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Higher Learning

1995 film

Bill Simmons · Van Lathan · Wesley Morris

Aired February 19, 2020

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Kicking and Screaming

Apex Mountain

Jason Wiles; Carlos Jacott; the Bad Reputation singer; would-be-professor tweed-jacket look; Eric Stoltz's clout; Prague as an unseen movie destination

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  • Jason Wiles may be the all-time Apex Mountain the category has covered, ripping off this and 90210 at once. — Bill Simmons
  • Josh Hamilton has had a respected career; since the movie did not do well, his Apex might instead be a supporting role like Alive. — Chris Ryan
  • Carlos Jakat, a Bombach friend who shows up in his later movies, gets an Apex Mountain yes; the food-in-his-beer scene is the biggest laugh.
  • Bombach no; Chris Aigman probably not, since Barcelona may be his best and showiest performance, though this one is sweeter. — Bill Simmons
  • Olivia Diabo no, because of The Wonder Years. — Bill Simmons
  • Fridi Johnson yes, for his song ending a movie out for 25 years, recalled alongside Can You Fly and Village Voice hype.
  • Jessica Heck's great career includes being on Friends when this came out.
  • Whether it is Apex Mountain for non-over-the-top college movies is debated against Animal House, Old School, Everybody Wants Some, Shithouse, School Days, Higher Learning and Blue Chips; it is only "definitely in the conversation."
  • The would-be-professor tweed-jacket look is the Apex Mountain of that style, with sport coats also in Bright Lights Big City and The Last Days of Disco. — Andy Greenwald
  • Eric Stoltz: a year after Pulp Fiction, the movie could only be made with him, so it is the Apex Mountain of his clout and the best use of him. — Andy Greenwald
  • Prague as a movie destination never actually seen is the pick, noting Arthur Phillips's novel Prague about people in Budapest. — Andy Greenwald
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