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Troy Schremmer | ... | Mr. Lowrey |
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Janelle Schremmer | ... | Coach Webb |
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Shannon Haragan | ... | Mrs. Reddell |
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Chris Mass | ... | Mr. Stroope |
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Jeff Guerrero | ... | Mr. Guerrero |
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Jerry Jarmon | ... | Mr. Jarmon |
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Kaytea Brock | ... | Miss Brock (as Katie Brock) |
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Dan Eggleston | ... | Mr. Eggleston |
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Glen Lewis | ... | Coach Lewis |
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Wendy Campbell | ... | Mrs. Campbell |
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Jacqueline Seaborn | ... | Mrs. Townsend |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Carlye Bonner | ... | Teacher |
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Jeffrey Travis | ... | Math Teacher |
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Greg Wise | ... | Carlos Hernandez |
Life in the trenches of that most honorable and frustrating profession...teaching. It's the start of a memorable new year at Harrison High. The self-conscious Mr. Stroope is convinced that his time has come - this year he will be furnished with the golden title of "Teacher of the Year," if only his smarter students would stop using words that he can't understand. Peek into Mr. Lowrey's History class and you'll see that he's struggling to even call himself a teacher. Woefully inept due to a complete lack of experience and social skills, he earnestly stutters his way through class. The only interaction his students offer him is when they steal his chalk. Men aren't much interested in the spunky and officious Coach Webb, but "not all P.E. teachers are gay" and she pines for some romantic company. Her once best friend, the newly appointed assistant principal, Mrs. Reddell, doesn't seem to have time for her either, as her new power post is all-consuming; battling egos, enduring teacher ... Written by Anonymous
I'm a big Christopher Guest fan and honestly went into this film expecting to be disappointed, but wound up being pleasantly surprised. Chalk was very entertaining, often hilarious, at times touching, and even managed to pull everything together to actually tell a story pretty well. The development of the Mr. Lowery character from start to finish was great. There were only a handful of actors in the film (the rest were real students, principals, teachers, etc.) and they were great. Troy Schremmer was excellent. Anyhow, I highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys finding comedy in the ridiculousness of life or basically anyone who enjoys good mockumentaries. Or, people who are teachers or are related to teachers and know that world. Two thumbs up.