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Lean on Me is a 1989 American biographical drama film directed by John G. Avildsen, written by Michael Schiffer, and starring Morgan Freeman.It is based on the story of Joe Louis Clark, a real life inner city high school principal in Paterson, New Jersey, whose school is in danger of being placed into receivership of the New Jersey state government unless students improve their test scores on ...
Her first feature film role was as Lynne in Godspell (1973), co-starring opposite Victor Garber and David Haskell.Thigpen also portrayed a radio DJ (shown only from the nose down) in Walter Hill's The Warriors (1979), and Leonna Barrett, the mother of an expelled student, in Lean on Me (1989), the story of American high school principal Joe Louis Clark.
Lean on Me, a 1989 film directed by John G. Avildsen "Lean on Me" (The L Word: Generation Q), a 2021 television episode This page was last edited on 19 ...
Jermaine R. “Huggy” Hopkins (born August 23, 1973) is an American television and film actor. Hopkins is best known for his roles as Dupree on The WB sitcom The Wayans Bros. from 1996 to 1998, and as Thomas Sams in the 1989 film, Lean on Me, Eric "Steel" Thurman in the 1992 crime drama thriller Juice, Benny King in the 1996 film Phat Beach and Kilo in the 1997 comedy film Def Jam's How to ...
Beach's big screen debut was in End of the Line in 1987, and he went on to appear opposite Morgan Freeman and Beverly Todd in Lean on Me (1989). Beach also co-starred in films including Internal Affairs, Cadence (both 1990), One False Move (1992) with Cynda Williams, Short Cuts and True Romance (both 1993).
Tap Tri-Star Pictures Nick Castle (director/screenplay); Gregory Hines , Suzzanne Douglas , Joe Morton , Sammy Davis Jr. , Savion Glover , Terrence E. McNally , Dick Anthony Williams , Arthur Duncan , Bunny Briggs , Howard "Sandman" Sims , Steve Condos , Harold Nicholas , Jimmy Slyde , Barbara Perry , Tim Cappello , Etta James
Rank Title Studio(s) Actor(s) Director(s) Gross 1. Batman: Warner Bros. Pictures: Jack Nicholson, Michael Keaton, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl, Pat Hingle, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Gough and Jack Palance
1989 film Lean on Me Frank Napier Jr. [ 1 ] (August 8, 1935 [ 1 ] – October 28, 2002) [ 2 ] was an American former superintendent of the Paterson School District in Paterson, New Jersey . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In the 1980s, he received national recognition as superintendent through Joe Louis Clark , the notable and controversial former principal ...