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Dangerous Minds

5.9

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Original title

Dangerous Minds

Year

1995

Running time

99 min.

Country

United States

Director

John N. Smith

Screenwriter

Ronald Bass. Autobiography: Lou Anne Johnson

Cast

Music

Lisa Coleman

Cinematography

Pierre Letarte

Producer

Hollywood Pictures, Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films, Via Rosa Productions

Genre

Drama | Teen/coming-of-age. Schools & University. Education

Synopsis

Former Marine LouAnne Johnson (Michelle Pfeiffer) leaves an officer's commission and a nine-year military career to pursue her dream of becoming an English teacher. But while earning her credentials at a Northern California high school, she is assigned to a group of students who change her life forever. And she changes theirs. Although each of her charges exhibits a seemingly inpenetrable facade, these kids are desperate to connect with someone who cares about them. As their new instructor, the feisty Ms. Johnson defies all the rules, creates her own curriculum and instructs this class of tough, inner-city teenagers from college-level texts. Frustrated that her students, whose standardized test scores range from average to excellent, have come to accept failure as a way of life, she cajoles and tricks them, even bribes them, into learning. More important, she loves them and helps them to believe in themselves, in their spirit and their potential.

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Dangerous Minds

1995

John N. Smith

5.9

(21,616)