Editing Back to School (section)

{{Short description|1986 American comedy film by Alan Metter}}
{{Other uses|Back to school (disambiguation){{!}}Back to school}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Back to School
| image          = Back to School Movie Poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Alan Metter]]
| producer       = [[Chuck Russell]]
| screenplay     = {{Plain list|
* [[Steven Kampmann]]
* Will Porter
* [[Peter Torokvei]]
* [[Harold Ramis]]
}}
| story          = {{Plain list|
* [[Rodney Dangerfield]]
* Greg Fields
* Dennis Snee
}}
| starring       = {{Plain list|
* Rodney Dangerfield
* [[Sally Kellerman]]
* [[Burt Young]]
* [[Keith Gordon]]
* [[Adrienne Barbeau]]
* [[Robert Downey Jr.]]
* [[Sam Kinison]]
* [[Ned Beatty]]
}}
| music          = [[Danny Elfman]]
| cinematography = [[Thomas E. Ackerman]]
| editing        = David Rawlins
| studio         = Paper Clip Productions
| distributor    = [[Orion Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1986|06|13}}
| runtime        = 96 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $11 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1986/07/30/blockbuster-lull-no-problem-at-box-office/ |title=Blockbuster Lull No Problem At Box Office |work=Chicago Tribune |date=July 30, 1986 |access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref>
| gross          = $91.3 million<ref name="IMDbBoxOffice">{{Cite web|title=Back to School (1986) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0090685/ |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=25 July 2024}}</ref>
}}

'''''Back to School''''' is a 1986 American [[comedy film]] starring [[Rodney Dangerfield]], [[Keith Gordon]], [[Sally Kellerman]], [[Burt Young]], [[Terry Farrell (actress)|Terry Farrell]], [[William Zabka]], [[Ned Beatty]], [[Sam Kinison]], [[Paxton Whitehead]], [[Robert Downey Jr.]], [[M. Emmet Walsh]], and [[Adrienne Barbeau]]. It was directed by [[Alan Metter]]. The plot centers on a wealthy but uneducated father (Dangerfield) who goes to college to show solidarity with his discouraged son Jason (Gordon) and learns that he cannot buy an education or happiness.

[[Kurt Vonnegut]] has a cameo as himself, as does the band [[Oingo Boingo]], whose frontman [[Danny Elfman]] composed the score for the film. The [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] was used as a backdrop for the movie, although it was called "Grand Lakes University". The diving scenes were filmed at the since-demolished [[Industry Hills Aquatic Club]] in the [[Industry, California|City of Industry]], California.

Before the end credits, the message "For ESTELLE Thanks For So Much" is shown in dedication to Estelle Endler, one of the executive producers of the film, who died during production. She was Dangerfield's long-time manager, who helped him get into films such as ''[[Caddyshack]]''.<ref>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NbaAF5Zwax0C | title = It's Not Easy Bein' Me: A Lifetime of No Respect but Plenty of Sex and Drugs | last = Dangerfield | first = Rodney | author-link = Rodney Dangerfield | publisher = [[HarperCollins]] | date = 2004 | isbn = 9780060779245 | quote = I was right about Estelle—she was the best manager anyone could ever have. She got me into movies. }}</ref>