Faculty (The)
- Director: Robert Rodriguez
- Writer: David Wechter; Bruce Kimmel
- Producer: Elizabeth Avellan; Bill Scott
CGiii Comment
A little horror - strictly for kids.
All the usual teen suspects are here - including the faux-lesbian (sexuality used as protection).
It's entertaining, it's inconsequential and it's a showcase for A-list actors-in-training.
Many went on to do major things. But, it is typical mindless Rodriguez - you either like him (if you are 16) or you hate him - educated and over 25.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
On the Harrington High School in Ohio, the newcomer Marybeth Louise Hutchinson tries to befriend the outcast Stokely 'Stokes' Mitchell. The quarterback Stan Rosado quits the football team and breaks off with his girlfriend Delilah Profitt, who is the editor of the school newspaper and head cheerleader. Zeke Tyler, who is repeating the senior year and sells drugs to the other students, has an argument with his teacher Elizabeth Burke. When the bullied Casey Connor finds a weird being on the football field, he brings it to his Professor Edward Furlong that finds that the unknown specimen lives in the water and has the ability of replicating. Later, Delilah brings Casey, who is the photographer of the newspaper and has a crush on her, to the faculty room to snoop around and find any evidence for a story, they need to hide in a closet when Coach Joe Willis and the teacher Karen Olson arrive.
Cast & Characters
Jordana Brewster as Delilah Profitt;
Clea DuVall as Stokely 'Stokes' Mitchell;
Laura Harris as Marybeth Louise Hutchinson;
Josh Hartnett as Zeke Tyler;
Shawn Hatosy as Stan Rosado;
Salma Hayek as Nurse Rosa Harper;
Famke Janssen as Miss Elizabeth Burke;
Piper Laurie as Mrs. Karen Olson;
Christopher McDonald as Mr. Frank Connor;
Bebe Neuwirth as Principal Valerie Drake;
Robert Patrick as Coach Joe Willis;
Usher Raymond as Gabe Santora;
Jon Stewart as Prof. Edward Furlong;
Daniel von Bargen as Mr. John Tate;
Elijah Wood as Casey Connor