An ordinary high school student discovers that his family has an unusual pedigree.An ordinary high school student discovers that his family has an unusual pedigree.An ordinary high school student discovers that his family has an unusual pedigree.
James MacKrell
- Mr. Thorne
- (as Jim MacKrell)
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Did you know
- TriviaScott Howard's (Michael J. Fox's) house was located on the same block as 1955 George McFly's and 1955 Lorraine Baines' houses from Back to the Future (1985).
- GoofsWhile Stiles is van surfing, a police motorcycle escort with its hazard lights on is briefly visible in the bottom left of the frame.
- Quotes
Coach Finstock: There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese.
- Crazy creditsThere is a line in the credits that says: Welcome Makenna Goodman.
Makenna is the daughter of Miles Goodman, who composed music for the film.
- Alternate versionsThe television version takes out two scenes and adds three scenes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Mark of Lilith (1986)
- SoundtracksGood News
Performed by David Morgan
Music by Miles Goodman (uncredited)
Lyrics by Douglas Brayfield (uncredited)
Featured review
I appreciate certain actors differently as time goes by. For me Michael J Fox has been on the upswing while others, like Steve Martin, are headed in the other direction. There's nothing particularly unique about any of the elements of this movie except maybe the combination of all of them. Fox finds he can transform into a werewolf with superhuman powers - his "problem" makes him the most popular guy in high school and creates a winning basketball team. Forget that the wolf playing Fox on the court must be twice his size and four times the athlete, this movie is just a lot of fun to watch, helped considerably by Hampton as the understanding dad and Ursitti as the under-appreciated girl friend. Very rewatchable.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $33,086,611
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,120,348
- Aug 25, 1985
- Gross worldwide
- $33,087,306
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