Three O'Clock High
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| Directed by | Phil Joanou |
| Produced by | David E. Vogel |
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Richard Christian Matheson Thomas Szollosi |
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| Music by | Tangerine Dream |
| Cinematography | Barry Sonnenfeld |
| Edited by | Joe Ann Fogle |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5 million |
| Box office | $3.6 million |
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1987 U.S. CD cover
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| Soundtrack album by Tangerine Dream | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Electronic music | |||
| Length | 41:42 | |||
| Label | Varèse Sarabande | |||
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Three O'Clock High is a 1987 high-school comedy film directed by Phil Joanou and written by Richard Christian Matheson and Thomas Szollosi. The film stars Casey Siemaszko, Anne Ryan, Richard Tyson, Jeffrey Tambor, Philip Baker Hall, John P. Ryan.
The film was shot at Ogden High School in Ogden, Utah, but was based, in part, on Matheson and Szollosi's own high school experiences in California. Critical reception was mostly positive but the film did not perform well at the box office.
Meek high school student Jerry Mitchell (Casey Siemaszko) and his kid sister Brei (Stacey Glick) have the house to themselves as their parents are on vacation. Jerry's day begins badly when he wakes late, and gets worse when he nearly wrecks his car while driving his sister and his school friend Franny (Anne Ryan) to Weaver High School, where the students this morning are gossiping about the new student Buddy Revell (Richard Tyson), a violent delinquent who has transferred in today from a continuation high school.
Jerry's first hour is at the school newspaper where his best friend, Vincent Costello (Jonathan Wise), is the editor. The teacher has the idea of doing an article about Buddy to welcome the "new kid" and she assigns Jerry to do the interview. In a men's room, Jerry sees Buddy and clumsily attempts to introduce himself and brings up the idea of the article. Through a series of poorly chosen statements, Jerry realizes he is only making Buddy angry and ultimately decides to cut his losses and tells Buddy to "...just forget this whole thing happened", giving Buddy a friendly tap on the arm. Buddy, who does not like being touched by others, responds by tossing Jerry against a wall and stating that the two must fight in the parking lot after school at 3 o'clock.
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