Product Details

• Actors: Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey Jr., Paul Gleason, Uma Thurman, Steve James
• Directors: Bud S. Smith
• Writers: David Obst, Jeff Buhai, Steve Zacharias
• Producers: Adam Fields, David Obst, Jeff Buhai, Jeffrey Chernov
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• DVD Release Date: August 5, 2003
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00009OWJV
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #23,121 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description
It's an orgy of wine, women and cash kickbacks when two of the biggest college football factories in the country scramble to get a high school wunderkind on their rosters! Anthony Michael Hall ("The Dead Zone"), Robert Downey, Jr. (Less Than Zero), Paul Gleason (Not Another Teen Movie), Robert Downey, Sr. (Boogie Nights), Jennifer Tilly (Liar Liar) and Uma Thurman (The Truth About Cats and Dogs) star in this outrageous coming-of-age comedy that'll leave you cheering for more! Moving from lusty limousine rides to all-night strip joints, Johnny gets the workout of his life...and an education he'll never forget. But when he discovers that he's become the object of an NCAA investigation and an embarrassment to his family and friends, Johnny shows that he still has one more option play left to run.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars warning the DVD movie is censored, November 30, 2003

By	ejuggaloe (KY USA) - See all my reviews

I've been a big fan of this movie since it first came out, with that said I give the movie alone a 5 star rating. However, the MGM DVD release is edited, which brings the score way down. There's a scene in the movie where Johnny is playing football to win back his girlfriend from her father, during the game 3 cheerleaders flash the cops to distract them. This has been edited and all that is shown is them starting to lift their shirts then it cuts quickly to the next scene. Now I didn't buy this movie for the nudity but censorship in any form is just unforgivable especially when it's unnecessary because all the other scenes containing nudity (that I can remember) are intact. Though more scenes could have been edited I'm not sure. The DVD extras include only one trailer for the movie, so it's basically barebone which I expected it to be. I still suggest you buy this DVD the quality is excellent just a little warning it's not the original.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic... but edited!, March 19, 2004

By	W. Price "bobharris1" (Senatobia, MS United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Hey, I know it's not Citizen Kane, but it was never intended to be. Anthony Micheal Hall is actually the cool guy in this one... enough said. It is truly one of the most overlooked 80's film ever (this and Emilo Estevez's brilliant directorial debut, "Wisdom")and actually contains one of the 3 inspired performances Robert Downey Jr has commited to film (Johnny Be Goode, Less than Zero and Weird Science).
I was extremely glad to see this finally released on DVD, but MGM has mislabled this version as "R" rated. This is a glaring and lazy oversight. This DVD version is actually the "PG-13" theatrical version. Once "Johnny Be Goode" came out on video, it was released with extended footage in an "R" rated version. It contained more nudity and showed a great deal more footage of Johnny's visit with "Ole Tex". I know this sounds crazy but this particular version of the movie helped enhance the other "Ole Tex" candidates roles quite a bit and showed why they backed Johnny's ultimate decision towards the end of the movie.
I believe MGM should correct this lazy mistake by either releasing the actual "R" rated version or re-labeling this version as "PG-13".

3.0 out of 5 stars Anthony Hall is hot!!, March 24, 2007

By	Pamela Lozon (Groveland, MA) - See all my reviews

In "Pretty in Pink" he was a nerd....but boy did he grow up to be a hottie in this movie....where is he now???