At Ocean Front High, what do they call a guy who cuts classes, hates homework, and lives for summer vacations? Teacher.
A high-school gym teacher has big plans for the summer, but is forced to cancel them to teach a "bonehead" English class for misfit goof-off students. Fortunately, his unconventional brand of teaching fun field trips begins to connect with them, and even inspires ardor in some.
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Classical in form, warm, effortless and comic.
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- warmbleak
- effortlessdemanding
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
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“Is Mark Harmon the best thing in Summer School?”
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“Is Summer School too gentle for its own good?”
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“Would Summer School hit harder if it came out today rather than in 1987?”
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Cast
- Mark HarmonFreddy Shoop
- Kirstie AlleyRobin Bishop
- Robin ThomasPhil Gills
- Patrick LabyorteauxKevin
- Courtney Thorne-SmithPam
- Dean CameronChainsaw
- Gary RileyDave
- Kelly Jo MinterDenise
- Ken OlandtLarry
- Shawnee SmithRhonda
Crew
- Carl ReinerDirector
- Jeff FranklinWriter
- David M. WalshDirector of Photography
- Danny ElfmanOriginal Music Composer
- Bud MolinEditor
- George ShapiroProducer
- Howard WestProducer
- Jeff FranklinProducer
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