Detective School Dropouts
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Detective School Dropouts is a 1986 action-comedy co-starring and written by David Landsberg
and Lorin Dreyfuss
for The Cannon Group. Two bumbling private detectives get themselves hired to find a missing person. They quickly find themselves in the middle of a mob war that takes place between New York City and Rome, when it turns out that the missing person is somebody the mob wants to stay missing. The film was not successful at the box office, but it has gained cult film
status in recent years, with out-of-print, used VHS tape copies selling on Ebay
and Amazon.com
for as much as $50.00 USD. It is noted for its low-budget production values, cheesy '80's synth soundtrack, and being the only film released from the Cannon Group to have lost money at the box office. However, it is also representative of '80 culture at the time when slapstick briefly resurfaced in popularity with American audiences.
"Detective School Drop Outs" was released on DVD (via Manufacture on Demand) from MGM on Oct. 2011.
David Landsberg
David Landsberg is an American actor, writer, producer and director who was born in Brooklyn, New York. Landsberg graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in business and marketing and soon found himself working at a large advertising firm, but he was not happy with it and quickly...
and Lorin Dreyfuss
Lorin Dreyfuss
Lorin Dreyfuss is an American actor, film producer, and screenplay writer, born in New York City on December 4, 1944. He is the older brother of Richard Dreyfuss, whom he frequently does voice overs, as their voices are extremely similar. He went to the same High School as Angelina Jolie, Nicolas...
for The Cannon Group. Two bumbling private detectives get themselves hired to find a missing person. They quickly find themselves in the middle of a mob war that takes place between New York City and Rome, when it turns out that the missing person is somebody the mob wants to stay missing. The film was not successful at the box office, but it has gained cult film
Cult film
A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but specific group of fans. Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside the small fanbases; however, there have been exceptions that have managed to gain fame among mainstream audiences...
status in recent years, with out-of-print, used VHS tape copies selling on Ebay
EBay
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and Amazon.com
Amazon.com
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for as much as $50.00 USD. It is noted for its low-budget production values, cheesy '80's synth soundtrack, and being the only film released from the Cannon Group to have lost money at the box office. However, it is also representative of '80 culture at the time when slapstick briefly resurfaced in popularity with American audiences.
"Detective School Drop Outs" was released on DVD (via Manufacture on Demand) from MGM on Oct. 2011.