Back to School gives Rodney Dangerfield plenty of room to riff -- and supports the freewheeling funnyman with enough of a story to keep things interesting between punchlines.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Alan Metter -
Producer -
Chuck Russell -
Screenwriter -
Steven Kampmann , William Porter , PJ Torokvei , Harold Ramis -
Production Co -
Orion Pictures , Paper Clip Productions -
Rating -
PG-13 -
Genre -
Comedy -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Jun 13, 1986, Limited -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Sep 16, 2008 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$89.2M -
Runtime -
1h 36m -
Sound Mix -
Surround