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Director:

Michael Schultz

Writer:

Eric Monte (writer)

Contact:

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Release Date:

23 November 1979 (West Germany) more

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance more

Tagline:

Where the Student Body Was a Chick Named Veronica... The Senior Prom was a "belly rub" and the Class of '64 ran a Permanent crap game in the Men's Room!

Plot:

In the mid-1960's, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest... more | add synopsis

NewsDesk:

Writer/Producer Krantz Dies
 (From WENN. 16 January 2007)

User Comments:

One of the best blackexploation films ever made more (21 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Glynn Turman ... Leroy "Preach" Jackson
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs ... Richard "Cochise" Morris
Garrett Morris ... Mr. Mason
Cynthia Davis ... Brenda
Corin Rogers ... Pooter
Maurice Leon Havis ... Willie
Joseph Carter Wilson ... Tyrone
Sherman Smith ... Stone
Norman Gibson ... Robert
Maurice Marshall ... Damon
Steven Williams ... Jimmy Lee
Jackie Taylor ... Johnny Mae
Christine Jones ... Sandra
Lynn Caridine ... Dorothy
Mary Larkins ... Preach's Mother
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Additional Details

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

New Zealand:R16 | USA:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

According to writer Eric Monte, ABC had planned to do a TV version of this project. After a poorly received pilot, ABC retooled it completely. "What's Happening!!" (1976) was the result. more

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the party scene where Preach talks to Brenda, it is clearly visible that the door opens from the outside. But when Cochise throws Damon into that same door and breaks it, the door falls through. If the door opens from the outside, then there would be no way the door could fall. more

Quotes:

Pooter: If I ain't goin', nobody's goin. more

Movie Connections:

Featured in Indie Sex: Teens (2007) (TV) more


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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
One of the best blackexploation films ever made, 16 November 2001
Author: phatbleek from Woodbridge, VA

Cooley High is a film with heart, humor and tears. This is one of the films that inspired to become a filmaker. The emotions between the two main charcters Preach and GoCheese remins me of all my best friends. Glynn Turman and Laurence Hilton Jacobs are amazing in their roles and this film is highly reccomnded. The soundtrack is one of the best in a cinema history. I love this movie.

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