| Class of 1984 (1981 Film), Class of '63 (1973 Film) | |
| Class of 1999 II: The Substitute (1994 Film), Class of Fear (1991 Film) |
| Class of 1999 | |
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| Directed by | Mark L. Lester |
| Written by | C. Courtney Joyner Bradley Gregg |
| Starring | Bradley Gregg Traci Lind Malcolm McDowell Stacey Keach Patrick Kilpatrick Pam Grier John P. Ryan Darren E. Burrows Joshua John Miller |
| Distributed by | Lightning Pictures |
| Release date(s) | May 11, 1990 |
| Running time | 99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5,200,000 |
| Box office | $2,459,895 (domestic) [1] |
Class of 1999 is a 1990 science fiction film directed by Mark L. Lester. It is the director's follow-up to his 1982 film Class of 1984.
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Set in the future, youth gang violence is so high that the areas around some schools have become "free fire zones", into which not even the Police will venture. When Dr. Miles Langford (Malcolm McDowell), the Principal of Kennedy High School, decides to take his school back from the gangs, robotics specialist Dr. Robert Forrest (Stacy Keach) provides "tactical education units". These human-like androids have been programmed to teach and are supplied with weapons to discipline trouble-makers. The androids soon overstep their authority, causing the students to fight back.
The film was shot at Lincoln High School (Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle) and is visible on Google Streetview. In the introduction of the movie the school is clearly visible as a heavily secured area with two guard towers on top of the stairs leading to the entrance.
Class of 1999 was initially released on VHS via Vestron Video in 1991 and was later withdrawn. The film was released on DVD in other territories such as Korea and Australia. Lionsgate released the film on DVD for the first time in the USA on September 16, 2008 and again in 2012 as part of a 8 horror film DVD set.
The film was nominated for Young Artist Award (Joshua John Miller).
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