Dangerous Minds is a 1995 American drama film directed by John N. Smith, and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. It is based on the autobiography of US Marine LouAnne Johnson, who took a teaching position at Carlmont High School in Belmont, California, in 1989, where most of his students were teenagers African-American and Latin from East Palo Alto, a poor, racially divided, economically poor city. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer as Johnson, the film was released to a mixed critical reception to the most negative, but it became a surprise box office success in the summer of 1995, leading to the creation of a short-lived television series.
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Plot
LouAnne Johnson (Michelle Pfeiffer), a US seaman, applies for high school teaching jobs, and is surprised and delighted to be offered the position immediately. However, the next day to start teaching, she found herself confronted with tough and sullen adolescent classes, all from underdeveloped and underprivileged backgrounds, involved in gang warfare and drugs, resolutely refusing to get involved with anything. They soon gave the nickname "White Bread" to LouAnne, because of his race and obvious lack of authority, which LouAnne responded by returning the next day with a leather jacket and teaching them karate. The students showed interest in the activity, but soon returned to their previous behavior when LouAnne tried to teach the curriculum.
Desperate to reach students LouAnne designed a classroom exercise that teaches similar principles to a determined job, but uses themes and languages ​​that appeal to street students. He also tries to motivate them by giving them all of A's value from the beginning of the year, and on the grounds that the only thing required of them is that they defend it. To introduce them to poetry, LouAnne uses Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" lyrics to teach symbolism and metaphors; after this was accomplished, he proceeded to Dylan Thomas "Do not go soft to a good night". LouAnne rewards students freely, using candies, gift incentives, and trips to the playground. His method attracted the anger of school authority, George Grandey (Courtney B. Vance) and Carla Nichols (Robin Bartlett), who tried to force him to remain in the curriculum.
Certain individual students attract LouAnne's attention to their personal problems. Raul Sanchero (Renoly Santiago) is a well-meaning son who is often involved in gang warfare and street crime. LouAnne tried to encourage her to focus by giving a special visit to her family to congratulate her on her job, and to go out to dinner with her as a way of instilling confidence and self-esteem. Emilio Ramirez (Wade Dominguez) is his most troublesome personal project, for he strongly believes in a sense of personal honor that prevents him from asking for help. When LouAnne discovered that her life was in danger because of a personal grudge held by a recently freed thug, she tried to protect her. He advised him to seek help from Principal Grandey. The next day, Emilio visits Grandey, but Grandey (not realizing that Emilio is in serious danger) immediately refuses him because he ignores knocking on Grandey's door before entering his office. Feeling rejected, Emilio left school and was later killed by his enemy. Frustrated by his failure to protect Emilio and anger at the indifferent school system for contributing to his death, LouAnne announced to his class his intention to leave school at the end of the academic year. The students immediately broke up, begging him not to leave. Filled with the look of their uncontrollable emotions, she decides to stay.
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Cast
Production
Dangerous Mind is one of the last films from producer Don Simpson. Andy GarcÃÆ'a filmed the scene as a love interest of Michelle Pfeiffer, but this was cut before the release of the film. The actual school where LouAnne Johnson taught, Carlmont High School in Belmont, Calif., Is considered the filming location, but most shoots finish in Burbank, California at Warner Bros.. Burlingame High School in Burlingame is used as a filming location for all outer scenes. The theme park scene was performed in Santa Cruz, California, on the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.
Release
box office
Dangerous Minds was released on August 11, 1995, in the United States. This is a direct box office success, grossing a total of $ 179,519,401 worldwide.
Critical reception
Dangerous Mind receive reviews are generally mixed to negative. The film is ranked as "rotten" in Rotten Tomatoes with a 29% positive approval rating (with 11 of 38 critics giving positive reviews), an average score of 4.7/10. At Metacritic, the film holds a score of 47 out of 100 samples from 18 reviews, indicating "mixed or average review".
