| Dead Man on Campus |
DVD cover for Dead Man on Campus | | Directed by | Alan Cohn | | Produced by | Gale Anne Hurd | | Written by | Anthony Abrams
Adam Larson Broder | | Starring | Mark-Paul Gosselaar
Tom Everett Scott | | Music by | Matt Mahaffey
Mark Mothersbaugh | | Cinematography | John Thomas | | Editing by | Debra Chiate | | Distributed by | Paramount Pictures | | Release date(s) | 21 August 1998 | | Running time | 96 minutes | | Country |
 United States | | Language | English | | Budget | $14,000,000 (estimated) | | Official website | | IMDb profile | Dead Man on Campus is a 1998 comedy starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Tom Everett Scott. It centers on the urban legend that a student gets straight A's if their roommate commits suicide (see: Pass by catastrophe). Two friends attempt to find a depressed roommate in order to push him over the edge and receive A's. To boost ticket sales for this film in the theater, its US release was timed with the start of the new college school year in late August 1998. The Curve, originally titled Dead Man's Curve,which came out in the same year, uses a similar plotline. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Plot
Two university students,Cooper (Who's father threatened to stop paying his tuition cause of his failing grades),& Josh (Who is in danger of losing his scholarship) findout about an obscure academic rule that states that if a student's roommate commits suicide then the roomates get perfect grades for that semester. They set out to find roomates who are likely to commit suicide. Their first potential roommate, Cliff, is more likely to get himself (and any one with him) killed than commit suicide. After Josh and Cooper get him to move in, they just want him out.
Next they try Buckley Schrank, a computer geek who thinks Bill Gates wants his brain. After they move Buckley, they try to help push him over the edge. First, Cooper poses as a suicide hotline volunteer, and when Buckley calls, he tells him that he's Bill Gates and wants his brain. Then, Josh and Cooper stock their dorm room with rope, daggers, and prescription drugs, but seeing this, Buckley thinks that they're trying to kill him and give his brain to Bill Gates, so he runs away from them in terror. For other persons named Bill Gates, see Bill Gates (disambiguation). ...
Finally, Josh and Cooper move in Matt, a heavy metal rocker who talks about committing suicide and seems depressed. After Cooper catches him singing show tunes and dancing around in a bathroom, and when they learn he was voted Mr.Happy in high school, they fear he will not commit suicide. After all the time wasted on trying to find a suicidal person instead of studying, Josh and Cooper become agitated. Josh stands on the edge of a bridge, about to commit suicide. Cooper gives him a dramatic speech, and tells Josh he is not a failure and talks him down, when Josh comes down from the bridge he reveals to Cooper that he was faking his suicide attempt so the school wouldnt fail him & Cooper would look like a hero to his father. Showtunes are songs written for musical theater productions, such as: The Phantom of the Opera Jesus Christ Superstar Oklahoma! Guys and Dolls Cabaret See also Musical theater Categories: Stub ...
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