Three O'Clock High is a 1987 American high-school comedy-drama film, directed by Phil Joanou, written by Richard Christian Matheson and Thomas Szollosi, and produced by Aaron Spelling. It was filmed at Ogden High School in Ogden, Utah, but, in part, was inspired by Joanou's own experiences at La Canada High School. Though it did not do very well at the box office, the film is a minor cult classic among high school films; showing high school as mo...
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Three O'Clock High is a 1987 American high-school comedy-drama film, directed by Phil Joanou, written by Richard Christian Matheson and Thomas Szollosi, and produced by Aaron Spelling. It was filmed at Ogden High School in Ogden, Utah, but, in part, was inspired by Joanou's own experiences at La Canada High School. Though it did not do very well at the box office, the film is a minor cult classic among high school films; showing high school as most people remember it, with mundane days punctuated by occasional thrills.
The term "three o'clock high" is a play on words, a war-time aviation term for an enemy that is above and to the right, and a High Noon confrontation that takes place at 3:00 p.m. (in a western high school). Like Gary Cooper in High Noon, Jerry Mitchell (Casey Siemaszko) is powerless to keep the march of time from bringing an appointment with a frightening enemy. During the film, Jerry runs through a typical high school day: working at the student store, the school...
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