''American High School'' is a 2009 American

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coming-of-age

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film written and directed by

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and starring

Jillian Murray Jillian Murray is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Portlyn on ''Sonny with a Chance'', Olivia on MTV's ''Awkward'', Gwen Adams in '' American High School'', Lex Mitchell in ''Forget Me Not'', Brandi Cox in '' Wild Things: Four ...

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and

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. It was released on April 7, 2009, in the United States.

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makes a guest appearance as the performer at the

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Plot

It is the final week of senior year at American High School and Gwen Adams considers divorcing her new husband Holden Adams, whom she married because her rival Hilary Weiss is also trying to be his girlfriend. She faces the problems created by Hilary's plot to become

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queen and decides to run for prom queen herself. The married couple are caught having sex by Principal Mann. The principal faces forced resignation and hatches a plan with Gwen, another teacher and some other students, to get her job back from Ms. Apple. She is later crowned Prom Queen (albeit by shredding Hilary's votes earlier), she dumps her husband and decides she is leaving town and so is now finally free of Hilary. As the film ends, Hilary is shown getting rejected by the male students because of her promiscuous behavior.

Cast

as Gwen Adams *

as Holden Adams *

as Hilary Weiss *

as Principal Mann * Nikki Schieler Ziering as Ms. Apple *

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as Jonny Awesome *

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as Dixie * Pat Jankiewicz as Mr. Seuss *

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as Kip Dick *

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as Zoey * James E. Foley as Matt Mysterio *

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as Trixie *

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as Tee-Pee *

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as Jo Awesome * Madison Dylan as Candi

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:American High School 2000s coming-of-age films 2000s high school films 2009 romantic comedy films 2000s sex comedy films 2000s teen comedy films 2000s teen romance films 2009 direct-to-video films 2009 films American coming-of-age films American high school films American romantic comedy films American sex comedy films American teen comedy films American teen romance films Coming-of-age comedy films Coming-of-age romance films Direct-to-video comedy films 2000s English-language films Films shot in Los Angeles County, California Films about proms 2000s American films