Lean on Me Page #4

Synopsis: An arrogant and unorthodox teacher returns as principal to the idyllic high school from which he had earlier been fired to find it a den of drug abuse, gang violence, and urban despair. Eventually his successful but unorthodox methods lead to a clash with city officials that threatens to undo all his efforts. Based on a true story.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): John G. Avildsen
Production: Warner Home Video
  3 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
69%
PG-13
Year:
1989
108 min
5,086 Views


with juice

her name is deluce,

so check it out

look at chita,

holmes.

Let her

check me out, man.

Afraid of the girlies?

Flash some cash, boy.

Want some?

I'll give you some.

Buy her

some stupid gold.

Step off, man.

You're a joke.

Is this normal?

I'm afraid so.

Is everybody

on the list onstage?

Yes, sir.

I gave their names

to homeroom teachers.

Ladies with the crabs

let me hear you say yeah!

Who's got the crabs?

Mr. Clark.

Don't you remember me?

Kaneesha.

Kaneesha,

how are you, baby?

You know him?

Oh, we go way back.

Fifth grade.

Yeah. How are

things going?

Ok.

Just ok?

Listen, you have any problems,

come and see me.

I'm in my office

every morning at 6:00, ok?

Ok. Good to see you.

That was my elementary

school principal.

All right, people.

Settle down.

Get down

off the seats.

Settle down.

Settle down, boys and girls.

Settle down.

May i have

your attention?

Quiet.

Quiet down.

Take your seats.

You people sit down.

Sit down.

Quiet down.

I am your new principal.

My name is joe clark.

I want you to be quiet!

I want you to listen!

From here out,

there will be no smoking

in this school!

All of you who are smoking,

put out your cigarettes

on the soles of your shoes.

Put the butts

in your pockets now!

You, there. You.

Put out your cigarette.

I'm going to ask

the people onstage

to open

with our school song.

Mr. Roland.

Boy:
Do you believe

this guy?

Go, go, sing!

Suck my dick!

You sing the song.

You sing it.

Joe:
All right. That's enough,

mr. Roland.

That's enough.

I want all of you

to take a good look

at these people

on the risers behind me.

These people have been here

up to five years

and done absolutely nothing.

These people are

drug dealers and drug users.

They have taken up space.

They have disrupted

this school.

They have harassed

your teachers,

and they have

intimidated you.

Well, times are

about to change.

You will not be bothered

in joe clark's school.

Yeah!

Shh!

These people

are incorrigible,

and since none of them

could graduate anyway,

you are all expurgated.

You are dismissed.

You are out of here

forever.

I wish you well.

Oh, sh*t.

Mr. Wright.

I don't need

your school.

I'm going in

the air force, man.

Know what i'm saying?

You know

what i'm saying?

I told you, man.

You ain't nobody.

I'm gonna

get you, man.

You ain't nobody.

Next time it may be you.

If you do no better

than they did,

next time itwillbe you.

They said this school

was dead

like the cemetery

it's built on,

but we call our eastside teams

ghosts, don't we?

And what are ghosts?

Ghosts are spirits

that rise from the dead.

I want you

to be my ghosts.

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Michael Schiffer

Michael Schiffer is an American screenwriter, video game writer and film producer. Schiffer is known for such films and video games as Colors, Lean on Me, Crimson Tide, The Four Feathers, The Peacemaker and Call of Duty. more…

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