Making the Grade (film)

Making the Grade
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dorian Walker
Written by	Charles Gale Gene Quintano
Starring	Judd Nelson Jonna Lee Gordon Jump Walter Olkewicz Ronald Lacey Dana Olsen
Music by	Basil Poledouris
Cinematography	Jacques Haitkin
Editing by	Daniel Wetherbee
Release date(s)	May 18, 1984
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Making the Grade is an American film which was released in 1984. It was directed by Dorian Walker and written by Charles Gale and Gene Quintano. It was filmed at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.

Synopsis

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 (Nelson) is a small-time con artist who has run afoul of a local loanshark named "Dice." 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.

Production notes

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

At the start of the film's final credits, the characters Palmer and Eddie are touted as returning in the upcoming movie, Tourista. 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.

Cast

Actor	Role
Judd Nelson	Eddie Keaton
Jonna Lee	Tracey Hoover
Gordon Jump	Mr. Harriman
Walter Olkewicz	Coach Wordman
Ronald Lacey	Nicky
Dana Olsen	Palmer Woodrow
John Dye	Skip
Carey Scott	Rand
Scott McGinnis	Bif
Andrew Dice Clay	Dice
Dan Schneider	Blimp

External links

• Making the Grade at the Internet Movie Database