Hatley High (2003)

Tommy Linklater is an eighteen-year old magician. The magic he performs is often minor - re-directing croquet balls, making cards appear in closed purses - it is always genuine; he actually... See full summary »

Director:

Phil Price

Writers:

Myles Hainsworth (screenplay), Myles Hainsworth (story),

Stars:

Nicolas Wright, Rachelle Lefevre, Nwamiko Madden

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nicolas Wright	...	Tommy Linklater
Rachelle Lefevre	...	Hyacinthe Marquez
Nwamiko Madden	...	Julius
James A. Woods	...	Shaun Rhodes
Paul Van Dyck	...	Trevor Hayes
Robert Jadah	...	Herman Linklater
Malcolm Travis	...	Lorne Granger
Anatoly Zinoviev	...	Vladimir
Ivan Vukov	...	Felix Hainsworth
Ilona Elkin	...	Anya Petrovich
Sam Stone	...	Principal Tuttle
Howard Rosenstein	...	Jimmy Braddock
Michael Romano	...	Kyle
Shotaro Ozawa	...	Takeshi
Rob deLeeuw	...	Sergei Fyodorovich (as Rob de Leeuwe)

Storyline

Tommy Linklater is an eighteen-year old magician. The magic he performs is often minor - re-directing croquet balls, making cards appear in closed purses - it is always genuine; he actually does the impossible. He will soon learn that his hobby for playing chess while his mother was alive is another gift she left him. His father, Herman Linklater, is a physicist who believes that all the universes mysteries will eventually be explained away. Tommy's mother and Herman's wife, Melanie, has died and left them a house they did not know she owned. It is in a small lake-side town called North Hatley. They decided to move there for a year so that Herman can finish his book on cosmology. Once they arrive, the Linklaters discover that Melanie was something of a local legend. She left North Hatley after throwing a game against the town's greatest chess rivals, the Russians. The town was forced to realize their mistakes. They pushed her too hard to win, undermining the soul of the game. Her ...

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Plot Keywords:

chess | school | croquet | cheerleader | chess match | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

September 2003 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Безумный колледж

Filming Locations:

Hudson, Québec, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hatley High Productions Inc., Philms Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Spoofs Rocky IV (1985)

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Soundtracks

"Ocean Drive"
Written and Performed by Tiga / FPU

User Reviews

Fun and cool

This movie about, which is about a boy who moves to a new town and is good at chess, is pretty fun and amusing. The storyline and characters are well done and they are all likable. There is also some sentimentality to it, which I found to be a good factor instead of the same old cliché that a lot of movies like this have. The comedy part of it is also well done. Its not LOL material, but its still funny and quirky. Even the romance is not bad. Its different from some of the main teen comedies. And lastly, I am glad this wasn't the usual sex comedy. It is a pretty clean, and for the most part a family (sort of). I rate it 7/10. (my rating) PG-13 for language including sex and drug references, and for some sexual content