Dead Man on Campus (1998)

Directed by

Alan Cohn

Genre

buddy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

R

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 162 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two failing college students try to find a suicidal roommate because of a rumor that they will get straight As if their roommate kills themselves. They plan to push a depressed person over the edge to save their own grades.

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What happens

Dead Man on Campus is a 1998 American black comedy film starring Tom Everett Scott and Mark-Paul Gosselaar. It centers on the urban legend that a student gets straight As if their roommate commits suicide (see pass by catastrophe). Two failing friends attempt to find a depressed roommate to push him over the edge and receive As. To boost ticket sales, the film's U.S. release was timed with the start of the new college school year in late August 1998. The film was shot at University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. Dead Man on Campus was released by Paramount Pictures on August 21, 1998 to negative reviews from critics while grossing $15 million against a $14 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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