
Overview
Genre
Comedy, DramaRelease Date
June 01, 2012 (Limited)MPAA Rating
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99 min.Studio
Anchor Bay EntertainmentOfficial Site
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Cast and Crew
Director
John StalbergProducer
Warren Zide, Raymond J. Markovich, Arcadiy GolubovichScreenwriter
John Stalberg, Stephen Susco, Erik LinthorstStarring
- Adrien Brody as Psycho Ed
- Sean Marquette
- Matt Bush
- Colin Hanks as Brandon Ellis
- Michael Chiklis as Dr. Leslie Gordon
- Michael Vartan as Calculus Teacher
- Yeardley Smith
- Mykelti Williamson as Paranoid
- Luis Chavez
- Camille Mana
- Julia Ling
Story
So it's the end of the school year, and smarmy Principal Gordon (Michael Chiklis) has suddenly instituted a zero-tolerance crusade against his nemesis, the reviled marijuana. A mandatory drug test for all students is to be administered, failure of which will result in immediate expulsion. Normally, this would be of no consequence to straight-arrow valedictorian Henry Burke, except he just tried ganja for the very first time. With his college scholarship hanging in the balance, Burke begrudgingly teams up with charismatic pothead Travis Breaux to do the only thing they can think of to neutralize this threat-get the entire student body stoned.
In his debut feature, director/cowriter John Stalberg Jr. percolates his deliriously manic narrative with sparkling energy and deviant characters, joyously ramming his protagonists deeper and deeper into frenzied chaos. HIGH school paints its slacker wit with lush broad strokes, firmly accomplishing the conclusive stoner fantasia run hilariously amuck.







