High School High (1996)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Hart Bochner

Writers (WGA):

David Zucker (written by) &
Robert LoCash (written by) ...

Release Date:

25 October 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

There's a new teacha in the hood!

Plot:

Richard Clark has just left the well-known Wellington Academy to teach at Marion Barry High School. Now...

Plot Keywords:

Attempted Rape | Drag Racing | Buxom | Chicken Race | Drugs

Cast

Jon Lovitz	...	Richard Clark
Tia Carrere	...	Victoria Chapell
Louise Fletcher	...	Principal Evelyn Doyle
Mekhi Phifer	...	Griff McReynolds
Malinda Williams	...	Natalie Thompson
Guillermo Díaz	...	Paco Rodriguez
Lexie Bigham	...	Two-Bags
Gil Espinoza	...	Alonzo
John Neville	...	Thaddeus Clark
Brian Hooks	...	Anferny Jefferson
Natasha Gregson Wagner	...	Julie Rubels
Marco Rodríguez	...	Mr. DeMarco
Nicholas Worth	...	Rhino
Eric Allan Kramer	...	Hulk
Lu Elrod	...	Miss Bernie Wells

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude sexual humor, partial nudity and some drug references.

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Netherlands:MG6 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #34337) | Australia:M | Finland:K-10 | Germany:12 | Norway:11 (video rating) | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:18 | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

TriStar Pictures

Trivia:

The film is dedicated to Elisabeth Leustig and Lexie Bigham.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Mr. Clark asks the question, "Who was the first President of the U.S. to appear on television?", he says that the correct answer is "Eisenhower"; the first president to appear on television was Franklin Roosevelt at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City.

Quotes:

Paco Rodriguez: Come on, I know you want this. I read Mike Tyson's book.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Deer Hunter (1978)

Soundtrack:

Stay With Me

"I know what's straight up booty."

Spoofing 'Dangerous Minds,' 'Lean on Me,' and others, Jon Lovitz stars in 'High School High' as an ambitious, optimistic teacher from a prep school who wants to prove to his father that he is perfectly capable of inspiring his students at an inner-city high school. While there, he inadvertently becomes involved in a turf war between two rival students and their idiotic posses.

Time capsule movie spoofs the mid 90s scene of hip hop has one gag after another, but is probably more destined for laughs for younger teenagers or first-time viewers. I caught this movie on cable after not having seen it in a few years and didn't think it was as funny as I first remember it. Best recommended for Jon Lovitz fans, as he always does well as the clueless doofus. With Tia Carerre, Louise Fletcher, Mekhi Phifer, and Guillermo Diaz.