Class Act
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| Directed by | Randall Miller |
| Produced by | Jean Higgins Joe Wizan Maynell Thomas Suzanne de Passe Todd Black |
| Screenplay by | Cynthia Friedlob John Semper |
| Story by | Michael Swerdlick Richard Brenne Wayne Allan Rice |
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| Music by | Vassal Benford |
| Cinematography | Francis Kenny |
| Edited by | John F. Burnett Richard Leeman |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $13,272,113 |
Class Act is a 1992 comedy film, directed by Randall Miller and starring hip-hop duo Kid 'n Play. An urban retelling of Mark Twain's The Prince and the Pauper, the screenplay is by Cynthia Friedlob and John Semper from a story by Michael Swerdlick, Richard Brenne and Wayne Allan Rice. Filmed at Van Nuys High School in the San Fernando Valley section of Los Angeles, it is the third of six films starring Kid 'n Play, following House Party (1990) and House Party 2 (1991), and preceding House Party 3 (1994) and House Party 5: Tonight's the Night (2013).
Genius high school student Duncan Pinderhughes (Christopher "Kid" Reid) is getting ready for graduation, but is somewhat disheartened to find out that, despite his perfect SAT score and 4.0 GPA, prestigious Hafford University (parody of Harvard University) will not admit him unless he can pass phys. ed. Ex-convict Michael "Blade" Brown (Christopher "Play" Martin) is released from jail, and told by his parole officer (Rick Ducommun) that the condition of his release is satisfactory graduation from high school. A mishap results in their pictures being swapped on their permanent school records. In effect, Blade is surprised to find out that he is being placed in gifted classes, while Duncan is shocked to be placed in minimal classes with substandard conditions and miscreants for classmates.
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