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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.
Mar 3, 1989 · Lean on Me: Directed by John G. Avildsen. With Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume, Alan North. The dedicated but tyrannical Joe Clark is appointed the principal of a decaying inner-city school he is determined to improve by any and all means.
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- Biography, Drama
- John G. Avildsen
- 1989-03-03
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- John G. Avildsen
- PG-13
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In this fact-based film, a New Jersey superintendent, Dr. Frank Napier (Robert Guillaume), watches helplessly as East Side High becomes the lowest-ranked school in the state. With nowhere else to...
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- John G. Avildsen
- PG-13
- Morgan Freeman
Roger Ebert criticizes the film's portrayal of Joe Clark, a real-life principal who whipped a New Jersey high school into shape, as a troubled, arrogant and abrasive character. He argues that the film glorifies violence and intimidation, and fails to show how learning can take place under Clark's reign.
Synopsis. African-American history teacher Joe Clark (Morgan Freeman) instructs enthusiastic teenagers at Eastside High School in 1967 Paterson, New Jersey. His class is interrupted by fellow African-American teacher Frank Napier (Robert Guillaume), who alerts Joe that their union is holding a meeting without them.
Overview. 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.
