Class of 1999 (1990)

Director:

Mark L. Lester

Writers:

Mark L. Lester (story)
C. Courtney Joyner (writer) ...
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Release Date:

11 May 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The ultimate teaching machine... out of control.

Plot:

Robot teachers have been secretly placed in the schools where the students have run riot. The teachers...

Plot Keywords:

Teacher | School | Robot | Neck Breaking Scene | Killer Robot

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Bradley Gregg	...	Cody Culp
Traci Lind	...	Christie Longford (as Tracy Lin)
Malcolm McDowell	...	Doctor Miles Longford
Stacy Keach	...	Dr. Bob Forrest
Patrick Kilpatrick	...	Mr. Bryles
Pam Grier	...	Ms. Connors
John P. Ryan	...	Mr. Hardin
Darren E. Burrows	...	Sonny
Joshua John Miller	...	Angel (as Joshua Miller)
Sharon Wyatt	...	Janice Culp
James Medina	...	Hector (as Jimmy Medina Taggert)
Jason Oliver	...	Curt
Brent David Fraser	...	Flavio
Jill Gatsby	...	Dawn
Sean Hagerty	...	Reedy
Sean Sullivan	...	Mohawk (as Sean Gregory Sullivan)
David Wasman	...	Guard
Landon Wine	...	Noser
Barbara Coffin	...	Matron
Linda Burden-Williams	...	Secretary
Lanny Rees	...	Desk Sergeant
Barry M. Press	...	Gould
James McIntire	...	Technician #1
Lee Arenberg	...	Technician #2

Directed by
Mark L. Lester

Writing credits
Mark L. Lester		(story)
C. Courtney Joyner		(writer)
Bradley Gregg		writer
John Skipp		uncredited

Produced by
Lawrence Kasanoff	....	executive producer
Mark L. Lester	....	producer
Stanley Mann	....	associate producer
Eugene Mazzola	....	co-producer
Ellen Steloff	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Michael Hoenig

Cinematography by
Mark Irwin

Film Editing by
Scott Conrad

Casting by
Cathy Henderson

Production Design by
Bradley Gregg
Steven Legler

Art Direction by
Philip Peters		(as Phil Peters)

Set Decoration by
Steve Karatzas

Costume Design by
Leslie Peters Ballard
Bradley Gregg

Makeup Department
Brent Armstrong	....	makeup effects crew: All Effects Company
Karoly Balazs	....	makeup artist
Barney Burman	....	makeup effects crew: All Effects Company
Rob Burman	....	makeup effects crew: All Effects Company
Roberto Carlos	....	makeup effects crew: All Effects Company
Mike Cobos	....	makeup effects crew: All Effects Company
Ralph Cobos	....	makeup effects crew: All Effects Company
Gunnar Ferdinandsen	....	makeup effects crew: All Effects Company
Bradley Gregg	....	hair stylist
Frankie Inez	....	makeup effects crew: All Effects Company
Jeff Kennemore	....	makeup effects crew: All Effects Company
Rolf John Keppler	....	makeup effects crew: All Effects Company
Gábor Kernyaiszky	....	hair stylist
Francesca Lacagnina	....	extra makeup
Matthew W. Mungle	....	makeup effects crew: All Effects Company
Lesa Nielsen	....	makeup effects crew: All Effects Company
David Quashnick	....	makeup effects crew: All Effects Company
Richard Ruiz	....	makeup effects crew: All Effects Company
Rick Stratton	....	special effects makeup designer: All Effects Company
Robert Tharp	....	makeup effects crew: All Effects Company

Production Management
Bradley Gregg	....	production manager
Kathleen Long	....	unit manager
Eugene Mazzola	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard W. Abramitis	....	first assistant director
Eric Allard	....	second unit director
Scott Cameron	....	second assistant director
Mark Ean	....	assistant director
Sharon Gerhard	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Gretchen Armstrong	....	scenic artist
David Dunbar	....	property assistant
Steven E. Eyrse	....	head scenic artist
Don Ferguson	....	set designer/scenic artist
Budd Lewis	....	storyboard artist
Anthony Maccario	....	property master
Doug McGar	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Robert Appere	....	sound re-recording mixer
Noah Blough	....	foley editor
John Boyd	....	sound re-recording mixer
Russell Brower	....	sound effects editor
Zane D. Bruce	....	foley artist
Tom Condon	....	boom operator
Rick Freeman	....	sound effects editor
Douglas Greenfield	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Victor Grodecki	....	supervising sound editor
Alan Howarth	....	electronic sound effects
Alan Howarth	....	sound effects editor
Doug Jackson	....	dialogue editor
Lance Laurienzo	....	first assistant sound editor
Robert Marts	....	boom operator
Nancy Parker	....	foley artist
James Pilcher	....	sound mixer (as Jim Pilcher)
Sergio Reyes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brian Risner	....	sound effects editor
Alexis Storm	....	sound effects editor
Jerry Trent	....	foley artist
Robert Ulrich	....	supervising adr editor
Earl Watson	....	adr editor
Asher Yates	....	adr editor

