Daddy's Cadillac

Movie
German title	Daddy's Cadillac
Original title	License to Drive
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1988
length	90 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Greg Beeman
script	Neil Tolkin
production	John Davis , ; Andrew Licht , ; Jeffrey A. Mueller
music	Jay Ferguson
camera	Bruce Surtees
cut	Stephen Semel , ; Wendy Greene Bricmont
occupation
	Corey Haim : Les Anderson; Corey Feldman : Dean; Heather Graham : Mercedes Lane; Carol Kane : Mrs. Anderson; Richard Masur : Mr. Anderson; Michael Manasseri : Charles; Parley Baer : Grandfather; Nina Siemaszko : Natalie Anderson; Grant Heslov : Karl; James Avery : Les' driving examiner; Michael Ensign : school teacher / bus driver;

Daddy's Cadillac (Original Title: License to Drive ) is an American comedy film from 1988 .

action

16-year-old Les Anderson fails the long-awaited driver's test. In order to still impress Mercedes Lane, he sneaks out of the house at night and steals his grandfather's Cadillac. During this excursion, Mercedes caused a small dent on the vehicle. Les drives to his friend Dean, who repairs them, but persuades him to take a jaunt in the car.

background

The film grossed an estimated $ 22.4 million in the United States after its theatrical release on July 8, 1988. In Germany, the film was seen by 149,663 moviegoers after its theatrical release on April 13, 1989.

Billy Ocean's song Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car was part of the soundtrack. The music video contained scenes from the film.

Awards

Both Feldman and Haim were at the Young Artist Awards as in a movie best actor award. Heather Graham was nominated for Best Actress in a Feature Film.

Reviews

" Daddy's Cadillac is above-average summer entertainment, especially when it deals with the young heroes' longing to get behind the wheel."

- Roger Ebert , Chicago Sun-Times

"Unimaginatively staged and unconvincingly played teenage comedy, which openly celebrates the car fetish and lacks any critical distance from adolescents' consumerism."

- Lexicon of international film

"The film was sporadically funny nonsense about a boy who fails the practical driving test, but steals his grandfather's old-timer car to impress a girl."

- Jonathan Bernstein

literature

Jonathan Bernstein: Pretty in Pink. The Golden Age of Teenage Cinema. New York 1997. ISBN 0-312-15194-2 .

Web links

License to Drive in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Daddy's Cadillac at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

↑ License to Drive at boxofficemojo.com (English), accessed April 1, 2012.
↑ TOP 100 DEUTSCHLAND 1989 on insidekino.de, accessed on April 1, 2012.
↑ " License to Drive is a more-than-passable summer entertainment, especially when it identifies with the yearnings of its young heroes to get behind the wheel." Roger Ebert: License to Drive on rogerebert.suntimes.com
^ Daddy's Cadillac in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed April 1, 2012.
↑ "The film was a sporadically funny piece of nonsense about a kid who fails his road test but boosts his grandfather's vintage jalopy to impress a babe." Jonathan Bernstein: Pretty in Pink. The Golden Age of Teenage Cinema. New York 1997. page 211.

[1] License to Drive at boxofficemojo.com (English), accessed April 1, 2012.

[2] TOP 100 DEUTSCHLAND 1989 on insidekino.de, accessed on April 1, 2012.

[3] " License to Drive is a more-than-passable summer entertainment, especially when it identifies with the yearnings of its young heroes to get behind the wheel." Roger Ebert: License to Drive on rogerebert.suntimes.com

[4] Daddy's Cadillac in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed April 1, 2012.

[5] "The film was a sporadically funny piece of nonsense about a kid who fails his road test but boosts his grandfather's vintage jalopy to impress a babe." Jonathan Bernstein: Pretty in Pink. The Golden Age of Teenage Cinema. New York 1997. page 211.