New on Blu-ray: COOLEY HIGH (1975) - Criterion Collection

Cooley High 1975 New On Bluray Criterion Collection

Product Description: The funny and authentic portrait of Black teens striving toward a brighter tomorrow, brought to life by an ensemble cast and set to a parade of Motown classics

Chicago, 1964: it’s the last weeks of high school for aspiring poet Preach (Glynn Turman) and his best friend, Cochise (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs), 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.

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Director: Michael Schultz

Starring: Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Runtime: 107 min

Rating: PG

Language: English

Studio: Criterion Collection

Home Video Release Date: December 13, 2022

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Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Region: Region A/1

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Blu-ray: LPCM Mono

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Blu-ray: English SDH

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New, restored 4K digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Michael Schultz, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
New conversation between Schultz and film scholar Racquel J. Gates
Program on the making of the film
Panel discussion from the 2019 tribute to Cooley High at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, featuring Schultz, actor and filmmaker Robert Townsend, casting director Gloria Schultz, and actors Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs and Garrett Morris
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
New cover by Manasseh Johnson, Sr.