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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302126198
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 6302126193
Label: Alliance (Universal)
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageAnalog
Manufacturer: Alliance (Universal)
Publisher: Alliance (Universal)
Release Date: January 16, 1996
Studio: Alliance (Universal)
Theatrical Release Date: 1991
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Hard to believe that the guy in this DVD who plays Schank is currently a candidate for US Senator of Hawaii, but it's true.
This move is full of people who over the years have terrific stories about who they've become since then. Great movie, great director. I heard Brian Evans speaking very well of Robert Shaye on CNN when he was asked about his role in this movie during a political interview with Senator Inouye.
I forgot "Lenny" was in this movie, but he's cool in this.
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A call from his divorce lawyer takes wealthy middle aged man (effectively played by a bitter-yet-reminiscent Michael McKeon, Lenny of the "Laverne & Shirley" Fame) back to his high school days in the 1950s, when a teenager's sole preocupation seemed to be "getting some". The cast of regulars includes the tough kids with greasy hair, the wimps who get their pants stolen at fist-point, everybody's "Mrs. Cleaver-like" mom, ...typical plain and efficient school marms, and the parade of girls that make it all worth the while. Throw in some predictable [weak] jokes a la Porky's, a 1990s-style 50s Rock & Roll sound track (with an occasional original), and you've got "Book of Love".
This film will make you glad that we don't live in the 50s anymore. Unlike "Grease" and "American Graffiti", "Book of Love" paints a picture of unease and awkwardness, along with all of the cliched "teen angst" we know only from those "Health Class" information film strips. The "guys talk" with all its raunch ... Read More
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This movie really tickles my funny bone and it is definitely on my top ten commedies list (check out the book by William Kotzwinkle... also known as "Jack in the Box"... it is a VERY funny memoir). This movie is definitely worth a rent or buy. It has fantasy moments that are kind of "Scrubs"-like, and it will give the right crowd a serious case of the giggles (and roll around laughs). Sure the movie is predictable, but you won't care. Watch it for the laughs (and universal childhood memories). This movie also features a great true to self performance by John Cameron Mitchell the future writer-director-actor of the awesome cult sensataion "Hedwig and the Angry Inch". This movie is the only movie ever directed by Robert Shaye (who is now the Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of New Line Cinema... he helped to bring us the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the Nightmare on Elm Street Series, and great hits like Frequency).
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This movie makes you want to go back in time and live in the 50's. You can identify yourself with each charater and their dilemmas. This movie is packed with non-stop laughter. The soundtrack is also a huge plus for those who enjoy the beginning of the rock-n-roll era.
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This video does not even deserve to be called a movie. Mabye the story line could be worthy of a high school movie project, if the teacher was generous. The dialogue is predicatable, the ending obvious. Occassionally a scene will hit the mark, but that is so infrequent that the movie deserves only 1 star. One star can also represnt one candle: "Happy Birthday Schank!"
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