The Teenage Textbook Movie
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The Teenage Textbook Movie | |
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promotional poster for The Teenage Textbook Movie |
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Directed by | Phillip Lim |
Produced by | Jonathan Foo |
Written by | Philip Lim Haresh Sharma Edmund Tan |
Starring | Melody Chen Caleb Goh Lim Hwee Sze Chong Chee Kin |
Editing by | Walter Tan |
Distributed by | Cathay |
Release date(s) | November, 1998 |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Singapore |
Language | English |
Budget | $230,000 (estimated) |
The Teenage Textbook Movie is a film adaptation of Adrian Tan’s bestselling 1988 novel The Teenage Textbook. It is a lighthearted look at four Singapore students as they start junior college.
The film was well-received critically and topped the Singapore box office for four weeks, beating Hollywood offerings. Its stars, who were unknowns, eventually became household names on television. Its soundtrack was all-Singaporean, a first for English-language Singapore films.
[edit] Plot
When Mui Ee (Melody Chen) attends fictitious Paya Lebar Junior College with her best friend Sissy Song (Lim Hwee Sze), she encounters a new life form: boys. There are many, but only one will win her heart.