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Eric Monte (writer)
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23 November 1979 (West Germany)
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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!
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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...
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My favorite film of all times, straight up
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(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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107 min
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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.
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: At the quarter party when Cochise is stopped by Johnny Mae his voice is out of sync when he says, "Johnny Mae, how you doing?"
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Edited into Afro Promo (1997)
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This film set the standard for African-American film excellence when it was made. I heard on various stories on the film through time, that there was a push for an Academy Award nomination when it was released. This film plays on various emotions, and you definitely feel for all of the characters. Sure, some of the acting is a little wooden, but fortunately, those parts aren't pivotal. The music is sensational, and if you don't think the ending is a tear-jerker, you have no heart in your chest. If you watch "Cooley High", you will see that many, many films have copied various elements from it in order to strengthen their own films. The biggest example of this is "Boyz N The Hood".