Gym Teacher: The Movie | |
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Directed by | Paul Dinello |
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Music by | Daniel Licht |
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Original language | English |
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Producer | Scott McAboy |
Cinematography | Attila Szalay |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
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Budget | $3 million[ citation needed] |
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Network | Nickelodeon |
Release | September 12, 2008 |
Gym Teacher: The Movie is a 2008 sports comedy television film directed by Paul Dinello, starring Christopher Meloni, Amy Sedaris, David Alan Grier, and Nathan Kress. The film premiered on Nickelodeon on September 12, 2008. [1]
David "Dave" Stewie is a middle school PE teacher who sees a forthcoming award as a way to redeem himself of his greatest regret, a failure to make the 1988 US Olympic Team. Meanwhile, Roland Waffle is a new transfer student who is completely non-athletic and wears a helmet at all times due to his mother worrying he will get hurt. Abigail "Abby" Hoffman is the principal who carries " a Filipino fighting stick" to assault night prowlers lurking after school, and Morgan, Champ and Derrick, who are students of the school.
The film was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia; [2] all school scenes were filmed at Templeton Secondary School.[ citation needed]
The film was released on DVD on February 3, 2009, by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. [3]