Cooley High

"Where the Student Body Was a Chick Named Veronica... The Senior Prom was a 'belly rub' and the Class of '64 ran a Permanent crap game in the Men's Room!"

1975 1h 47m EN

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7.0

SOLID

★7.0TMDB · 75

ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

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In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they are falsely arrested in connection with stealing a Cadillac. We follow their lives through to the dramatic end of high school.

“Where the Student Body Was a Chick Named Veronica... The Senior Prom was a 'belly rub' and the Class of '64 ran a Permanent crap game in the Men's Room!”

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Cast

Glynn Turman
Leroy "Preach" Jackson
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
Richard "Cochise" Morris
Garrett Morris
Mr. Mason
Cynthia Davis
Brenda
Corin Rogers
Pooter
Maurice Leon Havis
Willie
Joseph Carter Wilson
Tyrone
Sherman Smith
Stone

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Michael Schultz
Writers: Eric Monte
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

MONEY

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Grossed $13M — a 17.3× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.

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3 / 8

ERA

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51 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Christopher Holmes shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Glynn Turman and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and Garrett Morris carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Where the Student Body Was a Chick Named Veronica... The Senior Prom was a 'belly rub' and the Class of '64 ran a Permanent crap game in the Men's Room!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0072820 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Michael Schultz directs. Christopher Holmes cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $0.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Grossed $13M — a 17.3× return. The kind of profit studios chase for a decade.
351 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Editor Christopher Holmes shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Glynn Turman and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and Garrett Morris carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Where the Student Body Was a Chick Named Veronica... The Senior Prom was a 'belly rub' and the Class of '64 ran a Permanent crap game in the Men's Room!".
8IMDB entry: tt0072820 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 75 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 15 themes, including "chicago, illinois", "high school", "cadillac", "coming of age".