Dangerous Minds with Michelle Pfeiffer: DVD Cover

    Dangerous Minds Director: John N. Smith Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzundza, Courtney Vance, Robin Bartlett

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    • DVD Release Date: 07/13/1999
    • Original Release: 1995
    • Rating: Rated R
    • Sales Rank: 4,385

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    Closed Caption; Widescreen - 1.85:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital 5.1 audio; French language track - Dolby Surround; Includes "Gangsta's Paradise" performed by Coolio; Chapter search

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    1. Program Start [:31]
    2. Opening Credits [6:59]
    3. First Day of Class [5:59]
    4. New Strategy [17:41]
    5. Reading Poetry [9:49]
    6. Emilio [5:36]
    7. Choices [5:10]
    8. Poetry and Its Rewards [1:53]
    9. Dylan-Dylan Contest [5:50]
    10. At the Flowering Peach [12:47]
    11. LouAnne's Past [8:49]
    12. Remember to Knock [3:43]
    13. Choosing to Leave [5:22]
    14. Change of Heart [3:40]
    15. End Credits [4:27]

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    In this drama, a school teacher discovers that it takes more than the ABCs to get through to a class of "uneducatable" kids. When Lou Anne Johnson (Michelle Pfeiffer), a nine-year veteran of the Marine Corps with a degree in education, begins a new job at an inner-city school in California, the principal (George Dzundza) warns her that her class will be the "rejects from Hell" -- kids with severe social problems and no interest in education. While at first her African-American and Latino students scoff at Lou Anne, she ultimately gets them to open up to learning and literature, through a combination of bribery (candy bars) and intimidation (her karate training from the Marines comes in handy), and she's able to reach out to the students who need her the most: Callie (Bruklin Harris), a bright girl who believes she's thrown away her future when she becomes pregnant; Emilio (Wade Dominquez), a macho bully whose violence is stifling his academic potential; and Raul (Renoly Santiago), the brightest kid in the class, who is afraid to show his intelligence. Dangerous Minds was adapted from a memoir by Lou Anne Johnson entitled My Posse Don't Do Homework. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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    Dangerous Mindsby Anonymous

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    January 13, 2007: Exposing the urban realities of America is an essentially dirty business which Americans rather never hear about. This movie for instance is very noble in its attempt to depict the "ghetto life," but it falls short because many white teachers I have met in the inner-city are either cynical or racist or naive like the latter teacher in the movie. Many would never step inside those schools and let's be honest. The world is not fair and America is especially not fair in race relations even if we call ourselves the "land of the free, home of the brave." Hell, we have the incarceration rates the world has ever seen.

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    June 05, 2002: Beautiful and talented Michelle Pfeiffer plays Lou Anne Johnson, an ex-Marine who has a degree in education and is teaching at an inner-city school. Her entire class is made up of thugs, social misfits and other assorted characters. At first they hate her with a passion, but through the use of small bribes and slight intimidation she finally gets them to open up to her while she opens their minds. This is a pretty good film that sometimes misses the mark. Michelle Pfeiffer's character does seem a little too soft to be an ex-Marine, but her performance is sincere, top-notch and very memorable. Also features memorable performances by Bruklin Harris, Renoly Santiago & George Dzundza as a fellow teacher. Overall this is a good fiilm with nice performances and a bit of humor which helps lighten the film's premise just a little. Recommended!