High School High | |
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Directed by | Hart Bochner |
Written by | David Zucker Robert LoCash Pat Proft |
Produced by | David Zucker Robert LoCash Gil Netter |
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Cinematography | Vernon Layton |
Edited by | James R. Symons |
Music by | Ira Newborn |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $21,302,121[1](US) |
High School High is a 1996 American 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 films concerning idealistic teachers (such as To Sir, with Love) being confronted with a class of cynical teenagers, disengaged by conventional schooling, and loosely parodies Blackboard Jungle, High School Confidential, The Principal, Dangerous Minds, Lean on Me, The Substitute, Stand and Deliver, and Grease.
The film is dedicated to the memories of casting director Elisabeth Leustig and actor Lexie Bigham, both of whom were killed in automobile crashes shortly after filming was completed.