High School (2010)

A high school valedictorian who gets baked with the local stoner finds himself the subject of a drug test. The situation causes him to concoct an ambitious plan to get his entire graduating class to face the same fate, and fail.

Director:

John Stalberg Jr.

Writers:

Erik Linthorst (screenplay), John Stalberg Jr. (screenplay)

Stars:

Matt Bush, Sean Marquette, Adrien Brody

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adrien Brody	...	Psycho Ed
Sean Marquette	...	Travis Breaux
Matt Bush	...	Henry Burke
Colin Hanks	...	Brandon Ellis
Adhir Kalyan	...	Sebastian Saleem
Mykelti Williamson	...	Paranoid
Michael Chiklis	...	Dr. Leslie Gordon
Luis Chávez	...	Big Dave
Max Van Ville	...	Little Dave
Brett Kelly	...	Martin Gordon
Joseph Julian Soria	...	Rubin
George Back	...	Malcolm
Alicia Sixtos	...	Sharky Ovante
Andrew Wilson	...	Hippie Dude
Camille Mana	...	Dana

Storyline

A random drug test coincides with a high school valedictorian's first hit of pot. With his college scholarship at stake, he enlists the school's biggest stoner to help nullify the results of the screening - by getting the entire student body high.

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Plot Keywords:

teen movie | drug test | high school | generation y | mit | 

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Taglines:

Future going up in smoke? Make sure it's some primo shit.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive drugs and language, crude and sexual content, some nudity - all involving teens

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film's two stars, Matt Bush and Sean Marquette, are both cast members on The Goldbergs.

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Goofs

At the beginning of the movie, two kids are playing a prank on a third by dropping him in the pool, and they film it on camera. A little later, the assistant dean is watching it on some "youtube similar site", but the point of view is the movie camera, not the kids' camera, who presumably uploaded the movie.

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Quotes

Henry Burke: To be or not to be, Shakespeare's great question to his character Hamlet. His great challenge to his audience in sixteen hundred, and today, over four hundred years later... Hamlet huh? What a fucking pussy. I mean I didn't even read it, I just netflixed the DVD with that Mad Max douchebag in it, but, his uncle aced his father, popped an eighteen seven in that motherfucker and he's talking to ghosts and shit all like "Daddy, daddy, what am I going to do? What am I going to do?" I mean bitch, ...

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Connections

Features Evil Dead II (1987)

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Soundtracks

Perfect Day
Performed by The Constellations
Written by Elijah Jones and Ben Allen

User Reviews

That's a Funny High Movie

This is a funny movie. If you have watched the other "get high" movies like How High or Half-Baked, this one will give you a good funny alternate perception on Marijuana in high school.

Details

Official Sites:

MovieScore Media [Sweden] Official MySpace

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 November 2012 (Spain)

Also Known As:

High School

Filming Locations:

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$82,832, 3 June 2012

Gross USA:

$139,034

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$221,590

Company Credits

Production Co:

Parallel Media, Flipzide Studios, Zero Hour Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1