Being almost maniacal fans of ?80s films, The A.V. Club has often thought how cool it must have been to be a student at UW-Madison in 1986 while the wonderful cult comedy Back To School was being filmed. Just imagine being at a house party when Rodney Dangerfield and Sam Kinison walked in, or hanging out by a hotel pool with Robert Downey Jr. and ultimate ?80s villain, William Zabka. Madison alum and filmmaker Alex Melli was there, and he was kind enough to e-mail us some cool stories about the month when Back To School took over UW 25 years ago, about which he wrote, ?Overall, I think it did plant/nurture the filmmaking seed in myself.?
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