

MOVIE
Lean On Me
Eastside High was out of control...until Joe Clark took it back.
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.
ERA & CONTEXT
Lean On Me in its release era
Released in 1989, Lean On Me sits inside the 1980s catalog. Explore its creators, studio connections, genres and nearby releases from the same period.
- Release
- 1989-03-03
- Rating
- PG-13
- TMDB score
- 7.3/10
- Original language
- EN
- Status
- Released
- Production
- United States of America
- Studio
- Norman Twain Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
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