A high school senior tries to score with Margaret.A high school senior tries to score with Margaret.A high school senior tries to score with Margaret.
Steve Guttenberg
- David Kessler
- (as Steven Guttenberg)
Joseph G. Medalis
- Mr. Phinney
- (as Joe Medalis)
Vincent Lucchesi
- Coach Zwick
- (as Vincent Luchesi)
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- TriviaScenes from this movie were filmed at the then residence of Mad Men (2007) Creator Matthew Weiner, when he was still a child and living with his parents. According to Weiner, the film company "ripped my parents off", destroying furniture and lying to them.
- GoofsDave Kessler's printed column consists of meaningless paragraphs that are sometimes repeated and also used for the 'This Month's School Calendar of Events' article.
- Alternate versionsDue to music licensing disputes, the home video version of this film differs slightly from the theatrical and cable television editions.
- ConnectionsFeatured in 42nd Street Forever, Volume 4: Cooled by Refrigeration (2009)
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"You could be a student leader!" ... "Lead them where?!"
In 1969, a high school senior from a wealthy, absentee family in Hollywood--a rebel on the school paper and a goof-off at his job in a chicken restaurant--is frustrated at his lack of progress with the girls (a survey that proclaims "87% of all 12th grade boys admit to being sexually active" clearly doesn't apply to our frustrated hero). Screenwriter Paul Diamond, adapting his novel, facetiously drops hints about the Viet Cong, President Nixon, Ingmar Bergman and "Rosemary's Baby" in an attempt (I guess) to situate his story in a particular era, yet director Francis Simon fails to accentuate the film with any nostalgic flair--the majority of it looks like 1977, and sounds like it as well. In the lead, Steve Guttenberg (who gets an 'introducing' credit) is a handsome, muscular, ingratiating fellow with a boyish voice and a slightly-stupefied look. He's full of youthful energy and breezes through the movie effortlessly, yet he doesn't leave any footprints behind him. As a vehicle for newcomers and veterans, these "Chronicles" are certainly lacking. Ed Lauter does his granite-jawed act as the school's vice principal, while top-billed (!) Phil Silvers overacts as Guttenberg's boss, shouting as if he were performing in front of a live audience. *1/2 from ****
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- Highschool Story
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- Beverly Hills, California, USA(Film opening. Camera faces northeast, specifically S Moreno Dr & S Santa Monica Blvd.)
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By what name was The Chicken Chronicles (1977) officially released in Canada in English?
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