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Cooley High / Samuel Z. Arkoff presents a Steve Krantz production ; written by Eric Monte ; produced by Steve Krantz ; directed by Michael Schultz.

Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.

[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2022]

1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

video file

Blu-ray

region A

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.

MPAA rating: PG.

The Criterion collection ; 1165

Criterion collection ; 1165.

African American high school students -- Drama.

Poor teenagers -- Drama.

Male friendship -- Drama.

Chicago (Ill.) -- Drama.

Comedy films.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Schultz, Michael, 1938- film director.

Krantz, Steve, 1923-2007, film producer.

Monte, Eric, screenwriter.

Arkoff, Samuel Z., 1918-2001, presenter.

Turman, Glynn, actor.

Hilton-Jacobs, Lawrence, 1953- actor.

Morris, Garrett, 1937- actor.

Davis, Cynthia (Actress), actor.

Vom Brack, Paul, director of photography.

Holmes, Christopher (Christopher V.), editor of moving image work.

Perren, Freddie, composer (expression)

Barboza, Craigh, writer of supplementary textual content.

Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.

Container of (work) : Cooley High (Motion picture)

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1975.

Wide screen (1.85:).

Accompanied by folded insert containing an essay by critic Craigh Barboza.

New restored 4K digital transfer approved by the director.

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.

Director of photography, Paul vom Brack ; editor, Christopher Holmes ; music, Freddie Perren.

Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Garrett Morris, Cynthia Davis.

Blu-ray; region A; PCM mono; requires Blu-ray player.

English dialogue.

Optional English subtitles for the hearing-impaired (SDH).

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