Lean on Me

     

Lean on Me1989

Director: John G. Avildsen
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, Robert Guillaume, Alan North, Lynne Thigpen
Genre: Action, Drama
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 108 minutes

Rocky director John Avildsen championed the briefly famous New Jersey high school principal Joe Clark in this upbeat 1989 drama. Morgan Freeman plays the tough-love educator who wields a baseball bat and bullhorn to keep discipline in his hallways a… more »


Joe Clark:
[at the first teachers' meeting] You are now my chief custodian, Reverend Slappy. You will scour this building clean. Any graffiti that goes up, comes off the next day. Is that clear? Detention students can help you. Let them scrub this place for a while, discover what a fine living you make doing this. And tear down those cages in the cafeteria! If we treat our students like animals, that's exactly how they'll behave!

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