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Mood:
- AtmosphericSincereEmotionalRoughUplifting
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Plot:
- Dedicated EducatorHardcase StudentsHuman SpiritIdealismTeachers and StudentsHigh School LifeTeenage LifeHopes more...
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Genres:
- Drama
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century80s
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Place:
- High SchoolUrban
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Audience:
- Teens
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Based on:
- BiographyBased on True Story
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Flag:
- Mild Violent Content
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Lean on Me, 1989
English, Spanish, Portuguese
USA
Profile of Lean on Me
The mood of Lean on Me is atmospheric, sincere, and uplifting. The plot centers around hardcase students, a dedicated educator, and idealism. It is a drama movie. In approach, Lean on Me is serious and realistic. It takes place, at least partly, at a high school and in an urban environment. It happens in the 1980s. Lean on Me is drawn from a biography and originally a true story. It is especially suggested for teens. Note that it includes mild violent content.
Summary of Lean on Me
Based on actual events, director John G. Avildsen's Lean on Me tells the story of Joe Clark (Morgan Freeman), a tough and radical disciplinarian hired to save the worst school in Paterson, New Jersey. Eastside High School is in trouble--the once exemplary school is now failing miserably. Graffitti lines the halls, gangs and drugs rule the school, and teachers and students live in perpetual fear. In one school year, Clark is challenged to turn the snake pit of a school into a halfway civilized place of learning, populated by decent students. To make sure his students pass a basic proficiency exam, Clark resorts to what some believe to be questionable methods--including wandering the halls threateningly with a baseball bat--to restore order to his school. Clark's extreme tactics also include firing teachers for talking back, forcing students to sing the school song on demand, and locking out students known to be drug dealers. Freeman delivers an astonishing performance as the tough-as-nails principal who became a national hero and symbol for tough-love education.
Details
| Language: | English, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 3 March 1989 |
| Runtime: | 108 min |
Cast and Crew
as Principal Joe Clark
as Dr. Frank Napier
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