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| Title: | School Spirit |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Directed by: | Alan Holleb |
| Written by: | Geoffrey Baere |
| Produced by: | Ashok Amritraj; Vijay Amritraj; Sidney D. Balkin; Jeff Begun; Roger Corman; Ken Dalton |
| Music by: | Tom Bruner |
| Cinematography: | Robert Ebinger |
| Edited by: | Sonya Sones |
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| Distributed by: | New Horizons Chroma III Productions Concorde Pictures T&A Productions |
| Released: | October 30th, 1985 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 90 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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School Spirit is an American feature film of the comedy genre with elements of the teen sex-romp subgenre. It was directed by Alan Holleb with a script written by Geoffrey Baere. It was produced by Roger Corman and New Horizons and Chroma III Productions, and distributed through Concorde Pictures. It was released theatrically on October 30th, 1985. The film stars Tom Nolan as college student Billy Batson, who finds himself resurrected as a ghost after being killed in a head-on collision. Billy uses his new ghostly abilities, especially invisibility, to "broaden" his horizons, much to the unexpected surprise of blonde-haired Judith Hightower (played by Elizabeth Foxx).
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
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| Tom Nolan | Billy Batson |
| Elizabeth Foxx | Judith Hightower |
| Larry Linville | President Grimshaw |
| Roberta Collins | Helen Grimshaw |
| Michael Miller | Chuck Reembyte |
| Brian Mann | Barducci |
| Leslee Bremer | Sandy |
| Laurence Haddon | Doctor Strohman |
| Beach Dickerson | Second doctor |
| Cynthia Harrison | Red head nurse |
| Karen A. Smythe | Scrub nurse |
| Helen Vick | E.R. nurse |
| John Finnegan | Pinky Batson |
| David Byrd | The Boss |
| Liz Sheridan | Mrs. Kingman |
| Pam Ward | Girl in sorority room |
| Nick Segal | Gregg |
| Jay Scorpio | Professor Sylvester |
| Frank Mugavero | Lasky |
| Toni Hudson | Rita |
| Diane Hoyes | Girl with Pinky |
| Marta Kober | Ursula Brimshaw |
| Glen Mont | Sounds of Brazil - Bass |
| Freddy Ramos | Sounds of Brazil - Guitar |
| Claudio Slon | Sounds of Brazil - Drums |
| Daniele Arnaud | Madeleine |
| Laura Lee Kasten | Girl at airport |
| Marlene Janssen | Sleeping princess |
| Biff Yeager | Cop in station |
| Johnny Lee | Jailed country singer |
| Jay Cohen | Jailed lawyer |
| David Kendrick | The Gleaming Spires |
| Leslie Bohem | The Gleaming Spires |
| Bob Haag | The Gleaming Spires |
| Julie Gray | Kendall |
| Charles Drayton | Hogs & Hogettes |
| Dina Russo | Hogs & Hogettes |
| Becky LeBeau | Hogs & Hogettes |
| Jackie Easton | Hogs & Hogettes |
| Jeff Yesko | Hogs & Hogettes |
| Daniel Friedman | Hogs & Hogettes |
| Katherine McBride | Hogs & Hogettes |
| Deke Anderson | Hogs & Hogettes |
| Tony Balderama | Hogs & Hogettes |
| Robert Briscoe | Hogs & Hogettes |
| Sandra Grass | Hogs & Hogettes |
| Theresa Mesquita | Hogs & Hogettes |
| Linda Carol | Hogs & Hogettes |
| Kathi Pierce | Sorority snob |
| Lesley Kelly | Sorority snob |
| Susan Schroder | Vania |
Notes[]
Production notes[]
- This film was co-produced by T&A Productions. This is T&A's first, and to date, only known film.
- Production on School Spirit began in June, 1984. It was filmed on the UCLA campus in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. [1][2]
- School Spirit was distributed to the movie theater market by Concorde Pictures.
Credits[]
- Executive producer Sidney D. Balkin is credited as Sidney Balkin in this film.
- Actor Brian Frishman is credited as Brian Mann in this film.
- Actress Leslee Bremmer is credited as Leslee Bremer in this film.
- Actress Pamela Ward is credited as Pam Ward in this film.
- Actor Daniel H. Friedman is credited as Daniel Friedman in this film.
- Actor Robert Briscoe Evans is credited as Robert Briscoe in this film.
Fun Facts[]
- The tagline to this film is, "This is one ghost who should be busted". This line is a nod to the more popularly known 1984 comedy Ghostbusters.
- Actress Marta Kober is also known for playing Jason Voorhees victim Sandra Dier in Friday the 13th Part 2.
Recommendations[]
1980s comedies
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1980s comedies
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See also[]
External Links[]
- School Spirit at AMG
- School Spirit at IMDB
- School Spirit at Wikipedia
- School Spirit at Themoviedb.org
- School Spirit at Rotten Tomatoes
References[]
- ↑ IMDB; School Spirit (1985); Box office & business.
- ↑ IMDB; School Spirit (1985); Filming locations.