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About the Film

Year

1987

Rating

PG-13

Genre

Comedy

Running Time

97 MIN

Synopsis

School’s out, and Ocean Front High gym teacher Freddy Shoop (Mark Harmon) has big plans: summer in Hawaii. But the school’s vice-principal has plans for Freddy, too: teaching remedial English. Aloha paradise - hello, Summer School. Director Carl Reiner (All Of Me, The Jerk) delighted fans and critics alike with this warm, perceptive comedy about a laid-back teacher (Harmon) relegated to teaching a class of likeable misfits, including a slasher-flick addict (Dean Cameron), his wacky sidekick (Gary Riley), and a sexy female surfer (Courtney Thorne-Smith) of TV’s Ally McBeal and Melrose Place). Kirstie Alley (TV’s Cheers and Veronica’s Closet) is the no-nonsense history professor down the hall who’s keeping an eye on all the shenanigans - and on the handsome, irresistible Freddy. The road to academic success has never been bumpier, but to earn straight “A’s” in laughter…take Summer School.

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Where to Watch

Digital

About the Cast

Kirstie Alley

Robin Bishop/History Teacher

Mark Harmon

Freddy Shoop

Courtney Thorne-Smith

Pam House

Robin Thomas

Phil Gills/Vice Principal

Shawnee Smith

Rhonda Altobello

Patrick Laborteaux

Kevin Winchester

Dean Cameron

Francis "Chainsaw" Gremp

Gary Riley

Dave Frazier

Kelly Minter

Denise Green

Ken Olandt

Larry Kazamias

About the Crew

Director

Carl Reiner

Producer

Howard West

Producer

Jeff Franklin

Producer

George Shapiro

Writer

Carl Reiner

Writer

Stuart Birnbaum

Writer

David Dashev

Writer

Janice Fischer

Writer

Jeff Franklin

Writer

Peter Krikes

Writer

Steve Meerson

Music Scoring

Danny Elfman