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High School High (1996) -- From the creators of the Naked Gun series comes High School High. Richard C. Clark is an idealistic young teacher who leaves a position at a prestigious school headed by his own father to teach at Marion Barry High--a notorious inner city school so tough that it has its own cemetery.
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 a fellow teacher.
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Director:
Hart Bochner
Writers (WGA):
David Zucker (written by) &
Robert LoCash (written by) ...
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Release Date:
25 October 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Romance more
Tagline:
A Dangerous Mind is a terrible thing to waste more
Plot:
Richard Clark has just left the well-known Wellington Academy to teach at Marion Barry High School. Now... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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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
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for crude sexual humor, partial nudity and some drug references.
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
86 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby | SDDS
Certification:
Iceland:L | Netherlands:MG6 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #34337) | Australia:M | Finland:K-10 | Germany:12 | Norway:11 (video rating) | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:18 | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA more
Company:
TriStar Pictures more

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Trivia:
In some countries, the title became a direct pun at the translated title of the film Dangerous Minds. In Portugal, the film was translated as Mentes Pirosas ("Tacky Minds"), as Dangerous Minds was titled Mentes Perigosas (lit. "Dangerous minds") more
Goofs:
Continuity: The tobacco that Richard spews all over the cake disappears in a later shot. more
Quotes:
Thaddeus Clark: Richard, if you do this, you will fail. You will fail. And mark my works, you'll come crawling back here with your tail between your legs.
Richard Clark: You're wrong father. I'm gonna succeed at Barry High School. And, I have no intention of ever crawling back here with anything between my legs!
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Movie Connections:
Spoofs The Deer Hunter (1978) more
Soundtrack:
The Ultimate (You Know The Time) more

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5 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Down Low, 11 March 2004
Author: MovieAddict2009 from UK

Pretty boring slapstick comedy about a school teacher (Jon Lovitz) who is sent to teach at a school in the "hood." Lovitz does his usual routine in this lackluster Jim Abrahams-scripted comedy. It has its occasional moments but it's just not good enough to qualify for a feature film. Maybe a brief "SNL" skit, but not a movie.

I think Lovitz is pretty funny, and without him there would have been no Phil Hartman on "SNL" (literally! check out his bio on IMDb for more info), but here he does his same old schtick with the same old gags. It's not very funny.

Lovitz would perfect his overwhelmed everyman role in "Rat Race" (2001). But here he seems more overwhelmed with the quality of the film, which isn't too terribly surprising.

2/5 stars.

- John Ulmer

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