High School High | |
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Directed by | Hart Bochner |
Produced by |
David Zucker Robert LoCash Gil Netter |
Written by | David Zucker Robert LoCash Pat Proft |
Starring | |
Music by | Ira Newborn |
Cinematography | Vernon Layton |
Edited by | James R. Symons |
Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
Release date
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Running time
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86 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $21,302,121 (domestic total) |
High School High | |
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Soundtrack album by various artists | |
Released | September 10, 1996 |
Recorded | 1995-1996 |
Genre |
Hip hop R&B |
Length | 78:00 |
Label |
Big Beat Records Atlantic Records |
Producer | various artists |
Singles from High School High | |
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Professional ratings | |
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
RapReviews | (7/10) |
High School High is a 1996 comedy film about an inner city high school in the Los Angeles, California area, starring Jon Lovitz, Tia Carrere, Mekhi Phifer, Louise Fletcher, Malinda Williams, and Brian Hooks. It is a spoof of movies concerning idealistic teachers being confronted with a class of cynical teenagers, disengaged by conventional schooling, and loosely parodies The Principal, Dangerous Minds, Lean on Me, The Substitute, and Stand and Deliver. It also notably parodies the LA River drag race from Grease.
Richard Clark (Jon Lovitz) is an unsatisfied prep school teacher at the fictional Wellington Academy, who accepts a job at inner city Marion Barry High School, much to the chagrin of his boss and father, Wellington headmaster Thaddeus Clark (John Neville). Richard arrives to find the school in a state of disarray and disorder, while meeting several students and faculty members, including jaded, sour principal Evelyn Doyle (Louise Fletcher), her cheerful assistant Victoria Chappell (Tia Carrere) and student Griff McReynolds (Mekhi Phifer).