COOLEY HIGH

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• Release Year: 1975
• Genre: Comedy, Drama
• Plot: Often called 'the black American Graffiti'' – but with 'far more vitality and more variety' (The New York Times), Cooley High takes a nostalgic, poignant – and hilariously funny – look at black teen life in 1960's Chicago.; ; It's 1964. JFK has just been assassinated. Martha & The Vandellas, Little Stevie Wonder and the Four Tops rule the airwaves. And two high school students discover themselves – and the taste of freedom – for the first time. Preach (Glynn Turman), a serious-minded writer, and his best friend Cochise (Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs), a basketball hero headed for college, are best friends at Cooley High. Together they cut classes to go to the zoo, crash parties, put the hustle on some hutlers and dream about getting out of their impoverished, rough neighborhood. But when an innocent joy ride makes them the target of two vengeful hoods, their already uncertain futures seem even further out of reach. Featuring a 'well handled mix of comedy and drama with a soundtrack of Motown gold' (Blockbuster Entertainment Guide) and a 'universal appeal' (Los Angeles Times), Cooley High is 'the best American comedy so far this year' (Village Voice)!
• Cast: Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Garrett Morris, Cynthia Davis, Corin Rogers, Maurice Leon Havis, Joseph Carter Wilson, Sherman Smith, Norman Gibson, Maurice Marshall, Steven Williams, Jackie Taylor, Christine Jones, Lynn Caridine, Mary Larkins, Cherene Snow, Alicia Williams, Lily Schine, Muxai Richardson, Juanita McConnell, Sharon Murff, Jimmy Whig, Nathaniel Reed, Frank Beetson, Marlette Howton, Colostine Boatwright, Keita L. Keita, James Kingsley, James George, Mary Jane Schaefer, Brandon Schultz, Robert Townsend, Patricia Whittington, Michael Schultz, Eric Monte
• Director: Michael Schultz
• Runtime: 1:47
• Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, United Artists, American International, MGM Home Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie