High School High (1996)

Richard Clark has just left the well-known Wellington Academy to teach at Marion Barry High School. Now, he will try to inspire the D-average students into making good grades and try to woo... See full summary »

Director:

Hart Bochner

Writers:

David Zucker, Robert LoCash,

Stars:

Jon Lovitz, Tia Carrere, Louise Fletcher

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jon Lovitz	...	Richard Clark
Tia Carrere	...	Victoria Chapell
Louise Fletcher	...	Principal Evelyn Doyle
Mekhi Phifer	...	Griff McReynolds
Malinda Williams	...	Natalie Thompson
Guillermo Díaz	...	Paco Rodriguez
Lexie Bigham	...	Two-Bags
Gil Espinoza	...	Alonzo
John Neville	...	Thaddeus Clark
Brian Hooks	...	Anferny Jefferson
Natasha Gregson Wagner	...	Julie Rubels
Marco Rodríguez	...	Mr. DeMarco
Nicholas Worth	...	Rhino
Eric Allan Kramer	...	Hulk
Lu Elrod	...	Miss Bernie Wells

Storyline

Richard Clark has just left the well-known Wellington Academy to teach at Marion Barry High School. Now, he will try to inspire the D-average students into making good grades and try to woo a fellow teacher.

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Plot Keywords:

school | high school | gang | attempted rape | teen | 

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Taglines:

There's a new teacha in the hood!

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for crude sexual humor, partial nudity and some drug references

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 October 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Aprende como puedas

Filming Locations:

Greystone Park & Mansion - 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$6,311,786 (USA) (25 October 1996)

Gross:

$20,951,277 (USA) (10 January 1997)

Company Credits

Production Co:

TriStar Pictures, Zucker Brothers Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SDDS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Trey Parker turned down the chance to direct this movie even when he was a Hollywood unknown

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Goofs

During Clark's English lesson, the word "will" mysteriously appears in the sentence.

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Quotes

Victoria Chapell: Remember, some things are irreplaceable
Richard Clark: Irreplaceable? Nothings gonna happen to me.
[Richard drives away]
Victoria Chapell: I was talking about my car!

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Crazy Credits

After the credits, a crew modifies the statue of Marion Barry by bending one of his knees and adding a guitar to his hands; we then see that the school name and statue have been changed to Chuck Berry.

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Connections

Spoofs Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

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Soundtracks

"I Am Woman"
Written by Helen Reddy & Ray Burton

User Reviews

good flick, better in spanish

I know you guys are going to consider me weird, but I liked this film better, in spanish, because, for me it was more funnier. I thought the slapstick comedy was good and jon lovitz was an excellent actor pretending to be a gangsta, but this acting did not top his days on snl as my favorites, the actor, the anonymous liar, and the devil. Tia carrere is not so hot as the others users described her, and this was mekhi phifer first film, before becoming future in 8 mile. It was an ok film, one of those that you watch when you are bored. This is another film of the worst period of films in hollywood 1995-1996. My favorite part was when everyone was surprised to see a book, and they started smelling it.