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Dangerous Minds
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7.0Former 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.
Cast
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Louanne Johnson
- George Dzundza as Hal Griffith
- Courtney B. Vance as Mr. George Grandey
- Robin Bartlett as Mrs. Carla Nichols
- Beatrice Winde as Mary Benton
- John Neville as Waiter
Themes
- high school
- california
- rap music
- karate
- naval officer
- teacher
- based on memoir or autobiography
- amusement park
- schoolteacher
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Ratings
IMDb
6.5/10
59,521 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
36%
Metacritic
46/100
- Year
- 1995
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 6 wins & 8 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- John N. Smith
- Screenplay by
- Ronald Bass
- Based on
- My Posse Don't Do Homework , by LouAnne Johnson
- Produced by
- Don Simpson , Jerry Bruckheimer
- Starring
- Michelle Pfeiffer George Dzundza
- Cinematography
- Pierre Letarte
- Edited by
- Tom Rolf
- Music by
- Wendy & Lisa
- Production companies
- Hollywood Pictures , Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films
- Distributed by
- Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
- Release date
- August 11, 1995 ( 1995-08-11 )
- Running time
- 99 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $23 million
- Box office
- $179.5 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 94
- FilmAffinity ID
- 872398
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- publication date
- 1996-01-04
- title
- Dangerous Minds
- review score
- 47/100
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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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