How I Got Into College is a 1989 American romantic comedy film directed by Savage Steve Holland, starring Anthony Edwards, Corey Parker, and Lara Flynn Boyle and produced & released by 20th Century Fox. This is the film debut of eventual voice actor Tom Kenny, who would become best known as the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants.
How I Got Into College | |
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Directed by | Savage Steve Holland |
Written by | Terrel Seltzer |
Produced by | Elizabeth Cantillon Michael Shamberg |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Robert Elswit |
Edited by | Kaja Fehr Sonya Sones |
Music by | Joseph Vitarelli |
Production company | 20th Century Fox |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date | May 19, 1989 |
Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $10 million |
Box office | $1,642,239 (USA) |
The story follows a girl named Jessica (Lara Flynn Boyle) and her attempt to get into Ramsey College, a small college in Pennsylvania, and Marlon (Corey Parker), a boy who tries to get into Ramsey to pursue Jessica, whom he is in love with.
Jan Eliasberg started directing but was fired five days into filming and replaced with Savage Steve Holland.[1]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes has rated it a 38%[2]
The film was a box office bomb, making just $651,850 in its opening weekend from 743 theaters for an average of $877 per venue.[3] It ended its run with only $1,642,239 domestically.[4]
Parts of the film usedin Claremont, California, as Ramsey College.
Films directed by Savage Steve Holland | |
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