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  1. Lean on Me
    PG-131989 · Drama · 1h 48m

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  1. Lean on Me. (film) 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, a real life inner city high school principal in Paterson, New Jersey, whose school is in danger of being placed into receivership of the New ...

  2. 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.

  3. Roger Ebert March 03, 1989. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Joe Clark is a real man who really did whip a New Jersey high school into shape. I know this because I have been told it a dozen times in the past week by people who think that explains the behavior of "Joe Clark," the hero of "Lean on Me."

  4. 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.

  5. Synopsis. 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.

  6. 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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    • Biography, Drama
    • PG-13
  7. Lean on Me. Based on the true story of New Jersey high school principal Joe Clark ,who wins the support and respect of his students for his controversialmethods… 6,503 IMDb 7.4 1 h 48 min 1989. X-Ray PG-13. Drama · Bold · Inspiring · Sentimental. Available to rent or buy. Rent movie. HD $3.99 $3.79. Buy. HD $13.59. More purchase. options.

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