A teen decides to go for a night on the town with his friends despite flunking his driver's test.A teen decides to go for a night on the town with his friends despite flunking his driver's test.A teen decides to go for a night on the town with his friends despite flunking his driver's test.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination
Michael A. Nickles
- Paolo
- (as M.A. Nickles)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
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- TriviaNeither Corey Feldman nor Corey Haim had a driver's license when filming started.
- GoofsThe license plate on the caddy changes from "GRANDPA" to "GRANPA" in various scenes.
- Alternate versionsTo receive a PG certificate, 7 seconds were cut from the original UK video version with the removal of the line "You mustn't fuck with the Department of Motor Vehicles." The line was reinstated for the 2012 UK DVD, which is rated 12.
- SoundtracksDrive My Car
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Produced By Stephen Bray and Michael Verdick
Performed by The Breakfast Club
Courtesy of MCA Records
Featured review
License to Drive is a cheery, cheesy late 1980s comedy that stars the two Coreys.
Corey Haim is a 16 year old High School Kid who arrives to school by bus. He daydreams of driving a red corvette with school hottie Mercedes Lane.
The film starts of breezily as he tries to pass the test and gets his licence. His twin sister sails through the theory test, he does not. His twin sister gets a very nice examiner for the practical, he gets James Avery who is gruff, takes him on difficult roads and puts a cup of hot coffee on the dashboard and Corey better not spill it.
Corey flunks his tests and does not mention this to his parents and friends. The second half of the movie is less interesting as Corey borrows his grandfather's Cadillac to take Mercedes out on a date as she wants to make her boyfriend jealous and ends up getting in various scrapes.
License to Drive is not a great film but even after almost 30 years it is still fun. Corey Feldman as always is still annoying. It always surprised me how far he went with such limited talent for a few years.
Corey Haim is a 16 year old High School Kid who arrives to school by bus. He daydreams of driving a red corvette with school hottie Mercedes Lane.
The film starts of breezily as he tries to pass the test and gets his licence. His twin sister sails through the theory test, he does not. His twin sister gets a very nice examiner for the practical, he gets James Avery who is gruff, takes him on difficult roads and puts a cup of hot coffee on the dashboard and Corey better not spill it.
Corey flunks his tests and does not mention this to his parents and friends. The second half of the movie is less interesting as Corey borrows his grandfather's Cadillac to take Mercedes out on a date as she wants to make her boyfriend jealous and ends up getting in various scrapes.
License to Drive is not a great film but even after almost 30 years it is still fun. Corey Feldman as always is still annoying. It always surprised me how far he went with such limited talent for a few years.
- Prismark10
- Sep 16, 2016
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- To Live and Drive in L.A.
- Filming locations
- Johnie's Broiler - 7447 Firestone Blvd., Downey, California, USA(Archies Atomic)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $8,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $22,433,275
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,850,934
- Jul 10, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $22,433,275
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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