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Michael Highman is the most popular guy in school, at least until a beautiful new transfer student turns him down for a date in front of the whole student body.
Michael Highman is the most popular guy in school, at least until a beautiful new transfer student turns him down for a date in front of the whole student body. Mike's popularity plummets as he makes one PR mistake after another, until he finds himself at the bottom of the social ladder. His only chance to get back on top will be at open mic night, a yearly forum for student creativity, and perhaps Mike's last opportunity to be honest with everyone, including himself.
- Directed by Cliff McClelland
- Written by Cliff McClelland
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Produced by
Bob DeVoll
Richard Jernigan
Kathi Tregilgas
Tom Zembrod - Running Time 94 min
- Release Date 2007
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Country
United States of America
- Content Rating Intended Audience: family
- Website Open Mike Night
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Written by Cliff McClelland
Produced by Bob DeVoll
Richard Jernigan
Kathi Tregilgas
Tom Zembrod
Cast Andrew Jernigan:
Adriana Torres:
Brent Archie:
Ken Johnson:
Clayton Claridy:
Shannon Oliver:
Andi Dwelle:
Dane Hellyer:
Kristen Gehring:
Haley Ballas:
Sarah Price:
Emily Rahm:
Gary Walters:
Brandi Gillespie:
Brett Hellyer:
Byron Neumann:
Erin Wessley:
Ashley Bonner:
Abby Glantz:
Kim Carlton:
Camilla Correa:
Colleen Washington:
Zach Wilson:
Tommy Eubanks:
Tom Zembrod:
T.J. Daniel:
Daniel Lazar:
Barbara Myers:
Harry Everett:
Tom Reisenbichler:
Chad Clayton:
Mark Brown:
Darrell Muncy:
Kelly Kohls:
Chuck Sheffield:
Shelby Martinez:
Laura Markham:
Marie Rotello:
Amanda Steinberg:
Laura Hoffman:
Lizzi Loving:
Krystal Robinson:
Kristy Anderson:
Shelley Jackson:
Daniel Levy:
Ret Little:
Richard Jernigan:
Greg Lee:
J.J. Wray:
Melissa Duchin:
Laura Jane Cunningham:
Morgan McDorman:
George Hademenos:
Teresa Perdue:
Jim Nelson:
William Stevens:
Cody Warren:
Apryl Gain:
John Wing:
Alicia Powers:
Mihoko Nakashige:
Josh DeGroote:
Trey Pratt:
Lenny:
Caleb Jones:
Toby Meeks:
Jasmine Johnson:
Christian Sly:
Kim Matzdorf:
Mandy Murphy:
Tracy Fisher:
John Chance:
Haley Rosenberg:
Kathi Tregilgas:
Tom Zembrod:
Tull Rea:
Ben Epstein:
Katie Rutenbar:
Cliff McClelland:
Emanuel Meloul:
Matthew Schwartz:
Jillian Glantz:
Apryl Gain:
Crystal Green:
Hannah Daniel:
Megan Stevenson:
Lily Patterson:
Nathan Harris:
Kathy Lee:
Mollie Johnson:
Maur Sela:
David Bodzin:
Jeremy Evans:
Emanuel Meloul:
Hassan Barzani:
Michelle Golan:
Ashton Hamm:
Melissa Jacobs:
Daniel Lazar:
Richard May:
Matt Roos:
Derya Songur:
David Van Vranken:
John Wade:
Mara Eckel:
Courtney Pena:
Cliff McClelland:
Open Mike Night is one of the first films ever to be entirely produced by a high school. They began the process in the spring of 2005, with a visit from two professionals in the business. David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express) came in and talked to the student crew about filming a movie, and Marcia Gay Harden talked to the student actors about being in movies. The writer/director, Cliff McClelland, wrote the script over the summer, cut it down to size, and put it into production during the winter break and into January of 2006. After some re-shoots and ADR, McClelland worked with three student editors to get a rough cut done by May, 2006 for a preview sponsored by Valley View Mall, and then then spent another year-and-a-half by himself to get the final edit completed.
With the cost of video filmmaking going down at almost the same rate as the quality of video is rising, the future of movies is open for anyone who has a good story and the willpower to turn it into a ninety-minute film. Last year, I had the opportunity to witness this first-hand when my principal, Bob DeVoll, gave me the chance and the money to finance a low-budget movie to be produced entirely by Richardson High School students and teachers. I worked on the script over the summer, and then the parents of interested students got together and fund-raised for the rest of the money it would take to make this happen. We worked countless hours, as any production company does, and at the end of the year, Valley View Mall in Dallas, Texas donated two of their movie theatre spaces to show a rough cut of the project. Sometimes the sound wasn't perfect, sometimes the lighting was a little strange (hey, it was a rough cut), but we had a story on the screen, and a good story at that. It was student actors and student technicians that made this happen, with very little help from anyone but their teachers. The future of filmmaking is here, Hollywood; the future of filmmaking is Richardson High School.
