School's Out (1992) (TV)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Kit Hood

Writers:

Yan Moore (screenplay)
Yan Moore (story)

Release Date:

5 January 1992 (Canada)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The Degrassi kids spend one last summer together.

Plot Keywords:

Lifeguard | Teenage Girl In Swimwear | Teenage Pregnancy | Soap | Drunk Driving

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Pat Mastroianni	...	Joey Jeremiah
Stacie Mistysyn	...	Caitlin Ryan
Neil Hope	...	Derek 'Wheels' Wheeler
Stefan Brogren	...	Archibald 'Snake' Simpson
Kirsten Bourne	...	Tessa Campanelli (as Kirsti Bourne)
Anais Granofsky	...	Lucy Fernandez
L. Dean Ifill	...	Bronco Davis
Irene Courakos	...	Alexa Pappadopoulos
Michael Carry	...	Simon Dexter
Amanda Stepto	...	Christine 'Spike' Nelson
Jacy Hunter	...	Amy Holmes
Sara Holmes	...	Allison Hunter
Christian Campbell	...	Todd
Andy Chambers	...	Luke Cassellis
Siluck Saysanasy	...	Yick Yu

Also Known As:

Degrassi High: School's Out (Canada: English title) (video title)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Canada

Company:

Playing With Time

Trivia:

Stefan Brogren (Archibald 'Snake' Simpson) has the distinction of dropping the first "F-bomb" in the history of the CBC Television Network. (See "memorable quotes" section.)

Quotes:

Joey Jeremiah: Some day it will be, "Caitlin? Yeah, I knew her. We used to be in high school together...”

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Degrassi: The Next Generation: Should I Stay or Should I Go? (#3.7)" (2003)

Sad ending, but memorable of the 80s

I used to really like the Degrassi series - I probably still would if they continued airing it (even if they were reruns).

I was actually too young at the time to relate to the characters, but they managed to tackle serious social and personal issues that could happen to any teenager in any day of their life. Because of the brilliance of this series, I am able to embrace the knowledge it has brought upon me. However, the movie was a different story...

The first time I heard 'School's out' was going to be on TV (early-mid 90s, perhaps?) I was extremely excited, but once I saw it, it wasn't as good as I expected it to be. I felt that the characters had matured way too much, which seemed like a huge jump from when they were just in High School. It was rather dismal and depressing to see practically all the characters have their lives ruined, though, I suppose films like this would provide a really good way of educating a lot of future teenagers.

The good aspects of the film is that it looks into modern teen issues, and more importantly, it was a good laugh to be seeing all the tragic 80s/early 90s fashion blunders and side-to-side dancing emerge after a while of slumber.