Hiding Out (1987)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Bob Giraldi

Writers:

Joe Menosky (writer)
Jeff Rothberg (writer)

Release Date:

6 November 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

There's only one thing more frightening than murder: High School.

Plot:

A very succesful stock broker is called to court to testify against a mob boss who was into some inside trading...

Plot Keywords:

High School | Teen | Mafia | Hitman | Stockbroker

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Jon Cryer	...	Andrew Morenski / Max Hauser
Keith Coogan	...	Patrick Morenski
Annabeth Gish	...	Ryan Campbell
Oliver Cotton	...	Killer
Claude Brooks	...	Clinton
Tim Quill	...	Kevin O'Roarke (as Tim Quill)
Alexandra Auder	...	Melissa
Tony Soper	...	Ahern
Ned Eisenberg	...	Rodriguez
Marita Geraghty	...	Janie Rooney
Steven Small	...	Driver
Johnny Walker	...	Pratt (as John Walker)
John Spencer	...	Bakey
Gretchen Cryer	...	Aunt Lucy
Anne Pitoniak	...	Grandma Jennie

Also Known As:

Adult Education (USA)

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12 (f) | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG)

Trivia:

Aunt Lucy is actually Jon Cryer's mother Gretchen.

Goofs:

Continuity: A cut appears on Max's arm before we see that the hitman has a knife.

Quotes:

Patrick Morenski: You left the outside world; you've got to orient your thinking. You've got think repression, think limits. Think humiliation and despair. You're in high school for Christ sakes!

Movie Connections:

References Evil Dead II (1987)

Soundtrack:

I Refuse

Enjoyed it

In spite of its faults, this movie was just fun to watch. I love the scene where Max gets in an argument with the history teacher and she sends him off to the principal's office...in high school, I had a teacher threaten to do that to me during a class discussion, so that scene really hit home! One thing that does bother me whenever I watch this movie is how bad the makeup is in the beginning when Jon Cryer was "bearded". The beard prevented him from doing much in the way of facial expressions, and it even hindered his speaking...kinda came off like a ventriloquist because he could hardly move his lips.

Fun movie though, just don't take it too seriously.