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Steve Guttenberg
- David Kessler
- (as Steven Guttenberg)
Joseph G. Medalis
- Mr. Phinney
- (as Joe Medalis)
Vincent Lucchesi
- Coach Zwick
- (as Vincent Luchesi)
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- TriviaScenes from this movie were filmed at the then residence of Mad Men (2007) Creator Matthew Weiner, when he was still a child and living with his parents. According to Weiner, the film company "ripped my parents off", destroying furniture and lying to them.
- GoofsDave Kessler's printed column consists of meaningless paragraphs that are sometimes repeated and also used for the 'This Month's School Calendar of Events' article.
- Alternate versionsDue to music licensing disputes, the home video version of this film differs slightly from the theatrical and cable television editions.
- ConnectionsFeatured in 42nd Street Forever, Volume 4: Cooled by Refrigeration (2009)
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Before there was "American Pie," before there was "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" and even before there was "Porky's," there was "The Chicken Chronicles." Although this teen comedy is considerably tamer than any of those later films, it's still a very amusing example of the genre in it's infancy. Back in the mid-70s when this kind of movie was very popular drive-in fare, this was one of the better ones. Everything's here....high-school hijinks, totally casual sex (way before the stigma of AIDS), copious drug and alcohol use and a general atmosphere of adolescent anarchy. Fairly obscure today(not currently available on video or DVD), it's worth a viewing if you ever see it pop up on cable TV.
This was one of Steve Guttenberg's very first major roles and he displays some of the mock-innocent, winking wiseacre bad-boy charm that he would later put to good use in the Police Academy movies. The late Phil Silvers provides some of the biggest laughs as the irascible, foul-mouthed boss of the fried chicken restaurant where Guttenberg works.
Director Frances Simon displays a nice feeling for late-60s southern California, making the movie an entertaining look at a more innocent (though no less wild) era gone by.
This was one of Steve Guttenberg's very first major roles and he displays some of the mock-innocent, winking wiseacre bad-boy charm that he would later put to good use in the Police Academy movies. The late Phil Silvers provides some of the biggest laughs as the irascible, foul-mouthed boss of the fried chicken restaurant where Guttenberg works.
Director Frances Simon displays a nice feeling for late-60s southern California, making the movie an entertaining look at a more innocent (though no less wild) era gone by.
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- Oct 9, 2000
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- Highschool Story
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- Beverly Hills, California, USA(Film opening. Camera faces northeast, specifically S Moreno Dr & S Santa Monica Blvd.)
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By what name was The Chicken Chronicles (1977) officially released in Canada in English?
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