In Pop Culture
Regis High School has been used in several television shows and movies:
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent—Season Six, Episode Two, "Tru Love."
- Rock group Of A Revolution (O.A.R.) filmed the music video for their song "Lay Down," which is featured on their 2005 album Stories of a Stranger, at Regis High School.
- The 2000 film Finding Forrester features the school building to represent the Mailor Academy.
- Classroom scene in Prince of the City.
- Regis High School inspired the atmosphere and setting of the play Child's Play by Robert Marasco, who was a teacher there in the 1960s.
- Director Allen Coulter filmed his movie Remember Me at the school in July 2009. Actor Pierce Brosnan was also there during filming.
- On July 30, 2009, auditions were held in the Regis upper gym for a new movie starring Queen Latifah called 'Just Wright.
- On August 6, 2009, Common, a well known rapper and actor, visited the school building in anticipation of his role in the film ''Just Wright.
- On January 8, 2012, Regis appeared as Alicia Florrick's children's private school in Season 3 Episode 12 "Alienation of Affection" of The Good Wife.
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