How I Paid For College

It`s 1983 in Wallingford, New Jersey, a sleepy bedroom community outside of Manhattan. Seventeen-year-old Edward Zanni, a feckless Ferris Bueller–type, is Peter Panning his way through a carefree summer of magic and mischief. The fun comes to a halt, however, when Edward`s father remarries and refuses to pay for Edward to study acting at Juilliard.Edward`s truly in a bind. He`s ineligible for scholarships because his father earns too much. He`s unable to contact his mother because she`s somewhere in Peru trying to commune with Incan spirits. And, a sure sign he`s destined for a life in the arts, Edward is incapable of holding down a job. So he turns to his loyal (but immoral) misfit friends to help him steal the tuition money from his father, all the while practing for his high school production of Grease. Disguising themselves as nuns and priests, they merrily scheme their way through embezzlement, money laundering, identity theft, forgery, and blackmail. But along the way, Edward also learns the value of friendship and hard work, and that you`re not really a man until you can beat up your father—metaphorically, that is. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.