The plot, the roles and the actors who performed them: "Faculty"

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

The horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez in 1998 and still included in the rating of the best films of this genre is "The Teaching Staff". The actors ("Faculty" - the title given to the picture by the Russian box office), who played the main roles in this project, later became stars of the first magnitude.

Movie plot

The action of the picture takes place in an ordinary college, which has become the scene of incredible events.

Main characters:

• Casey Connor (Elijah Wood) - local A student;
• Zeke (Josh Hartnett) is a handsome heartthrob who sells drugs to students;
• Dalila Profitt (Jordana Brewster) - local newspaper editor;
• Marybeth (Laura Harris) - new girl;
• Stan (Sean Hatoshi) - captain of the college team;
• Stokely (Clea DuVall) - emo girl.

One day, Casey finds a strange non-existent creature on the sports field behind the college building. Trying to find out what it is, he connects Delilah to the search. She took part ininvestigation, hoping for a sensational report. In the process of collecting information, children encounter inappropriate behavior from teachers and parents.

New Marybeth and Zeke accidentally run into a couple of "detectives" in the zoology room and are attacked by a vile arthropod-like creature. To aggravate the horror of the situation, the teacher's corpse falls out of the closet… The guys are shocked. They realize that they are alone against crazy or possessed adults.

"Faculty" (film): actors

Casey Connor was played by Elijah Wood, an actor later known for the film "The Lord of the Rings". He was born in the USA in 1981. Elijah has a brother and a sister. The actor's family has Danish, German and English roots.

The boy loved to perform in public since childhood. When he grew up, his mother gave him to a modeling agency, where he was immediately noticed. The actor begins acting in commercials and episodic roles in films. Before his "star" year, the artist worked with such Hollywood luminaries as Don Johnson, Melanie Griffith and Kevin Costner. He is known as a professional in his field and other wonderful actors. "Faculty" is proof of this.

Josh Harnett played Zeke, a badass guy who is a girl's favorite. The actor was born into an ordinary American family, fond of hippie culture. As a child, he dreamed of becoming a football player, but after an injury, this was not destined to come true. After participating in the school production of "Tom Sawyer" Josh realized that he wanted to become an actor. He even entered the university for the correspondingfaculty, but after studying for six months, he left. The turning point in the artist's career was the role of the son of the main character (Lee Curtis) in the movie "Halloween: 20 years later." Since then, the actor has been in demand in Hollywood and has a number of national awards and nominations that talented actors receive. "Faculty" also did not escape the attention of critics of the film academy.

Jordana Brewster, who played Delilah Profitt, was born in 1990 to a banker and a Brazilian model. She is fluent in English and Portuguese. The actress played in American and South American TV series. Known for roles in the telenovela "Dallas" and the films "Fast and the Furious" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." These are the actors who starred in the film.

"Faculty": interesting facts about the film

Actually, the title of the film is translated as "Teaching staff", but the title "Faculty" is firmly established in the Russian box office.

The director borrowed the idea for the film from the movie "The Thing".

One of the episodic roles is played by the director's sister.