Special Effects by
William Aldridge	....	special effects
Eric Allard	....	special effects producer
Tony Allard	....	special effects technician (as George 'Tony' Allard)
Gary D. Bierend	....	special effects technician
Ray Brown	....	special effects
Scott Forbes	....	special effects
Danny Gil	....	special effects
Bradley Gregg	....	special effects
Bruce Khteian	....	special effects
Betty Pecha Madden	....	special effects wardrobe
Milton Riess	....	special effects crew
Andrew Sebok	....	special effects
Pamela Shaw	....	special effects wardrobe
Ron Thornton	....	special effects art director
Bruno Van Zeebroeck	....	special effects
Richard Zarro	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Eric Allard	....	visual effects supervisor
Eric J. Goldstein	....	special effects cinematographer
Bradley Gregg	....	visual effects

Stunts
Mary Albee	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Daniel W. Barringer	....	stunts
Paul Baxley	....	stunt coordinator
Richard L. Blackwell	....	stunts (as Richard Blackwell)
Kenneth John Borland Jr.	....	stunts
Doug Coleman	....	stunts
Debbie Evans	....	stunts
J. Thomas Kemper	....	stunts
Lane Leavitt	....	stunts
William Langley Lewis	....	stunts (as William Langley "Bud" Lewis)
Steve Mack	....	stunts
Sarah Thomas	....	stunts
Bradley Gregg	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Findlay Bunting	....	first assistant camera
Loren Corl	....	dolly
Loren Corl	....	key grip
Ed Ewing	....	camera operator
Pascal Franchot	....	best boy grip
Austin Goss	....	gaffer
Bradley Gregg	....	grip
Neil Holcomb	....	best boy electric
Steve Itano	....	first assistant camera
Ian Jennings	....	grip
Lars Larsen	....	first assistant camera
Carla Leonardi	....	still photographer
Cliff Lipson	....	still photographer
Matthew Neal McVay	....	still photographer
Marty Oppenheimer	....	camera operator
Marty Oppenheimer	....	director of photography: second unit
Daniel E. Teaze	....	second assistant camera
Mark Watson	....	electrician
Mark Watson	....	grip

Casting Department
Michael Cutler	....	casting associate
Sandy Holt	....	voice casting
Mimi Maynard	....	voice casting

Editorial Department
Roger Fenton	....	assistant editor
Mike Mertens	....	color timer
Lois Trent-Bring	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Bradford Ellis	....	orchestrator
Seth Kaplan	....	music supervisor
Pamela Neal	....	score mixer
Derek Power	....	music supervisor
Sherry Weintraub	....	music editor
Richard Whitfield	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Bob Burkhart	....	transportation coordinator
Rick Wiley	....	driver: camera car

Other crew
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	title designer
Tony Grob	....	assistant location manager
Rob Harris	....	unit publicist
Kerri Kroll	....	production secretary
Michael Leon	....	location manager
Kathleen Long	....	production coordinator
Wanda Mull	....	pre-production coordinator
Joe D. Ramsey	....	mechanical effects supervisor
Cleve Reinhard	....	production accountant
Karen Thorndike	....	script supervisor
Su Van Slyke	....	production assistant (as Su Coe)

Production Companies

• Lightning Pictures
• Original Pictures
• Vestron Pictures

Distributors

• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Taurus Entertainment Company
• Vestron Video (video)
• Vivivideo (Italy) (VHS)

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Finland:K-18 (2004) | New Zealand:R18 | Australia:R | Germany:18 | Norway:18 | UK:18 (video rating) | USA:R | Iceland:(Banned) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Seattle, Washington, USA

Company:

Lightning Pictures

Quotes:

Cody: Reach down the back of my pants.
Christie: What?
Cody: Come on! Live dangerously.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Class of 1999 II: The Substitute (1994)

Soundtrack:

COME THE DAY

a misunderstood little sci-fi treasure

Recent teenage parolee Cody Culp returns to his anarchistic futuristic hood to find himself disgusted with his home life, alienated from his former gang(probably to his relief), and threatened by the school's newest bullies: three robotic teachers, implemented by the government to restore discipline, only consolation being his budding romance with the principal's daughter--perpetually gorgeous Tracy Lin. As always, whenever players take the material as seriously as these actors do, the potentially mediocre is propelled to a new level. The performance by vastly unappreciated and underused Bradley Gregg rivals that of the more experienced Ryan, Grier, and Kilpatrick(with McDowell typically good, but all too often idle).

I've always held that the reason there was and remains so much dissatisfaction with this movie is that too many people watched it with the wrong expectations. Preparing for some silliness and expecting some substandard effects is the starting point with one like this. Reason being: to get past the frequent implausibility is to put yourself in a position to recognize the uniqueness and innovation. Taking the deliberate cheese with a grain of salt, one can appreciate opportunities when it is earnest.

If anything truly hurts this movie, it's the boring pseudo-military battle scenes. They would have been wise to leave this stuff to the only films suited to do them properly--war films, but instead have introduced out-of-place time wasters in which neither side has evoked any sympathy anyway. That said, Class Of 1999 is still a shoulda-been camp classic not to be missed. Then again, should any movie featuring knockout Tracy Lin be missed?