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The Faculty is a 1998 American horror, science fiction, mystery, and teen film directed by Robert Rodriguez. Rodriguez also served as the screenwriter, producer, and film editor. The cast includes Jordana Brewster, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, and Josh Hartnett. The narrative is set in Ohio and centers on an alien invasion. The film was produced by Dimension Films and Los Hooligans Productions, with distribution handled by Miramax and Netflix.
The movie has a runtime of 104 minutes and was released on December 25, 1998. It was composed by Marco Beltrami and photographed by Enrique Chediak. The production budget was $15,000,000, resulting in revenue of $40,283,321. The film is rated R and has received various review scores, including 55%, 5.6/10, 61/100, and an IMDb rating of 6.6. It has been nominated for 11 awards.
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6.6When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make the chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet!
Cast
- Josh Hartnett as Zeke Tyler
- Elijah Wood as Casey Connor
- Jordana Brewster as Delilah Profitt
- Clea DuVall as Stokely 'Stokes' Mitchell
- Shawn Hatosy as Stan Rosado
- Laura Harris as Marybeth Louise Hutchinson
Themes
- drug dealer
- high school
- homophobia
- paranoia
- alien
- teacher
- alien invasion
- drugs
- alien infection
- social status
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
146,576 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
58%
Metacritic
61/100
- Year
- 1998
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 11 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- alien invasion
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- alien invasion
- Director
- Robert Rodriguez
- Screenwriter
- Kevin Williamson
- Cast member
- Duane Martin
- Composer
- Marco Beltrami
- Producer
- Elizabeth Avellán Ochoa
- Production company
- Dimension Films
- Cinematographer
- Enrique Chediak
- Narrative location
- Ohio
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 447467
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.miramax.com/movie/the-faculty
- Image
- Faculty-1998.png
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- publication date
- 1998-00-00
- film editor
- Robert Rodriguez
- title
- The Faculty
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- different from
- Oni
- review score
- 61/100
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