Making the Grade
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDorian Walker
Written byCharles Gale
Gene Quintano
Produced byGene Quintano
Starring
CinematographyJacques Haitkin
Edited byDaniel Wetherbee
Music byBasil Poledouris
Distributed byCannon Film Distributors
(United Kingdom and International) MGM/UA Entertainment Co. (United States)
Release date
  • May 18, 1984 (1984-05-18)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$4,561,346[1]

Making the Grade is a 1984 American teen comedy film.[2] It was directed by Dorian Walker and written by Charles Gale and Gene Quintano. It was filmed at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.[3]

Plot

Palmer Woodrow (Dana Olsen) is a rich prep school kid who rarely attends class and has been expelled from numerous prep schools. His parents are traveling internationally and inform him that he has been enrolled at Hoover Academy and he has one last chance to graduate or he will be cut off financially. Meanwhile, Eddie Keaton (Judd Nelson) is a small-time con artist and high school dropout who has run afoul of a local loanshark named "Dice" (Andrew Dice Clay). Via a chance meeting, Woodrow hires Keaton for $10,000 and a Porsche to attend his prep school and graduate, freeing Woodrow to travel to Europe for skiing.[4]

Cast

ActorRole
Judd NelsonEddie Keaton
Jonna LeeTracey Hoover
Gordon JumpMr. Harriman
Walter OlkewiczCoach Wordman
Ronald LaceyNicky
Dana OlsenPalmer Woodrow
John DyeSkip
Carey ScottRand
Scott McGinnisBif
Andrew Dice ClayDice
Dan SchneiderBlimp

Production

This film marks the first appearance of Andrew Clay's "Dice" persona.

During an appearance on the Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour, Gordon Jump mentioned the working title of the film was The Last American Preppie and that they were looking for a new title.

At the start of the film's final credits, the characters Palmer and Eddie are touted as returning in the upcoming movie, Tourista.[5] However, after low theatrical interest in the duo and repeated missed deadlines (of which Olsen tried to contribute as a writer), the script for Tourista was never completed. The pair never teamed up in filmmaking again.

References


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