Back to School

E343748

Back to School is a 1986 comedy film starring Rodney Dangerfield as a wealthy businessman who enrolls in college alongside his son, featuring Burt Young in a supporting role.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Back to School canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy film
film
characterPortrayedBy Jason Melon – Keith Gordon
Rodney Dangerfield
surface form: Thornton Melon – Rodney Dangerfield
cinematographyBy Tom Richmond
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Alan Metter
distributedBy Orion Pictures
editedBy David Rawlins
featuresSport diving
filmingLocation Madison, Wisconsin, United States
surface form: Madison, Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin–Madison
surface form: University of Wisconsin–Madison (as a stand-in for the fictional college)
genre comedy film
hasMainCharacter Jason Melon
Thornton Melon
hasSupportingActor Burt Young
Paxton Whitehead
Robert Downey Jr.
hasTheme class and wealth
father–son relationship
higher education
mpaaRating PG-13
musicBy Danny Elfman
notableScene Thornton Melon performs an elaborate dive called the Triple Lindy.
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A wealthy businessman enrolls in college alongside his son.
producer Chuck Russell
Jon Peters
Peter Guber
productionCompany Paper Clip Productions
releaseDate 1986-06-13
releaseYear 1986
runtimeMinutes 96
screenwriter Harold Ramis
Peter Torokvei
Steven Kampmann
Will Porter
setting college campus
starring Adrienne Barbeau
Burt Young
Keith Gordon
Paxton Whitehead
Robert Downey Jr.
Rodney Dangerfield
Sally Kellerman
Terry Farrell

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Burt Young appearedIn Back to School
Rodney Dangerfield notableWork Back to School
Sally Kellerman actedIn Back to School
Gerald Tommaso DeLouise notableWork Back to School
M. Emmet Walsh notableWork Back to School