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Three O'Clock High (1987)
Director: Phil Joanou
Writers: Richard Christian Matheson, Tom Szollosi
Cast: Casey Siemaszko, Annie Ryan, Richard Tyson
Genre: Drama Comedy
When the movie first started, I thought of the lead actor, what the hell it's a Ferris Bueller clone. Nope it's not! It's very different, which is a big plus. The movie surprised me at the turns it took. The entire story takes place in one school day...with a whole lot of crap happening to our protagonist. Who btw, really looked like a young Kevin Spacey.
I kept thinking the movie was set in the 90s as the kids all looked like they belonged on the set of the Cosby TV show, with their short hair and sweater vest. That was called the preppie look. I never went for it, I had the rocker look with long hair, but I remember seeing kids with the preppie look and I thought it was lame, ha
Back to the movie, these actors were all unknown but they sure pulled it off and I have to say the fight scene at the end was riveting! I was screaming knock the *&%$# head off !...OK I wasn't actually screaming at the TV screen, but I was kind of thinking it.
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Three O'Clock High (1987)
Director: Phil Joanou
Writers: Richard Christian Matheson, Tom Szollosi
Cast: Casey Siemaszko, Annie Ryan, Richard Tyson
Genre: Drama Comedy
'A student gets himself in hot water with the new bully, a quiet bad boy who challenges him to fight on the grounds of their high school after the day's end.'
Three O'Clock High is not your typical 1980s teen movie. It's surprisingly different and I liked it!...It's story premise is based on the classic Gary Cooper film High Noon. When the movie first started, I thought of the lead actor, what the hell it's a Ferris Bueller clone. Nope it's not! It's very different, which is a big plus. The movie surprised me at the turns it took. The entire story takes place in one school day...with a whole lot of crap happening to our protagonist. Who btw, really looked like a young Kevin Spacey.
I kept thinking the movie was set in the 90s as the kids all looked like they belonged on the set of the Cosby TV show, with their short hair and sweater vest. That was called the preppie look. I never went for it, I had the rocker look with long hair, but I remember seeing kids with the preppie look and I thought it was lame, ha
Back to the movie, these actors were all unknown but they sure pulled it off and I have to say the fight scene at the end was riveting! I was screaming knock the *&%$# head off !...OK I wasn't actually screaming at the TV screen, but I was kind of thinking it.
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