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esolved, Listen To Me is an excellent drama, although you could probably only love this movie if you were ever on a college debate team.
The film stars Kirk Cameron and Jami Gertz as college students who are attending Kenmont College on debate scholarships. Kirk Cameron's character, Tucker Muldowney, gets nicknamed "The Chicken Man" because his father is a chicken farmer.
Jami Gertz's character, Monica Tomanski, is nicknamed Chicago after her home town. Monica is apparently Polish and the movie begins with her kissing a Moose head at some kind of bar, Tomanski's Polish Joke, yet nobody ever calls her a Polack during the movie.
During the film, Edward Arlington Robinson's poem "Richard Cory" is recited to good effect which is in keeping with the intellectualism of this heavy drama. At one point, Tucker brags about a 5 grand computer which looks like a very old Mac with a monochrome screen that would be worth $10.00 today.
Kenmont College's mascot is a seal which explains why the students do the seal clap and bark like seals. When you first view the movie, you almost think this is some kind of "debate thing" they do. For some reason, there is a caricaturist seen occasionally doing unflattering drawings of his fellow students.
In the final scene, Tucker and Monica debate the Harvard debating team before the Supreme Court Judges to win the National Debate Tournament, an actual event (see their web site http://www.wfu.edu/organizations/NDT/). You'll also notice many references to CEDA (Cross Examination Debate Association). Yes, the screen writer really did his homework for this movie.
It is very amusing to see how seriously the characters take the wonderful world of debate, although at least one character would rather be a writer. He gets hit by a car for this sacrilege.
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Listen To Me is a rather bland drama but it is worth viewing to see Muffy Tepperman (as Jami Gertz was known on the TV show Square Pegs) in her college days.
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The guy that's drawing the caricatures of the teammates is Jason Gould, son of Barbra Streisand and Elliot Gould. 
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The director/writer, Douglas Day Stewart also wrote "Officer and a Gentleman" and "Blue Lagoon". It is through "Blue Lagoon" that Stewart met Christopher Atkins, who co-stars in "Listen To Me".
Douglas Day Stewart was a debator, which is why he picked the topic.
Moon Unit Zappa cameos in this movie.
The judge with the stopwatch at the final debate is actually a debate coach from USC/Pasadena City College. Before becoming a college professor, he worked in network news, feature films, Broadway, television productions, and was even a floor director on "I Love Lucy". -Thanks to Betty St. Peter
The screenplay is co-authored by Professor Miller, who is currently the head debate coach at UCLA. He added the debate technical information and you'll notice that UCLA is ranked #1 on the blackboard rankings. Professor Miller is also in the film; he is the timer and announces the topic in the final round. -Thanks to Jedidiah Link
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Some of the debate team members were actual debators that were competing on the national circuit. They were recruited to be regular extras for the film.
James Garner was originally gonna play the teacher, but he had to leave the film due to a bypass operation and the part went to Roy Scheider. -Thanks to Fredrik Nilsson
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The campus of Pepperdine University in Malibu California. Paradise Cove in Malibu. Pasadena City Hall. Streets of downtown LA in front of the Biltmore Hotel. [Thanks to Betty St. Peter]
Car driving scene was filmed on PCH (pacific coast high way) in southern California
Senator's son house is on the coast of Malibu. [Thanks to John Shaff]
The amphitheatre scene is shot at Sunset Cliffs at Point Loma Nazarine University in San Diego. [Thanks to Jedidiah Link]
Can you help? Do you know any of the S. California filming locations used for Listen To Me? [Please send them in]
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Céline Dion (and Warren Webe) recorded the title song "Listen To Me". "Forever Young" by Alphaville was also used.
We don't think a soundtrack was ever released.
Celine Dion sings the title track "Listen To Me". -Thanks to Dawn
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