Dangerous Minds Movie Review 1995

Based on the autobiography of LouAnne Johnson (Pfeiffer), a 10-year Marine turned inspirational inner-city high school English teacher. Naturally, Johnson has to take on the establishment educational system to fight for her kids. If you can buy Pfeiffer as an ex-jarhead, a tough teacher should be no problem. A subplot romance involving Pfeiffer and Andy Garcia was cut from the film to focus on the teacher/student byplay (which seems a real shame); Elaine May did a uncredited script rewrite. Kinda squishy and surprisingly successful.

Distribution

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 500 S. Buena Vista St., Burbank, CA 91521-1120, Toll-free: 800-723-4763, URL: http://www.bvhe.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 99 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Urban Drama, High School, True Stories, Teen Angst, Dedicated Teachers, Producers: Bruckheimer/Simpson

Screenplay

Ronald Bass

Cast

Michelle Pfeiffer, George Dzundza, Courtney B. Vance, Robin Bartlett, Renoly Santiago, Lorraine Toussaint, John Neville

Cinematography

Pierre Letarte

Director

John N. Smith

Producer

Don Simpson, Jerry Bruckheimer, Lucas Foster, Hollywood Pictures, Buena Vista

Awards

Blockbuster 1996: Drama Actress, T. (Pfeiffer).