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Gym Teacher: The Movie
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Wikipedia article
'Gym Teacher: The Movie' is a 2008 American-Canadian sports comedy film produced by Pacific Bay Entertainment. It stars Christopher Meloni, Nathan Kress, Amy Sedaris, David Alan Grier and Chelah Horsdal. It premiered on September 12, 2008.
Plot
David "Dave" Stewie (Christopher Meloni) 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 (Nathan Kress) 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 (Amy Sedaris) is the principal who carries "a Filipino fighting stick" to assault night prowlers lurking after school, and Morgan (Brenna O'Brien), Champ (Avan Jogia) and Derrick (Jordan Becker), who are students of the school.
Cast
*Christopher Meloni as Coach David "Dave" Stewie
*Nathan Kress as Roland Waffle
*Amy Sedaris as Principal Abigail "Abby" Hoffman
*David Alan Grier as Coach Shelly Bragg
*Chelah Horsdal as Winnie Bleeker
*Brenna O'Brien as Morgan
*Avan Jogia as Champ Townsend
*Jordan Becker as Derrick
*Alexia Fast as Susie Salisbury
*Ellie Harvie as Ms. Shoenbourg
*Caitlyn Jenner (Credited as Bruce Jenner) as Bruce Jenner
*Chris Kattan as ESPN Announcer / Sploopers Show Host
*Georgie Henley as Lucy Baker
Production
Film was produced by Pacific Bay Entertainment and was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia; all school scenes were filmed at Templeton Secondary School.
DVD release
The DVD of the film was released on February 3, 2009 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.
References
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