A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
January 18, 1988
Original Title:
Crash Course
Alternate Titles:
Driving Academy
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Fries Distribution Company
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 95
Some students taking driver's ed during the summer. Among the students is Riko, a cocky guy; Chad, a guy from a privileged background, who's terrified to get behind the wheel; Vanessa, who's over protective mom who wouldn't allow her to take the course, who went behind her back; and Maria, a spoiled foreign student. Now the principal wants the students to pass so he tells the instructor, who's still not over his wife leaving and is not exactly up to the task, that it's important for the students to pass so he brought in a special instructor, who's very tough. And the principal also tells one of his teachers to let, one of the students Maslanski who's the school football star, pass the test he failed so that he can concentrate on driver's ed. But the teacher, seeing this as an opportunity to expose the principal as not doing his job and thus paving the way for him to be the new principal, makes Maslanski take a make up test
Assistant Editor:
Chip Masamitsu
Assistant Property Master:
David Richardson
Associate Producer:
Yuri Spilny
Camera Operator:
John Simmons
Casting:
Melissa Skoff
Costume Designer:
Michele Jo Blanche
Director:
Oz Scott
Director of Photography:
Bernd Heinl
Editor:
Duane Hartzell
Executive In Charge Of Production:
S. Bryan Hickox
Executive Producer:
Charles W. Fries
Extras Casting:
Marguerite Cravaty
First Assistant Director:
Ira Shuman
Gaffer:
Bob Good
Hairstylist:
Laura Connolly
Key Costumer:
Cheryl Mitchell
Key Grip:
Steve Arndt
Location Manager:
Pavel Cerny
Makeup Artist:
Elaine L. Offers
N. Kristine Chadwick
Music Editor:
John Mick
Original Music Composer:
Mark Davis
Producer:
Irv Wilson
Production Controller:
Joan Stevenson
Production Coordinator:
Rita Rokisky
Production Design:
Michael Erler
Property Master:
Albert Able
Script Supervisor:
Linda Arcari
Second Assistant Director:
Kenneth D. Collins
Set Decoration:
Jane Osmann
Sound Mixer:
Arnold Braun
Special Effects:
Richard Johnson
Stunt Coordinator:
Fred Waugh
Unit Production Manager:
Robert G. Stone
Writer:
William A. Schwartz
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