Making the Grade

1984 film directed by Dorian Walker
Movie film Q218291
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Making the Grade

Summary

Making the Grade is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (515 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Making the Grade's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Making the Grade was directed by Dorian Walker[4].
  • Gene Quintano wrote the screenplay for Making the Grade[5].
  • Making the Grade's composer is recorded as Basil Poledouris[6].
  • Making the Grade's genre is teen film[7].
  • Making the Grade's genre is coming-of-age film[8].
  • Making the Grade's genre is comedy film[9].
  • A cast member of Making the Grade was Judd Nelson[10].
  • A cast member of Making the Grade was Jonna Lee[11].
  • A cast member of Making the Grade was Gordon Jump[12].
  • A cast member of Making the Grade was Walter Olkewicz[13].
  • A cast member of Making the Grade was Ronald Lacey[14].
  • A cast member of Making the Grade was Dana Olsen[15].
  • A cast member of Making the Grade was Scott McGinnis[16].
  • A cast member of Making the Grade was Andrew Dice Clay[17].
  • A cast member of Making the Grade was John Dye[18].
  • A cast member of Making the Grade was Dan Schneider[19].
  • A cast member of Making the Grade was Carey Scott[20].
  • Making the Grade's director of photography is recorded as Jacques Haitkin[21].
  • The original language of Making the Grade was English[22].
  • Making the Grade's color is recorded as color[23].
  • Making the Grade's country of origin is recorded as United States[24].
  • Making the Grade was published on May 18, 1984[25].
  • Making the Grade's distributed by is recorded as The Cannon Group[26].
  • Making the Grade's narrative location is recorded as Memphis[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Making the Grade was directed by Dorian Walker[4]. Gene Quintano wrote the screenplay for it[5]. Cast members include Judd Nelson[10], Jonna Lee[11], Gordon Jump[12], Walter Olkewicz[13], Ronald Lacey[14], and Dana Olsen[15].

Publication

Making the Grade was released on May 18, 1984[25]. The original language of it was English[22]. Genres include teen film[7], coming-of-age film[8], and comedy film[9].

Why It Matters

Making the Grade ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (515 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id 139724
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  2. 8w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    The numbers movie id Making-the-Grade
    Deutsche synchronkartei film id 31941
    Thetvdb movie id 61684
    Wikidata description 1984 film directed by Dorian Walker
    + 57 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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