Lean On Me
Eastside High was out of control...until Joe Clark took it back.
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Release Date
3/3/1989Runtime
108 minsGenres
Overview
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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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$10,000,000Revenue
$31,906,454Homepage
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A forceful drama about one man's confrontational push to reclaim a school from decay and disorder. It's equal parts inspiring and uncomfortable, you're watching someone bend the rules to save an institution, and the film doesn't entirely let you off the hook about the cost.
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Morgan Freeman
Principal Joe Clark
Beverly Todd
Ms. Levias
Robert Guillaume
Dr. Frank Napier
Ethan Phillips
Mr. Rosenberg
Lynne Thigpen
Leonna Barrett
Michael Beach
Mr. Darnell
Tony Todd
Mr. William Wright
Karen Malina White
Kaneesha Carter
Alan North
Mayor Don Bottman
Robin Bartlett
Mrs. Elliott
Sandra Reaves-Phillips
Mrs. Powers
Sloane Shelton
Mrs. Hamilton
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