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Article: ReView by Phil Villarreal: 'Dead Man on Campus' merits revival.
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- AZ Daily Star
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- November 5, 2006
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Byline: Opinion Phil Villarreal
Nov. 5--In 1998, two films based their premises on the campus legend that if your roommate dies during the school year, you'll be consoled with automatic straight A's. One was "The Curve," a forgettable thriller about a series of mysterious college murders meant to take advantage of the rule. The other was "Dead Man on Campus," an uproarious comedy that no one saw, maybe because people were scared away by "The Curve," which flopped at that year's Sundance Film Festival and never saw a theatrical release. Poor "Dead Man on Campus," which is a wonderfully classless tale about two pals on the verge of being kicked out of school, ...