Johnny be Good

Movie
German title	Johnny be Good
Original title	Johnny Be Good
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1988
length	82 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Bud S. Smith
script	Steve Zacharias , Jeff Buhai , David Obst
production	Jeff Buhai, Adam Fields , David Obst, Steve Zacharias
music	Jay Ferguson
camera	Robert D. Yeoman
cut	M. Scott Smith
occupation
Anthony Michael Hall : Johnny Walker Robert Downey junior : Leo Wiggins Paul Gleason : Wayne Hisler Uma Thurman : Georgia Elkans Steve James : Coach Sanders Seymour Cassel : Wallace Gibson Michael Greene : Tex Wade Marshall Bell : Chief Elkans Deborah May : Mrs. Walker Michael Alldredge : Vinny Kroll Jennifer Tilly : Connie Hisler Jon Stafford : Bad Breath Peter Koch : Pete Andropolous

Johnny be Good ( Johnny Be Good ) is an American sports comedy released in 1988 . Directed by Bud S. Smith and written by Jeff Buhai , David Obst and Steve Zacharias .

action

The teenager Johnny Walker is considered a talented football player . Because of his athletic achievements, he is offered places at numerous universities. His girlfriend Georgia Elkans wants Johnny to study with her. She is the daughter of a cop who is not kind to Johnny. Johnny plays with him about whether he can continue to see Georgia.

The young athlete accepts numerous invitations from universities to exploration visits, where he is received with honors. His family is putting pressure on him to finally make up his mind. His mother compares him to a pop star .

Johnny and his friend Leo Wiggins celebrate together when they are arrested by the police. One of the universities' talent scouts offers Walker legal assistance in choosing a particular university.

Johnny finally calls a press conference to announce his decision. A fight breaks out at the conference when he exposes the methods used by the talent scouts and reveals that he intends to postpone the decision. The present officer of a control institution announced the investigation of the incidents. Johnny leaves the room with Georgia. In the end, he signs up with the coach of the football team at the college that Georgia also wants to attend.

Reviews

Roger Ebert scoffed in the Chicago Sun-Times of March 25, 1988 that the script looked like its three writers had been sitting in an office trying to line up the stereotypes. This results in a structure with a number of the necessary scenes, but not complex and human characters. The scenes in which Walker is courted during his college visits would appear just as implausible as they are uncomfortable. Ebert said the film writers should be ashamed.

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was " a hard-to-end mixture " and a " thin ready-made film for American teenagers with the usual components of sports, music, sex and slap entertainment ".

Awards

Ted Nugent was nominated for the Golden Raspberry in 1989 for the song Skintight .

backgrounds

The film was in the Texas locations Georgetown , Irving and San Antonio shot. It grossed approximately $ 17.55 million in US cinemas .

The opening credits of the film were designed by Pablo Ferro .

Web links

• Johnny be Good in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Johnny be Good at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Film review by Roger Ebert , accessed September 7, 2007
2. ^ Johnny be Good in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed September 7, 2007
3. ^ Filming locations for Johnny Be Good , accessed September 7, 2007
4. ^ Box office / business for Johnny Be Good , accessed September 7, 2007