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Dangerous Minds

1995 · Film · 99 min

  • Drama

Plot

Former Marine Louanne Johnson lands a gig teaching in a pilot program for bright but underachieving teens at a notorious inner-city high school. After having a terrible first day, she decides she must throw decorum to the wind. When Johnson returns to the classroom, she does so armed with a no-nonsense attitude informed by her military training and a fearless determination to better the lives of her students -- no matter what the cost.

About Dangerous Minds

Dangerous Minds is a 1995 American drama film directed by John N. Smith, written by Ronald Bass, and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. It is based on the 1992 autobiography My Posse Don't Do Homework by retired U.S. Marine LouAnne Johnson, who in 1989 took up a teaching position at Carlmont High School in Belmont, California, where most of her students were African-American and Latino teenagers from East Palo Alto, a racially segregated and economically deprived city. Michelle Pfeiffer stars as Johnson. Critical reviews were mixed, with some critics praising Pfeiffer's performance but criticizing the screenplay as contrived and full of stereotypes. The film grossed $179.5 million and spawned a short-lived television series.

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Cast

  • Michelle PfeifferLouanne Johnson
  • George DzundzaHal Griffith
  • Courtney B. VanceMr. George Grandey
  • Robin BartlettMrs. Carla Nichols
  • Beatrice WindeMary Benton
  • John NevilleWaiter
  • Lorraine ToussaintIrene Roberts
  • Renoly SantiagoRaul Sanchero
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