License To Drive (Special Edition)
Anchor Bay (7/6/1988)
Action, Comedy
In Collection
#566
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Seen ItYes
013131297492
IMDB   5.7
90 mins USA/English
DVD  Region 1   PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Corey Haim Les Anderson
Corey Feldman Dean
Heather Graham Mercedes
Grant Goodeve Natalie's DMV Examiner
Carol Kane Mrs. Anderson
Richard Masur Mr. Anderson
Nina Siemaszko Natalie
Michael A. Nickles Paolo
Michael Manasseri Charles
Harvey Miller The Professor
James Avery Les' DMV Examiner
Parley Baer Grandpa
Grant Heslov Karl
Michael Ensign School Teacher / Bus Driver
Helen Hanft Miss Hellberg
Director Greg Beeman
Producer Andrew Licht
Jeffrey A. Mueller
John Davis
Mack Bing
Writer Neil Tolkin


The brief 1980s mania surrounding "the Coreys" peaked with License to Drive, a modest but surprisingly still enjoyable adventure comedy. Les (Corey Haim, Lucas) has a chance to date his dream girl, Mercedes (Heather Graham, Boogie Nights, in her first significant movie role)--but he's just failed his driving exam. Motivated by a mixture of pride and hormones, he steals his grandfather's Cadillac and heads out on the town with Mercedes for a night that swiftly becomes an escalating series of disasters, made worse by the foolhardy antics of Les' best friend Dean (Corey Feldman, Stand by Me). Despite some egregious '80s fashion disasters (Graham gets the worst of them), License to Drive holds up surprisingly well--it's no work of genius, but it is a solidly made and entertaining teen comedy that's more coherent than most. The depiction of parent-teen relations is fairly honest and particularly well-played by Richard Masur (Risky Business) and Carol Kane (In the Soup) as the parents. The DVD includes a very funny and rambunctious audio commentary track by the screenwriter and director, as well as interviews with the grown-up Coreys. A must-have for fans of '80s nostalgia. --Bret Fetzer
Edition Details
Edition Special Edition
Distributor Starz / Anchor Bay
Release Date 5/3/2005
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles English (Closed Captioned)
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Color Widescreen