# School Daze (1988)

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**Runtime**: 121 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Drama, Music
**Directed by**: Spike Lee
**Written by**: Spike Lee
**Starring**: Laurence Fishburne, Giancarlo Esposito, Tisha Campbell, Ossie Davis, Joe Seneca, Art Evans

> *A new comedy with music.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Observed the frat and sorority gangs turning homecoming into a turf war of jheri curls and loud sweaters. Frat rivalry and campus unrest collided during one chaotic weekend. Probably the closest a film got to making bell-bottoms look dangerous.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, outsider, playful

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