:U | Germany:16 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

7th Street Bridge, Modesto, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

"Professor Durkheim" is presumably named after the French sociologist Emile Durkheim, who was the first academic to study suicide extensively.

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: When Cliff O'Malley falls off a balcony after throwing water balloons the second time around and Josh and Cooper run over to him you can see the shadow of a mike boom.

Quotes:

Cooper Frederickson: I need my Jimmy!
Josh Miller: No Jimmy, repeat: no Jimmy.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in V.C.R. (2008)

Soundtrack:

Cowboy Song

Total fun

This comedy is fun. It's not meant to education; it's meant to entertain. Mark Paul Gosselaar shines as a comedic actor, and his talents were further evidenced after he was an NYPD Blue addition (a HUGE contrast from DMOC, obviously.) The premise is unique, and the acting was good. Yes, it may lag a bit in the 2nd act and the writing can become a tad labored, but nonetheless, this is a totally fun movie with great performances and hijinx. If you have not seen it, get a group of friends together who actually have a sense of humor, get some good eats, and have a blast.