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Cooley High is a american film of genre Drama directed by Michael Schultz released in USA on 25 june 1975 with Glynn Turman
Cooley High (1975)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 25 june 1975
Length 1h47
Directed by Michael Schultz
OriginUSA
Themes Films about education
Rating70%
Cooley High is a 1975 American film based upon the real high school located on the near north side of Chicago, produced and released by American International Pictures and written by Eric Monte (co-creator of Good Times). The film, set in 1964 Chicago, Illinois, stars Glynn Turman and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, and features a soundtrack made up primarily of 1960s Motown hits.
The film is considered a classic of black cinema, and its soundtrack featured a new Motown recording, G.C. Cameron's hit single "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday". That song was covered in 1991 by Motown act Boyz II Men on the group's first LP, named Cooleyhighharmony in honor of this film.
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The story explores the adventures and relationships of Leroy "Preach" Jackson (Glynn Turman) and Richard "Cochise" Morris (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs), two black high school students at Edwin G. Cooley Vocational High School, in Chicago, during the 1960s, whose carefree lives take a turn for the worse through several twists of fate, including violent carjacking friends, drugs, failing grades, and girls.Actors
Glynn Turman
(Leroy "Preach" Jackson)
Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs
(Richard "Cochise" Morris)
Garret Morris
(Mr. Mason)
Steven Williams
(Jimmy Lee)
Robert Townsend
(Basketball Player in Gym Class)
Christine Jones
(Sandra)
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