Can’t Buy Me Love

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Can’t Buy Me Love is a 1987 teen romantic comedy film about a high school outcast who pays a popular girl to pretend to be his girlfriend, leading to unexpected social consequences.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
film ⓘ
romantic comedy film ⓘ
teen film ⓘ
basedOn Pygmalion-inspired premise ⓘ
cinematographyBy Peter Lyons Collister ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Steve Rash ⓘ
distributedBy Buena Vista Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Tom Walls ⓘ
filmingLocation Tucson, Arizona ⓘ
linked to: Tucson
genre high school film ⓘ
romantic comedy ⓘ
teen comedy ⓘ
hasRemake Love Don't Cost a Thing ⓘ
isRemakeOf Can't Buy Me Love ⓘ
linked to: Can’t Buy Me Love
leadActress Amanda Peterson ⓘ
mainCharacter Cindy Mancini ⓘ
Ronald Miller ⓘ
mpaaRating PG-13 ⓘ
musicBy Robert Folk ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A high school outcast pays a popular cheerleader to pretend to be his girlfriend so he can become popular. ⓘ
producer Jere Henshaw ⓘ
productionCompany Apollo Pictures ⓘ
releaseDate 1987-08-14 ⓘ
releaseYear 1987 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 94 ⓘ
setInPeriod 1980s ⓘ
setting Arizona high school ⓘ
starring Amanda Peterson ⓘ
Courtney Gains ⓘ
Dennis Dugan ⓘ
Patrick Dempsey ⓘ
Seth Green ⓘ
Sharon Farrell ⓘ
Tina Caspary ⓘ
theme peer pressure ⓘ
popularity ⓘ
social status ⓘ
teen romance ⓘ
titleOrigin Named after the Beatles song "Can't Buy Me Love" ⓘ
writer Guided by Michael Swerdlick story ⓘ
Michael Swerdlick ⓘ

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Thom Mount → notableWork → Can’t Buy Me Love ⓘ
A Hard Day's Night (album) → containsSong → Can't Buy Me Love ⓘ
subject linked to: A Hard Day's Night
linked to: Can’t Buy Me Love
Lennon–McCartney → notableWork → Can't Buy Me Love ⓘ
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I Want to Hold Your Hand → followedBy → Can’t Buy Me Love ⓘ
Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003 film) → basedOn → Can't Buy Me Love (1987 film) ⓘ
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Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003 film) → inspiredBy → Can't Buy Me Love (1987 film) ⓘ
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Patrick Dempsey → notableWork → Can't Buy Me Love ⓘ
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The Beatles 1962–1966 → includesSingle → Can’t Buy Me Love ⓘ
The Beatles 1 → hasPart → Can't Buy Me Love ⓘ
subject linked to: The Beatles 1 compilation album
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Love Don't Cost a Thing → basedOn → Can't Buy Me Love ⓘ
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Love Don't Cost a Thing → isRemakeOf → Can't Buy Me Love ⓘ
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Love Don't Cost a Thing → isRemakeOf → Can't Buy Me Love ⓘ
subject linked to: Can’t Buy Me Love
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I'll Cry Instead → replacedInFilmBy → Can't Buy Me Love ⓘ
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You Can't Do That → singleBsideOf → Can't Buy Me Love ⓘ
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Courtney Gains → notableWork → Can’t Buy Me Love ⓘ
Courtney Gains → participatedIn → Can’t Buy Me Love ⓘ
Paris Morgan → basedOnWork → Can’t Buy Me Love ⓘ