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Release Date:
March 3, 1989
Original Title:
Lean On Me
Alternate Titles:
Apóyate en mí
Escuela de rebeldes
Lean on me - Joe Clark gibt nicht auf
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Norman Twain Productions
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: PG DE: 16 GB: 15 NL: 12 US: PG-13
Runtime: 108
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. Autocratic to a fault, this real-life educator put it all on the line.
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Director:
John G. Avildsen
Director of Photography:
Victor Hammer
Editor:
John G. Avildsen
Executive Producer:
John G. Avildsen
Original Music Composer:
Bill Conti
Producer:
Norman Twain
Writer:
Michael Schiffer
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