Hot Times at Montclair High (1989)

Director:

Jose Altonaga

Writers:

Mark S. Simpson (story) &
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Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

At Mountclair High the students learn a lot more outside class than in!

Plot:

At Montclair High School, three different students bond with one another through a variety of comic...

Plot Keywords:

Punk | High School | Nerd | Football | Drugs

Cast

Ross Hamilton	...	Sean Willis
Kim Valentine	...	Jenny Rush
Johnathan Gorman	...	Ziggy Karpkinski
Brent Jasmer	...	Jason Miller
Troy Donahue	...	Mr. Nichols
Kim Anderson	...	Bridgette
Jean Carol	...	Mrs. Willis
Leslie Owen	...	Susan Amhurst
Jonelle Goddard	...	Miss Hershey
Fred Smoot	...	Fritz
Michael Bates	...	Dirk Allen
John Fatooh	...	Mr. Sanders
Sean Holtan	...	Terry
Rob Simpson	...	Roland (as Robert Simpson)
Lisa Morgan	...	Lisa
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Laura Bryan Birn	...	Margie (uncredited)
J.R. Hudson	...	Bill (uncredited)
Vance Walker	...	Catfish (uncredited)

Directed by
Jose Altonaga

Writing credits
Mark S. Simpson		(story) &
Jose Altonaga		(story)
Jose Altonaga		(screenplay)

Produced by
Jim McCollough	....	co-producer
Mark S. Simpson	....	producer
Vern Simpson	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Dennis Michael Tenney

Cinematography by
F. Smith Martin

Film Editing by
Steve Waller

Casting by
Remy MacKenzie

Art Direction by
John Schroeder		(as Jon Schroeder)

Makeup Department
Wendy Schaffer	....	makeup artist
Suzzee Toon	....	hair stylist (as Sue Toon)

Production Management
Lori Baio	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Bohush	....	second assistant director
Gary Schlintz	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Sandy Lippert	....	property master

Sound Department
Tom Amelotte	....	sound mixer
Jimmy Bang	....	foley artist
Steve Howe	....	foley recordist
Steve Lippert	....	technical advisor
Scott Smith	....	sound effects editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Jeffrey Byler	....	camera operator: second unit (as Jeff Byler)
David Essex	....	gaffer
Christopher Faloona	....	first assistant camera (as Chris Faloona)
David Railsback	....	best boy
Rudy Rosales	....	key grip
Rafael E. Sánchez	....	grip (as Ralph Sanchez)

Editorial Department
Syd Cole	....	negative editor

Other crew
Kathleen Mulligan	....	script supervisor
Doug Waller	....	craft service
Cindy Wermers	....	production assistant
Alisa Williams	....	production assistant

Distributors

• Alliance Atlantis Home Video (1989) (Canada) (video)
• Platinum Disc (USA) (DVD)
• Vesmark Entertainment

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Burbank, California, USA

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: Numerous occasions throughout the film; most obviously at roughly 25:00 in, when the whole microphone descends into the shot and the reflection of the boom is also visible in the paint between the toilet cubicles.

Movie Connections:

References Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Soundtrack:

The Second Time Around

Big hair, fake boobs, bad clothes, bad music--yep, it's the 80's alright

I really hate 80's teen movies truth be told (it was bad enough actually BEING a teenager in the 80's without watching a bunch of movies about it). This movie though is almost an unintentional parody of 80's teen movies, and it's SO dumb it completely short-circuited my brain and left me with a vague feeling of being slightly entertained. Despite the title, this is not a blatant rip-off of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"--no, instead it's a blatant rip-off of "The Breakfast Club" and "Revenge of the Nerds". Three guys--a nerd, a jock (and dead ringer for Emilio Estevez) and a tough guy (who looks way too old to be in high school)--meet in detention, where two of them have been sent for spying on girls in the shower. They improbably become friends and band together to rescue the girlfriend of the jock (Kim Valentine) from some drug dealers.

Kim Valentine (from "Grandma's House") plays the stereotypical girl-next-door, while an even more obscure actress (the one on the poster) named Kim Anderson plays the sex bomb. Of course, Valentine is hardly plain-looking, while Anderson is a plastic-surgery disaster (albeit a sexy one) who looks like she should be camped out in the lobby of a hotel where Motley Crue is staying. (Although there's actually not nearly as much nudity as you'd expect in one of these films). And fulfilling the washed-up star quota we have Troy Donahue playing the principal.

This movie has apparently only been available on video in Australia and (in a cut version) on the TBS television station in America. Strangely though, it's been released again more recently on DVD as a "drive-in" triple feature with the 70's flick "Pickup Summer" and a Corey Feldman/Haim movie that's best not spoken of. Only one of these no doubt actually ever played at a drive-in, but oh well. . .