The Faculty (1998)

Students suspect that their teachers are aliens after bizarre occurrences.

Director:

Robert Rodriguez

Writers:

David Wechter (story), Bruce Kimmel (story)

Stars:

Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris

11 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jordana Brewster	...	Delilah Profitt
Clea DuVall	...	Stokely 'Stokes' Mitchell
Laura Harris	...	Marybeth Louise Hutchinson
Josh Hartnett	...	Zeke Tyler
Shawn Hatosy	...	Stan Rosado
Salma Hayek	...	Nurse Rosa Harper
Famke Janssen	...	Miss Elizabeth Burke
Piper Laurie	...	Mrs. Karen Olson
Christopher McDonald	...	Mr. Frank Connor (as Chris McDonald)
Bebe Neuwirth	...	Principal Valerie Drake
Robert Patrick	...	Coach Joe Willis
Usher	...	Gabe Santora (as Usher Raymond)
Jon Stewart	...	Prof. Edward Furlong
Daniel von Bargen	...	Mr. John Tate
Elijah Wood	...	Casey Connor

Storyline

On the Harrington High School in Ohio, the newcomer Marybeth Louise Hutchinson tries to befriend the outcast Stokely 'Stokes' Mitchell. The quarterback Stan Rosado quits the football team and breaks off with his girlfriend Delilah Profitt, who is the editor of the school newspaper and head cheerleader. Zeke Tyler, who is repeating the senior year and sells drugs to the other students, has an argument with his teacher Elizabeth Burke. When the bullied Casey Connor finds a weird being on the football field, he brings it to his Professor Edward Furlong that finds that the unknown specimen lives in the water and has the ability of replicating. Later, Delilah brings Casey, who is the photographer of the newspaper and has a crush on her, to the faculty room to snoop around and find any evidence for a story, they need to hide in a closet when Coach Joe Willis and the teacher Karen Olson arrive. Delilah and Casey witness the coach and the teacher attacking Nurse Rosa Harper and they stumble ...

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Plot Keywords:

female rear nudity | breasts | campus politics | police roadblock | reference to sigourney weaver | 

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Taglines:

Think your teachers are aliens? You could be right.

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence/gore, strong language, drug use and some nudity

Did You Know?

Trivia

The drug test scene is an homage to the blood test in The Thing (1982).

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Goofs

(at around 17 mins) When Stokely, Delilah, and Mary Beth are outside, Delilah is talking to Mary Beth about Stokely being a lesbian. Stokely then starts putting things into her backpack. From a wide shot we seeing Stokely zipping up her backpack and nothing else is left on the table. The next shot shows Stokely grabbing her cigarettes from off the table.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Coach Willis: You got to pick up the line. God damn it! Get off the fucking field you limp ass blow jobs!

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Crazy Credits

During the cast pictures at the end, the science teacher who was 'killed' in the film is shown very much alive with a patch over his eyes and bandages over his fingers.

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Alternate Versions

Trailers include several scenes not present in the final theatrical release:

• Piper Laurie's character breaks the glass of a door;
• Casey tosses a chair at Mr. Furlong when he attacks the students in class;
• after Mr. Furlong's death, Casey looks out the window and Stokely asks the question "Isn't this usually the point where someone says 'let's get the hell out of here'?". Casey responds instead of Stan.
• Gabe says "This is some weird shit." But he only says, "This is some weird..."
• Coach Willis pops up behind Delilah in the faculty closet.
• One of the teacher's finger turns into a tentacle while holding a coffee cup.
• Coach Willis yelling: "There's no way to run!"
• Coach Willis locking a door or a gate and then saying: "Now We're gonna have some fun!"
• Gabe saying, "But I'm gone".
• Mr. Tate holding up Venus and sticking her to the wall & then saying: "Where are your friends?"
• Mr. Tate asking, "Can we see you for a minute?"
• Zeke saying, "I've always wanted to do that."

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Human vs. Alien Fights in Movies (2016)

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Soundtracks

Stay Young
Written by Noel Gallagher
Performed by Oasis
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.

User Reviews

Great take on the Body Snatchers story

Fun and Interesting characters and cool visual effects are the key to this Sci-Fi Thriller, which is largely based on 'The Invasion of the Body Snatchers'

I won't introduce the characters here, as the movie introduces (Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Josh Hartnett, Shawn Hatosy, Jordana Brewster and Elijah Wood's characters) really well as the students at Herrington High, they each have their own individual personalities that evolve as events in the film unfold.

The Faculty is littered with top names like Robert Patrick, Famke Janssen, Bebe Neuwirth and Salma Hayek who all begin to behave strangely, un-nerving the students.

A small pocket of students begin to believe in a conspiracy among the teachers and it's up to them to save the world from invasion.

Great performances from the cast (Josh Hartnett in particular), a fun script and a cleverly re-written story all conspire to make the Faculty a cracking 100 minutes of all out entertainment.

7/10

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 December 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

Feelers

Filming Locations:

USA

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$11,633,495, 27 December 1998

Gross USA:

$40,283,321

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$40,283,321

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dimension Films, Los Hooligans Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1