Janet Maslin in The New York Times wrote: "Not many things will look better on paper than Michelle Pfeiffer, but LouAnne Johnson's role is one of them... Wrong and degrading film in this genre is not but dangerous Dangerous Minds are in more ways than some real talent.Ms Pfeiffer is a much better actress than this one-dimensional character allows her to be... Do not think about any complaints that can be made about LouAnne's teaching method: he rewards students with bribes, flirt with patronizing and gives cruel and unusual punishments while analyzing the subtext of 'Mr. Tambourine Man'... Children turn into angels, straight from center casting... The show is the same as that made possible by the material, but Ronald Bass's scenario is not much surprise trade. "
Kenneth Turan at Los Angeles Times wrote: "While films are admired for making real fantasies, some managing the opposite, unwanted types of alchemy, transforming involves reality into meaningless piffles.This is the kind of regrettable transformation that dangerous Minds reaches... none, with the exception of the appearance of Pfeiffer, seems even somewhat evident.This is especially true for the overly melodramatic movie climactic event, a false tragedy that does not occur in books and have been written on it... Given how little opportunity for women to bring the film, and with the opportunity to be a positive role model thrown into the bargain, it's not surprising to find Pfeiffer starring in Dangerous Minds , and he can be trusted like a movie that allows it. But if it involves the subject matter is the best star of kemampua nnya big enough, the current actress has worse than we have imagined. "
Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times wrote: "We have seen this basic story before, in Standing and Releasing , Relying on Me , Teachers , Dead Poets Society , etc. This version is less interesting... Pfeiffer, who is a good actress, does with this material what he can... Miss Johnson the original did not use Dylan but the lyrics of rap songs to make the class interested in poetry... What has happened in the book-to-film transition of LouAnne Johnson's book is revealed.The film pretends to show poor black children. bribed to read-write by Dylan and candy bars, but in fact it is a white crossover audience bribed with mind-candy in the form of safe words by two Dilan.What is the possibility of this movie could be made with Michelle Pfeiffer hooking children in Ice lyrics Cube or Snoop Doggy Dogg? "
Terrence Rafferty in The New Yorker wrote: "Thanks to the inventive acting of Pfeiffer, John N. Smith's films do a pretty entertaining job in catching carelessness, like guerrilla of a good teacher at a bad school.But dramaturgy cut- to-the-enlightenment of the Ronald Bass scenario was desperate and wrong, and in the final scene the film became sticky like To Sir With Love It is heroine cannon unnecessary: ​​Pfeiffer looks a good deal without halo. "
Peter Travers at Rolling Stone wrote: "Young and largely unknown players are incredible, and Pfeiffer gives a funny and fierce appearance that makes you feel the flames of teachers who are committed to making a difference. the benefits of sneaky touch Elaine May, who collaborated with Ronald Bass ( Rain Man ) on this screen adaptation of 1992 Johnson memoirs, My Posse Do not Do Homework ... Maybe Producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer ( Bad Boys , Crimson Tide ) do not know how to let a strong female character carry the ball. Dangerous Minds often unspools like the hokey renewal of Sidney Poitier's To Sir With Love. Likewise, in the summer when most women are forced to play dumb and peel to thrill or kill, Pfeiffer makes himself and his species threatened with pride. "
Kevin McManus at The Washington Post wrote: "Unfortunately, Dangerous Minds , which tells the story of a [charismatic] teacher, gets only a C grade. And if there is not for Michelle Pfeiffer, we will definitely look at a bleaker class... writer Ronald Bass sprinkled the manuscript with sarkuchin streaks that sound stupid from elementary school. "But you can not leave us," one child whined as Pfeiffer prepared to stop. You are our Tamborine Man! "... Pfeiffer and the students (played by strangers) make parts of the film quite easy to watch.When their escorts fly back and forth in the class, it sounds right" When the order describes the school corridors and city streets, it seems right. If only the filmmakers had used some subtlety in telling the story, they could have done it right by the original LouAnne Johnson. "
Edward Guthmann in the San Francisco Chronicle wrote: "It's contrived, it's hokey, but in Dangerous Mind , Michelle Pfeiffer's vehicle, it works really well... She plays with a bag of cliches, but he's so brave and fun, you ignore the law. "
Time Out wrote: "In fact this is a rather respectable piece of work, with an impressive show of love from Pfeiffer, but the stale Ronald Bass scenario is all carrots and no sticks."
In 2014, this film was one of the few to be discussed by Keli Goff in The Daily Beast in an article about the white rescue narrative in the film.
Awards and honors
The soundtrack and main single 'Gangsta's Paradise' enjoyed great success, and received nominations for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year and NAACP Image Award for an Extraordinary Soundtrack Album. Coolio won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance for his vocals.
At the MTV Movie Awards 1996, Dangerous Mind was nominated in four categories: Best Movie, Best Female Performance (Michelle Pfeiffer), Most Wanted (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Best Song (Coolio).
The music video for 'Gangsta's Paradise', featuring Michelle Pfeiffer, won the MTV Music Video Award for Best Rap Video and MTV Music Video Award for Best Videos from Movies.
Michelle Pfeiffer won the Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress - Drama.
The film is recognized by the American Film Institute in this list:
- 2004: AFI 100 Years... 100 Songs:
- "Gangsta's Paradise" - Nominated
Soundtrack
Television series
The commercial success of the film led to the creation of a spin-off television series, Dangerous Minds, featuring Annie Potts in the role of LouAnne Johnson. The series aired on ABC on September 30, 1996 and ended on March 15, 1997, after a season of seventeen episodes.
See also
- For Master, with Love
- List of teachers depicted in the movie
References
External links
- Dangerous Minds on IMDb
- Dangerous Thoughts in Box Office Mojo
- The LouAnne Johnson website
- Still movies
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