Cooley High /
Chicago, 1964: it's the last weeks of high school for aspiring poet Preach and his best friend, Cochise, and they have a full slate of extracurricular activities: swinging dance parties, late-night joyrides, and the stumbling pursuit of romance. Of course, when you're a young Black man in...
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| Format: | Unknown |
| Language: | English |
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[New York, N.Y.] :
Criterion Collection,
[2022]
[New York] : [2022] |
| Edition: | Director-approved Blu-ray special edition |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
1165 Criterion collection |
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| Summary: | Chicago, 1964: it's the last weeks of high school for aspiring poet Preach and his best friend, Cochise, and they have a full slate of extracurricular activities: swinging dance parties, late-night joyrides, and the stumbling pursuit of romance. Of course, when you're a young Black man in America, your coming-of-age story is far from complication-free. With Cooley High, director Michael Schultz and screenwriter Eric Monte, who drew on his own experiences growing up in Chicago's Cabrini-Green housing project, arrived at something truly unique in 1970s cinema: an endearingly funny, tender, and authentic portrait of Black teens striving toward a brighter tomorrow, brought to life by a dynamic ensemble cast and set to a heavenly hit parade of Motown classics Chicago, 1964: it₂s the last weeks of high school for aspiring poet Preach and his best friend, Cochise, and they have a full slate of extracurricular activities: swinging dance parties, late-night joyrides, and the stumbling pursuit of romance. Of course, when you₂re a young Black man in America, your coming-of-age story is far from complication-free. With Cooley High, director Michael Schultz and screenwriter Eric Monte who drew on his own experiences growing up in Chicago₂s Cabrini-Green housing project arrived at something truly unique in 1970s cinema: an endearingly funny, tender, and authentic portrait of Black teens striving toward a brighter tomorrow, brought to life by a dynamic ensemble cast and set to a heavenly hit parade of Motown classics |
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| Item Description: | Bonus features: conversation between Schultz and film scholar Racquel J. Gates; making of featurette; panel discussion from the 2019 tribute to Cooley High at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, featuring Schultz, actor-filmmaker Robert Townsend, casting director Gloria Schultz, and actors Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and Garrett Morris ; an essay by critic Craigh Barboza Bonus features: interview; making of featurette; more New restored 4K digital transfer approved by the director Originally released as a motion picture in 1975 Title from container Title from web page Wide screen |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in + 1 folded sheet 1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in |
| Format: | Blu-ray, wide screen; PCM mono; requires Blu-ray player Blu-ray; region A; 16:9 wide screen; PCM mono; requires Blu-ray player |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: PG |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Paul vom Brack ; editor, Christopher Holmes ; music, Freddie Perren |
| ISBN: | 9798886070026 |