Hair High (2004)

Director:

Bill Plympton

Writer:

Bill Plympton

Release Date:

20 April 2005 (France)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Horror | Romance

Plot:

A gothic '50s high-school comedy about a love-triangle that goes terribly bad, as two young, murdered teens returning to their prom to get revenge.

Plot Keywords:

Prom | High School | Revenge | Love | Mascot Costume

Cast

Eric Gilliland	...	Spud (voice)
Sarah Silverman	...	Cherri (voice)
Dermot Mulroney	...	Rod (voice)
Beverly D'Angelo	...	Darlene (voice)
David Carradine	...	Mr. Snerz (voice)
Keith Carradine	...	JoJo (voice)
Martha Plimpton	...	Miss Crumbles (voice)
Tom Noonan	...	Principal (voice)
Zak Orth	...	Zip (voice)
Justin Long	...	Dwayne (voice)
Michael Showalter	...	Wally (voice)
Hayley DuMond	...	Buttercup (voice)
Ed Begley Jr.	...	Rev. Sidney Cheddar (voice)
Craig Bierko	...	Sarge (voice)
Jay O. Sanders	...	Football Announcer (voice)
Peter Jason	...	Coach (voice)
Matt Groening	...	Will (voice)
Don Hertzfeldt	...	Dill (voice)

Directed by
Bill Plympton

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Bill Plympton

Produced by
Ron Diamond	....	associate producer
John Holderried	....	associate producer
Martha Plimpton	....	associate producer
Bill Plympton	....	producer

Original Music by
Hank Bones
Corey A. Jackson
Maureen McElheron

Cinematography by
John Donnelly

Art Direction by
Lori Samsel

Art Department
Signe Baumane	....	assistant art director
Andrea Dias Breitman	....	assistant art director
Celia Bullwinkel	....	assistant art director
Biljana Labovic	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Alex Noyes	....	sound editor
Alex Noyes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bill Seery	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bill Seery	....	supervising sound editor

Animation Department
Brian Haimes	....	cel painter
Chris R. Notarile	....	clean-up artist
Bill Plympton	....	animator

Editorial Department
Stan Sztaba	....	negative matcher

Other crew
Olivier Mouroux	....	publicist: Los Angeles

Thanks
Lance Doty	....	special thanks
Tenhonen Steve	....	special thanks
Steve Tenhonen	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Plymptoons

Distributors

• Microcinema International (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• E.D. Distribution

Also Known As:

Runtime:

78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Portugal:M/16 | Australia:M

Company:

Plymptoons

Trivia:

There was a math teacher at Bill Plympton's high school, Mr. Sawyer, who smoked constantly, and therefore interrupted his lectures with painful coughing fits. Some of his other character designs were inspired by photos from his yearbooks.

Japanese Anime Fusion

I viewed HIGH HAIR today in Los Angeles -- perhaps three years after it was originally screened. Comments on IMDb said it was a retro 50's style high school story line which drew my attention.

I am a child of such an era having graduated in 1959 (at the cusp of the next decade of the 50's) from high school.

I entered the theater with an invited friend. I was a bit anxious whether my experience would be the same as another person's opinion as we left the screening and talked.

We both had the same movie experience: It took about 20 minutes to get into it and at one moment in time, there was a hook that carried the film into its conclusion and enjoyment. I suppose this is a cult film, but it works well with those who were in high school in the era of the film despite the fact that this was not my own experience.

My enjoyment was the fusion of Japanese anime into contemporary American animation as a borrowed skill with a true technique honed by Bill Plimpton.

He pulled it off without a finger print of evidence that would tie him to such a cinematic crime of imitating Japanese Anime and not his own invention.

It worked. Just fine. Pure fusion.