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Happy Together

Happy Together

Roommates by accident... lovers by choice.

19895.91h 42m

Overview

Christopher is an ambitious college freshman, striving to become a writer. Through a computer fault he's assigned the same room as Alex, a real party freak and... a girl! He's annoyed and tries to get a different room as soon as possible, but when he learns to know her, he also starts to like her. She not only improves his sexual life, but also his writing skills

Directed by Mel Damski
Written by Craig J. Nevius
Box Office0Revenue: $76K

Top Cast

Patrick Dempsey

Patrick Dempsey

Chris Wooden

Helen Slater

Helen Slater

Alex Page

Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt

Brian

Dan Schneider

Dan Schneider

Gooseflesh

Marius Weyers

Marius Weyers

Denny Dollenbacher

Barbara Babcock

Barbara Babcock

Ruth Carpenter

Kevin Hardesty

Kevin Hardesty

Slash

G

Gloria Hayes

Luisa Dellacova

A

Aaron Harnick

Wally

R

Ron Sterling

Trevor

Themes & Keywords

roommatescollegedorm roomwriting workshopaspiring actorpretending to be gaygay theme

About Happy Together

Happy Together is a comedy, romance film released in 1989 exploring themes of roommates, college, dorm room, writing workshop, aspiring actor, pretending to be gay. Directed by Mel Damski, it stars Patrick Dempsey, Helen Slater, Brad Pitt. Christopher is an ambitious college freshman, striving to become a writer. Through a computer fault he's assigned the same room as Alex, a real party freak and... a girl! He's annoyed and tries to get a different room as soon as possible, but when he learns to know her, he also starts to like her. She not only improves his sexual life, but also his writing skills

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