The Buddy System

The Buddy System

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  • Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Glenn A. Jordan
  • Cast(s): Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Nancy Allen, Jean Stapleton, Wil Wheaton See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 50min
  • Music: Patrick Williams
  • Similar To: My Oxford Year, Pillion
  • Story:
    A quiet school truant officer, Joe, uncovers a young boy's attempt to fake a residential address, and subsequently gets involved romantically with the boy's mother. The truant officer waffles between a sadistic relationship with his on-again, off-again girlfriend and the mother. When one of the officer's inventions takes off, he chooses the girl and shatters the friendship with the boy and his mother. Only at the last possible moment does he figure out what he's sacrificed, and attempts to get it back.
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STORY

Story
A quiet school truant officer, Joe, uncovers a young boy's attempt to fake a residential address, and subsequently gets involved romantically with the boy's mother. The truant officer waffles between a sadistic relationship with his on-again, off-again girlfriend and the mother. When one of the officer's inventions takes off, he chooses the girl and shatters the friendship with the boy and his mother. Only at the last possible moment does he figure out what he's sacrificed, and attempts to get it back.

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Actor Richard Dreyfuss would later play the grownup version of the film's Tim Price (Wil Wheaton) character in Stand by Me (1986).

The film was never shown theatrically in the UK when first released and went straight to video as did the movie in a number of markets and territories.

In the same 1984 year's released movie Rhinestone (1984) actor Sylvester Stallone's character at one point in dialogue refers to ''the buddy system''. The use of the phrase could be seen as a veiled plug for the film as both pictures were produced by the 20th Century Fox studio.

The picture was originally scheduled to open in the Summer of 1983 according to an article published in the 6th November 1983 edition of the 'Los Angeles Herald Examiner'. However, the 20th Century Fox studio deferred its release stateside until late January 1984 with the movie opening on about the 20th of the month.

The nick-name of Tim Price (Wil Wheaton) was ''Timmy''.

Popular Dialogues

"Carrie: How would you feel if I wanted to know every little thing about you? Joe: I'd feel loved."