Hollywood High (1977 film)

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Hollywood High
Directed byPatrick Wright
Produced byPeter Perry Jr.
StarringRae Sperling
Marcy Albrecht
Sherry Hardin
Susanne Severeid
CinematographyJonathan Silveira
Edited byMarco Perri
Music byScott Gale
Release date
  • 1977 (1977)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,251,000 [1]

Hollywood High is a 1977 [2] American sex comedy film. The film is generally regarded as being of very low quality, [2] [3] with one retrospective review calling it "a shockingly inept piece of teen sexploitation". Another review "Even for a dubious genre like this, this movie reaches a level of badness that would make even the most jaded exploitation filmmakers pause, and subsequently resolve never to reach such a low point. Practically every department in this movie - acting, writing, directing, etc. - is at the very bottom of the barrel." [4] Despite its poor reception, the movie had the unofficial [5] sequel Hollywood High Part 2 released in 1981, which likewise was panned. [5]

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Unrelated series pilot

Turner Classic Movies notes the existence of an unrelated 30-minute television pilot, also debuting in 1977, for a prospective series. [6]

Notes

  1. Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 297. ISBN   978-0-8357-1776-2. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  2. 1 2 TV Guide review of Hollywood High. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
  3. Sandra Brennan, Allmovie. Hollywood High (1977), review reproduced by The New York Times online. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
  4. Keith Bailey. Hollywood High (1977), The Unknown Movies. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
  5. 1 2 Sandra Brennan, Allmovie. Hollywood High Part 2 (1981). Retrieved 2008-07-21.
  6. Hollywood High, 1977, TV pilot, TCM.com. Retrieved 2008-07-21.


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