Johnny Be Good | 
| Director: Bud S. Smith
Actors: Anthony Michael Hall, Robert Downey Jr., Paul Gleason, Uma Thurman, Steve James
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 41509
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, Dvd, Full Screen, Subtitled, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 91 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: TM2587
ISBN: 0792857321
UPC: 027616888433
EAN: 9780792857327
ASIN: B00009OWJV
Theatrical Release Date: March 25, 1988
Release Date: August 5, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
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?
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 Worst ever! November 18, 2008
Genipher Oswalt (Kalamazoo, MI United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm a BIG Robert Downey Jr fan, but this has GOT to be one of the WORST movies I have ever seen... and poor Uma - 'Introducing Uma Therman...' How horrible for this to be your film debut. But, then again, I guess that gives her an excues. MAYBE, if I'd seen it back in the day... but even then, I doubt it. It just doesn't stand up against the Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, etc.
Good thing I got it Cheap!
 Great Job! August 11, 2008
Lucian Otto Beane
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am very happy with my purchace. It got here fairly quick, and was in new condition. great job! thanks
Anthony Hall is hot!! March 24, 2007
Pamela Lozon (Groveland, MA)
In "Pretty in Pink" he was a nerd....but boy did he grow up to be a hottie in this movie....where is he now???
Johnny Be Good May 24, 2006
J. P. Segal
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This movie is terrible. It's not funny. Anthony Michael Hall was not meant to play a cool jock. It just wasn't believable, especially after The Breakfast Club. This was Uma Thurman's first movie and she was very cute, but that's about the only positive thing i can say about this movie.
The premise behind the movie is alright. A star high-school quarterback finishing high school looking to go to college. He's got a girlfriend, a best friend, a coach who is trying to bank off of him, and he's constanly being followed by college boosters trying to convince him to go to their school.
There is no decent dialogue. The acting is horrible and i must reiterate this MOVIE IS NOT FUNNY! It is corny.
Classic... but edited! March 20, 2004
W. Price (Senatobia, MS United States)
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
Hey, I know it's not Citizen Kane, but it was never intended to be. Anthony Micheal Hall is actually the cool guy in this one... enough said. It is truly one of the most overlooked 80's film ever (this and Emilo Estevez's brilliant directorial debut, "Wisdom")and actually contains one of the 3 inspired performances Robert Downey Jr has commited to film (Johnny Be Goode, Less than Zero and Weird Science).
I was extremely glad to see this finally released on DVD, but MGM has mislabled this version as "R" rated. This is a glaring and lazy oversight. This DVD version is actually the "PG-13" theatrical version. Once "Johnny Be Goode" came out on video, it was released with extended footage in an "R" rated version. It contained more nudity and showed a great deal more footage of Johnny's visit with "Ole Tex". I know this sounds crazy but this particular version of the movie helped enhance the other "Ole Tex" candidates roles quite a bit and showed why they backed Johnny's ultimate decision towards the end of the movie.
I believe MGM should correct this lazy mistake by either releasing the actual "R" rated version or re-labeling this version as "PG-13".
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