FACULTY
Director Robert Rodriguez joined forces with Kevin Williamson, to create The Faculty, a unique science-fiction thriller wich combines teen-fears, quick comedy and breathtaking special effects.
The movie follows an unusual group of students at the Herrington Highschool. Like most of the highschools, Herrington’s glory-days are long but past. Paint is bladdering of the walls, courses are outdated. THere isn’t any money for schooltrips, new computers or a musical.
And still you can find America’s future in the hallways: leaders and loners, peasants and snobs, airheads and geniuses. Like all teenagers, these students are experiencing problems with their parents, their teachers and their hormones.The Herrington students are about to make a frightening discovery, which exceeds even their wildest suspicions. Their teachers really are from another planet and they don’t just want the best for them. The kids have to protect the school from alien invasion.The cast for the Faculty consists of a group promising young actors who already have taken their first steps in the film-business. Next to Elijah Wood, you can see Josh Hartnett, Shawn Hatosy and Laura Harris.You can also see the more experienced Robert Patrick, Famke Janssen and Salma Hayek. Without a doubt, you can already count The Faculty one of the most surprising and shocking sf-thrillers of 1999.