Johnny Be Good

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Not to be confused with Johnny B. Goode.

Johnny Be Good
Johnny Be Good movie poster
Directed by	Bud S. Smith
Produced by	Adam Fields
Written by	Steve Zacharias Jeff Buhai David Obst
Starring	Anthony Michael Hall Robert Downey Jr. Paul Gleason Uma Thurman Jennifer Tilly
Music by	Jay Ferguson Judas Priest
Cinematography	Robert D. Yeoman
Editing by	M. Scott Smith
Distributed by	Orion Pictures
Release date(s)	March 25, 1988
Running time	91 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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Johnny Be Good is a 1988 comedy film, directed by film editor Bud S. Smith, in his only film in the director's chair. It stars Anthony Michael Hall as the main character Johnny Walker, Robert Downey Jr., Steve James, Jennifer Tilly and Uma Thurman. Former Chicago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon makes a cameo appearance.

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[edit] Plot

Johnny Walker (Anthony Michael Hall) is the top high school quarterback prospect who is heavily recruited by many schools. His best friend, Leo Wiggins (Robert Downey, Jr.), thinks he should hold out for the best offer. His girlfriend, Georgia (Uma Thurman), wants him to go to State with her and get a solid education. The colleges offer him everything he could possibly want---girls, cars, cash, free room and board, etc. Although he has all the skills a coach would want in a quarterback, he is unsure where he wants to go. Johnny lives with his mother, grandfather and younger brother and sister. Johnny is offered everything and anything by every interested college except for the local State College, which he chooses in the end of the movie, as he decides that college is not just for football.