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| Title: | The Faculty |
| Genres: | Horror Sci-fi |
| Directed by: | Robert Rodriguez |
| Written by: | David Wechter Bruce Kimmel Kevin Williamson |
| Produced by: | Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein Elizabeth Avellan Robert Rodriguez Tamara Smith-Zimmerman |
| Music by: | Marco Beltrami |
| Cinematography: | Enrique Chediak |
| Edited by: | Robert Rodriguez |
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| Distributed by: | Dimension Films |
| Released: | December 25th, 1998 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 104 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $15,000,000 |
| Gross: | $40,283,321 |
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The Faculty is an American science-fiction/horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by David Wechter, Bruce Kimmel and Kevin Williamson. It was released theatrically on Christmas Day in the United States. Thematically, the movie is a cross-polinization of the "Body Snatcher" motif made popular in films such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers and the teen slasher formula, which had dominated the genre throughout the mid to late 1990s. The premise of the film involves an alien parasite that infects the suburban town of Herrington, Ohio. The spores begin infecting the staff members of Herrington High School, dramatically altering their physiology and personality. As the contagion begins to spread into the student body, several teenagers learn of the silent alien invasion and band together to fight back. Senior outcast Zeke Tyler (played by Josh Hartnett) creates a designer drug that has the unexpected side effect of exorcising the alien spores from the host body. His friends and he determine that killing the queen alien may destroy the parasites without killing the host.
Cast[]
Principal cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Jordana Brewster | Delilah Profitt |
| Clea DuVall | Stokely "Stokes" Mitchell |
| Laura Harris | Marybeth Louise Hutchinson |
| Josh Hartnett | Zeke Tyler |
| Shawn Hatosy | Stan Rosado |
| Salma Hayek | Nurse Rosa Harper |
| Famke Janssen | Miss Elizabeth Burke |
| Piper Laurie | Miss Karen Olson |
| Christopher McDonald | Mister Frank Connor |
| Bebe Neuwirth | Principal Valerie Drake |
| Robert Patrick | Coach Joe Willis |
| Usher Raymond | Gabe Santora |
| Jon Stewart | Professor Edward Furlong |
| Daniel von Bargen | Mister John Tate |
| Elijah Wood | Casey Connor |
| Susan Willis | Mrs. Jessical Brummel |
| Pete Janssen | Eddie "Meat" McIvey |
| Harry Knowles | Mister Knowles |
Co-stars[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Donna Casey | Tina |
| Duane Martin | Officer #1 |
| Katherine Willis | Officer #2 |
| Jon Abrahams | Fuck you boy |
| Summer Phoenix | Fuck you girl |
| Christina Rodriguez | Tattoo girl |
| Danny Masterson | Fuck up #1 |
| Wiley Wiggins | Fuck up #2 |
| Louis Black | Mister Louis |
| Eric Jungmann | Freshman #1 |
| Chris Viteychuk | Freshman #2 |
| Jim Johnston | P.E. teacher |
| Libby Villari | Casey's mom |
| Mike Lutz | Hornet mascot |
| Doug Aarniokoski | Brun coach |
| Quin Arbeitman | High school student |
| Peter Butler | Drayne |
| Mardi DeLong | Student |
| James Douglas | High school student |
| Michelle Fairbanks | Student |
| Juan Carlos Gregg | Student |