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Lean On Me (1989)
Director: John G. Avildsen
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume, Ethan Phillips
Runtime108 min
Rating15
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When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to turn the school around, he expels suspected drug dealers, padlocks doors and demands effort and results from students, staff and parents. Autocratic to a fault, this real-life educator put it all on the line.
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Directed by John G. Avildsen, Lean On Me (1989) is an inspirational drama that showcases the powerful performance of Morgan Freeman as a principal determined to turn around a struggling inner-city school through unconventional and at times controversial methods, making it a must-see for fans of character-driven stories about educational reform.
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Lean on Me is a 1989 American biographical drama film directed by John G. Avildsen, written by Michael Schiffer, and starring Morgan Freeman. It is based on the story of Joe Louis Clark, an inner city high school principal in Paterson, New Jersey, whose school Eastside High is in danger of being placed into receivership of the New Jersey state government unless students improve their test scores on the New Jersey Minimum Basic Skills Test.
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