Hollywood High Part II (1981)

Directors:

Caruth C. Byrd
Lee Thornburg

Writers:

Cotton Whittington (screenplay) &
Caruth C. Byrd (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

July 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Where summer vacation lasts all year long!

Plot:

It's another year at Hollywood High and the students are upholding the standards of their school. It's the end of the semester and finals are near...

Plot Keywords:

Teacher | Beach | Sex | Motorcycle Cop | Female Nudity

Cast

Nicole Scent	...	Bunny (as April May)
Brad Cowgill	...	Rocky
Donna Lynn	...	Kiki
Drew Davis	...	Jock
Bruce Dobos	...	Skip
Camille Warner	...	Ginger
Alisa Ann Hull	...	Chessie
Con Covert	...	Cop
Anne Morris	...	Ms. North
Angela Carnon	...	Ms. Huxley (as Angela Field)
Ron Amos
Brian Brickford
Yolanda Boyd
Colleen Cardoza
Marcy Cody
David Demeter
Elliot Durant III
Sally Helppie
Jacee Jule
Marie Marcel
Angelo Marrero
Kevin McCann
Madeleine Saint Michael		(as Madeleine Millar)
Alyson Reavis
Caryn Shine
Dugald Stermer
Randall Sutter

Directed by
Caruth C. Byrd
Lee Thornburg

Writing credits
Cotton Whittington		(screenplay) &
Caruth C. Byrd		(screenplay) &
Colleen Meeker		(screenplay) &
Lee Thornburg		(screenplay)

Produced by
Caruth C. Byrd	....	executive producer
Colleen Meeker	....	producer
Lee Thornburg	....	executive producer
Cotton Whittington	....	producer

Original Music by
Doug Goodwin

Cinematography by
Gary Graver		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Warren Chadwick

Makeup Department
Kelly McGowan	....	hair stylist
Kelly McGowan	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Colleen Meeker	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William Hines	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Jean Clark	....	sound
Mary Jo Devenney	....	boom operator (as Mary Jo Devenny)

Stunts
Ron Amos	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Peter J. Helm	....	still photographer (as Peter Helm)
Jono Kouzouyan	....	gaffer
Bruce M. Pasternack	....	assistant camera (as Bruce Pasternak)
Michael Uva	....	grip
Jack Yanekian	....	best boy

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Pam Johnson	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Jim Piechocki	....	assistant film editor
Allan Schultz	....	assistant film editor (as Alan Schultz)

Music Department
Entrance	....	performer: songs
Doug Goodwin	....	composer: songs

Other crew
Brenda Amos	....	production assistant
Juan Drago	....	production assistant
S.B. Harrah	....	executive assistant
Peter J. Helm	....	production assistant (as Peter Helm)
Nike Zachmanoglou	....	continuity

Production Companies

• Lone Star Pictures International (as Lone Star Pictures International Productions)

Distributors

• Frontier Amusements (1982) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Image Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Vestron Video (1985) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Ryder Sound Services  sound mixed by (as Ryder Sound)
• Extra Special People  extras by
• Caplinger Studios  titles by

Also Known As:

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Hollywood High School - 1521 N. Highland Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Lone Star Pictures International

Movie Connections:

References The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981)

Not much more than a curious artifact of the late 1970's

Although it was made in 1981 (as a sequel to an earlier movie I haven't seen), this movie fits into the strange category of 1970's "teen sexploitation" flicks. These kind of films really came into their own in the 1980's with stuff like "Porky's" and "Fast Times at Ridegemont High" after they finally figured out who their audience should be--i.e. horny teenagers (of all ages). With the earlier 70's films though it's hard to tell who they were aimed at. Teenagers is the obvious answer. But while rutting adolescents at 1970's drive-ins may not have been the most discriminating audience, when they did occasionally come up for air, it seems doubtful they'd relate too much to the idiotic caricatures of themselves in movies like this one, or "The Cheerleaders", "Jailbait Babysitter","Cherry Hills High", etc. Perusing some of these titles suggests that many of these flicks might have been aimed more at the dirty old men in what used to be called the "raincoat crowd". But most of these guys had moved elsewhere by the late the 1970's after the legalization of hardcore porn, and this movie despite abundant female nudity is pretty tame even compared to what these, uh, gentlemen were enjoying ten years earlier. (Nor are the girls in this movie too likely to have appealed to your serious perverts--they seem about twenty-five on average and have that ridden-hard-and-put-away-wet look of Hollywood casting couch vets).

But getting to the plot--well,there really isn't one. It's mostly just a group of stupid guys and their slutty girlfriends driving around engaging in allegedly hilarious teen hijinx with frequent interludes of topless softcore sex. In a strange way this like several other of these films ("The Pom Pom Girls", "Maibu Beach") kind of resembles the more recent, seminal film about 1970's teens "Dazed and Confused", but without the nostalgia, the self-conscious irony, the remotely likable (or believable) characters, or the even halfway competent film-making. They DO have a lot of obscure but oft topless actresses with real breasts (one thing about the 1970's that should make any guy wax nostalgic), but this eventually becomes a poor substitute for genuine entertainment.

This film is really little more than a curiosity, probably not worth wasting precious minutes of your life on.