Lean on Me Page #7

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
5,121 Views


You're not gonna get

a moment's rest.

I'm gonna be on your case

every minute.

You mess up just once,

and you're out of here.

You understand me?

Do you understand me?

Yes, sir.

Now, go on

back downstairs.

All right, people.

Let's settle down in here.

Now, settle down,

quiet down.

Let those who are trying to

eat their lunch digest.

Robert, boy, you had lunch

at fourth period. Go on.

If mr. O'malley didn't

do anything, mr. Clark won't.

Louisa, you're looking

mighty good today.

Gonna have to tell

these boys to watch out.

You kids

having any problems?

Yeah. She is.

Tell him.

Louisa?

Why do i have

to take home ec?

I want to take auto shop.

I have brothers and sisters.

My mother works.

I've been cooking

for 11 years.

Does it look

like i don't cook?

I want you to take this

to mr. O'malley.

You know how much

auto mechanics make?

$17 an hour.

Boy:
That girl

right there, man.

Yo, sweetheart. Right here.

I got hunger pains, baby.

You could be my lunch.

Boy, get off this table!

Get your hormones together!

It ain't hormones.

She's fly, man.

She's a fox.

I just saw you with your

arms around clarisse.

You honked off

with that skeezer?

No, i never-

check it out.

It was only one time.

Chill out, man!

Richard, for your first job

as class president,

i want to build

an atrium.

Track me down tomorrow.

We'll talk about it.

Don't worry about it.

How you doin', brother?

Good to see you.

Oh, you, hey!

Yes, mr. Clark?

What's your name?

Kid ray.

How you doin'?

Nice suit.

Just like you,

mr. Clark.

Got to

look the part.

These kids don't

understand that.

Hey!

Sams, put it back!

Put it back!

How many times have

i told you, boy?

Put something in

your head, not on it.

Pull your pants up!

Show some dignity!

Have some sense!

What's he doing

hanging out with you seniors?

You're providing

a deleterious influence here.

Mr. Clark,

he's my cousin.

We was just

goin' over music.

Music, huh?

Come here.

Let me have your attention.

Everyone quiet down!

I want all radios off

instantaneously.

All radios off.

I want all of you

to look at this...

slovenly, sloppy boy here...

as an example

of how not to dress.

Now, if you

look like this

when you look in your mirrors

in the morning,

find something else

to put on.

Self-respect permeates

every aspect of your lives.

If you don't have it

for yourselves,

you're not going to get it

from anywhere.

Now, to prove

their self-respect,

mr. Sams and his friends here-

you boys stand up.

I'm going to

pound him.

Mr. Sams and his friends

are going to sing

our school song.

I want

absolute silence.

No one

is permitted to move

during the singing

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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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