High School U.S.A.
| High School U.S.A. | |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Written by |
Alan Eisenstock Larry Mintz |
| Directed by | Rodney Amateau |
| Starring |
Michael J. Fox Crispin Glover Nancy McKeon Todd Bridges Dana Plato Angela Cartwright Anthony Edwards Bob Denver Tony Dow Crystal Bernard Dwayne Hickman Lauri Hendler |
| Theme music composer |
Tony Berg Miles Goodman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Leonard Hill Philip Mandelker |
| Producer(s) | Alan Eisenstock Larry Mintz Robin S. Clark (co-producer) Richard Freiman (associate producer) Wolfgang Glattes (co-producer) Dori Weiss (supervising producer) |
| Location(s) |
Covina, California Excelsior High School - 15711 Pioneer Boulevard, Norwalk, California, USA |
| Cinematography |
Jack Whitman (director of photography) Hal Trussell (uncredited) |
| Editor(s) | John Cortland |
| Running time | 100 mins. |
| Production company(s) | Hill-Mandelker Films |
| Distributor | NBC |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | October 16, 1983 |
High School U.S.A. is a 1983 American made-for-television comedy film starring Michael J. Fox, Nancy McKeon, Anthony Edwards, and Crispin Glover, directed by Rodney Amateau. The film originally aired on NBC on October 16, 1983.
Several of the key actors appeared in sitcoms that were popular at the time. These include Todd Bridges and Dana Plato from Diff'rent Strokes, Nancy McKeon from The Facts of Life, and Michael J. Fox from Family Ties, as well as a number of former 1950s and 1960s sitcom stars including Tony Dow, Frank Bank, and Ken Osmond from Leave It to Beaver.
The film focuses on the intrigue inside Excelsior Union High School. Michael J. Fox plays J.J. Manners, who becomes enamored with Beth Franklin (Nancy McKeon), the girlfriend of Beau Middleton (Edwards), the class president and quarterback. Middleton is also the richest student and drives around in a brand-new convertible.
The core story involves Manners and Middleton competing for the affections of Beth. Ultimately this rivalry culminates in a drag race between the two. The result of the race tips the balance and changes the face of the dynamics within the school irrevocably.
Other storylines include Todd Bridges as a genius who has created a robot that he believes to be capable of going into space. Crispin Glover plays Archie Feld, a socially-impaired boy nervous interacting with the opposite sex. Also, Beau Middleton's father has created an incentive for the teachers by offering a sizable reward for the best teacher. Subsequently, the teachers focus extra effort on impressing Beau with their worthiness of the reward.
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