Stay Cool is a 2009 American comedy film directed by Ted Smith, and written by Mark and Michael Polish. The film stars Winona Ryder, Mark Polish, Hilary Duff, Sean Astin, Josh Holloway, Jon Cryer, and Chevy Chase. Henry McCarthy , the 30-something author of the popular 80s-themed novel How Lionel Got Me Laid, returns to his suburban hometown of Sacramento to deliver the commencement speech at his former high school. Despite his success as an author, Henry’s return has sparked all of the youthful dreams, desires and particularly disappointments he's never quite gotten over, specifically... his unrequited affection for the girl who is now the local pharmacist: the elusive Scarlet Smith . Between run-ins with the outcast friends he left behind – Big Girl and Wino , the school principal and a dangerously sexy senior named Shasta O’Neil who clearly has the hots for him – Henry is sent spinning through a time warp that incites all the old emotions and challenges of the world he grew up in.
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| Release date: | April 23, 2009 |
| Directed by: | Michael Polish |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 94 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jonathan Sheldon, Ken Johnson, Janet DuBois |
| Editor: | Cary Gries |
| Music by: | Ryan Franks, Scott Nickoley |
| Cinematography: | M. David Mullen |
| Screenplay by: | Mark Polish |
| Estimated budget: | $4,500,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |