Dead Man on Campus Movie Review 1997

Failing college freshmen Scott and Gosselaar learn that if your roomie commits suicide, you get a straight-A average for the year. So they decide to find a new roommate who's on the edge and make certain to push him over. Anyone who's ever done time in the dorms has heard this rumor, so it was only a matter of time before someone turned it into a screenplay. The wait wasn't long enough. One-joke premise can't sustain a whole movie, and Gosselaar goes a long way toward duplicating "Saved By the Bell" co-star Elizabeth Berkley's "Showgirls" um, success.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 94 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Fraternities & Sororities, Campus Capers, Suicide, Slob Comedy

Screenplay

Michael Traeger, Mike White

Cast

Tom Everett Scott, Mark Paul Gosselaar, Alyson Hannigan, Poppy Montgomery, Lochlyn Munro, Randy Pearlstein, Mari Morrow

Cinematography

John Thomas

Director

Alan Cohn

Music

Mark Mothersbaugh

Other

Debra Chiate