Johnny Be Good (1988)

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Anthony Michael Hall
Johnny Walker

Robert Downey Jr.
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

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Steve Zacharias
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Jeff Buhai
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It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent scouts or should he attend the local state college with his girlfriend and give up his football career?

Release date: 25 March 1988
UPC: 027616888433

Tags: Comedy (4), Football (4), Revenge (3), Sport (3), 1980s (3), 1988 (3), Future (2), Immaturity (2), Popularity (2), Character Name In Title (2), Self Discovery (2), Independent Film (2), Teen (2), Food (2), American Football (1), 80's (1), Teen Movie (1), HQ (1), Teenage Girl (1), Sports (1)

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" It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent scouts or should he attend the local state college with his girlfriend and give up his football career? Johnny Be Good is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Bud S. Smith, starring Anthony Michael Hall as the main character, Johnny Walker. The film also features Robert Downey Jr., Paul Gleason, Stev"

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"14 as Leo This is my favorite role of his. I LOVED him as Johnny's kooky insane energetic friend. I love when him and Johnny would play fight, his facial expressions and how crazy he would talk. In every scene he's telling some crazy far fetched completely embellished story or all out lie. He's so fun and energetic here. After reading repeatedly that he improvises heavily with many of his roles it got me thinking of how much improv he did here. The lines are just crazy enough for them to "