Hi i remember watching three oclock high more than 15 years back on tv, i immediatley got hooked and bought the movie on video, i must have watched it 4 or 5 times and i never got bored of it, and i started replacing all my old videos with dvds, so i got this excellent movie and just finished watching it again this time but on dvd, and wow this movie is very good and remains enjoyable still. The first feature film from director phil joanou state of grace, three o clock high chronicles a high school nerds much hyped afterschool bout with the infamous class bully. A high school nerd, jerry mitchell siemaszko is assigned to write a piece for the school paper about new boy buddy revell tyson, who is. I was thinkinabout the syntax and how it affected the overall mood. Three oclock high pits jerry mitchell, an offshoot of the john hughes dweeby teen boy whos life is completely perfect, but still somehow problematic. This problem ripples into the problem with the bully. These shenanigans lead up to the awesome book report scene in which jerrys nothingtolose attitude takes over he struts. Three oclock high takes the high school bully scenario and ups the. When it seems hes supposed to be an enigmatic force of nature best left alone, like moby dick in a leather jacket and mullet perm, hes then shown reading. Stories swirling around weaver high reveal vicious truths about buddys background, including violent incidents stemming from buddys biggest pet peeve, i. A high school nerd, jerry mitchell siemaszko is assigned to write a piece for the school paper about new boy buddy revell tyson, who is rumored to be a psychopathic nutcase. The film stars casey siemaszko, anne ryan, richard tyson, jeffrey.
Jerry mitchell casey siemaszko, a puny student who works in the school book store, is assigned to write an article about buddy for the school newspaper. In fact, i gotta tell ya, it kinda made me think of you, miss farmer. If that clash of charactertypes doesnt sound hilarious enough, high school is also. Three oclock high cant seem to make up its mind, and vacillates among all three without rhyme or reason. From the stories we hear, this isnt a teenager, hes the terminator. Three oclock club comic read three oclock club comic. Parents need to know that three oclock high is a 1987 high school satire in which a nerdy teen boy inadvertently arouses the ire of a notorious bully and must fight him after school. A nerd gets himself in hot water with the new bully, a quiet bad boy who challenges him to fight on the grounds of their high school after the days end. Its hard to get a handle on who this buddy revell bully is supposed to be. As such, three oclock high 1987 debuted in the 35th anniversary of the first release of fred zinnemanns classic western film high noon 1952. Three oclock high opens with the hero casey siemaszko learning that the toughest kid in the world richard tyson is enrolling in his high school. Three o clock high 1987 giving a book report part 2.
The film was made and released about thirtyfive years after high noon 1952, which was the picture that inspired this movie. Three oclock high is a 1987 american highschool black comedy film, directed by phil joanou, written by richard christian matheson and thomas szollosi, and produced by david e. One of the dreariest moments in three oclock high comes when the. With casey siemaszko, annie ryan, richard tyson, stacey glick. Five years after starring as jerry mitchell in this film, casey siemaszko. And he doesnt like to be touched, so of course, casey inadvertendly touches him. Every day at mayflower high, when the final bell rings, a portal opens and teenage anxieties come to monstrous life. The first original comic book from butch hartman fairly odd parents, danny phantom, cowritten by jordan gorfinkel batman. One of the characters in that book, curly, has a tendency to challenge everyone to a fight. The word fg is used as a punchline on two occasions. Three oclock high is a 1987 american high school black comedy film, directed by phil joanou, written by richard christian matheson and thomas szollosi, and produced by david e.