Class of 1984 (1982)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Mark L. Lester

Writers:

Tom Holland (story)
Mark L. Lester (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

20 August 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Class of 1984. Is this the future?

Plot:

Andy is a new teacher and an inner city high school that is like nothing he has ever seen before. The...

Plot Keywords:

High School | Teacher | City | Teenage Boy | Lesbian

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Perry King	...	Andrew Norris
Merrie Lynn Ross	...	Diane Norris
Timothy Van Patten	...	Peter Stegman
Roddy McDowall	...	Terry Corrigan
Stefan Arngrim	...	Drugstore
Michael J. Fox	...	Arthur (as Michael Fox)
Keith Knight	...	Barnyard
Lisa Langlois	...	Patsy
Neil Clifford	...	Fallon
Al Waxman	...	Detective Stewiski
Erin Noble	...	Deneen (as Erin Flannery)
David Gardner	...	Principal Morganthau
Steve Pernie	...	Rejack
Robert Reece	...	Leroy
Joseph Kelly	...	Jimmy

Also Known As:

Guerrilla High (Canada: English title) (working title)

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:18 (DVD rating) (uncut) (2005) | USA:R (cut) | Norway:15 (DVD rating) (2006) (uncut) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) (2006) | Finland:(Banned) (heavily cut) (1984) | Finland:(Banned) (uncut) (1982) (1983) (1986) | Australia:R | Denmark:15 | France:-16 | Germany:18 (cut version: 2002) | Iceland:(Banned) | New Zealand:R18 | Sweden:15 | UK:(Banned) (video rating) (1987) | UK:18 (original rating) (cut) | UK:18 (video re-rating) (2005) | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Central Tech. High School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Guerilla High Productions

Trivia:

Real dead animals were used for the scene where the school finds Corrigan's lab animals killed. The smell of the room they were placed in was so overwhelming that most of the actors wouldn't enter the room.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the thug climbs up the flag pole, he is alternately holding/not holding the flag in his hands.

Quotes:

[Patsy taunts Andy]
Patsy: Come and get it, teacher teacher!
[kiss kiss kiss; chuckles]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hip Hip Hurray (1984)

Soundtrack:

Stegman's Concerto

An absorbing piece of exploitation.

"Death Wish" meets "The Blackboard Jungle" in this brutal, increasingly violent thriller. If I were to judge it from a strictly objective point of view, I'd have to be very negative - it's a totally exploitative piece of work. But there is something inherently absorbing about this movie, and you simply can't take your eyes off it. Its 93 minutes pass like a breeze, and for that alone it probably deserves two stars. Has pretty good acting, too.