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Dangerous Minds

When an ex-Marine becomes a high school teacher, she is assigned to a tough class of inner-city teenagers.

Corporate Author: Wendy and Lisa., Hollywood Pictures., Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films., Via Rosa Films., Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Smith, John N., 1943- (Director), Bass, Ronald. (Screenwriter), Simpson, Don, 1945-1996. (Producer), Bruckheimer, Jerry. (Producer), Pfeiffer, Michelle, 1957- (Actor), Dzundza, George. (Actor), Vance, Courtney B. (Actor), Rolf, Tom. (Film editor), Letarte, Pierre. (Cinematographer), Johnson, LouAnne.
Format: Videos DVD
Language: English
French
Published: [Burbank, Calif.] : Hollywood Pictures : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [1999]
Subjects:
Johnson, LouAnne > Film adaptations.
Johnson, LouAnne.
High school teachers > Drama.
Urban schools > Drama.
Teacher-student relationships > Drama.
Biographical films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Summary: When an ex-Marine becomes a high school teacher, she is assigned to a tough class of inner-city teenagers.
Item Description: Based upon My posse don't do homework / by LouAnne Johnson.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1995.
Special features: Gangsta's paradise music video; film recommendations.
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround ; digitally mastered.
Audience: Rated R.
Production Credits: Score composed and produced by Wendy & Lisa ; editor, Tom Rolf ; director of photography, Pierre Letarte.
ISBN: 078881530X
9780788815300
Author Notes: Michelle Marie Pfeiffer, born April 29, 1958, is an American actress. She made her screen début in 1980, but did not have mainstream attention until her appearance in Scarface, 1983. She rose to prominence during the late 1980s and early 1990s, during which time she gave a series of critically-acclaimed performances in the films Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Married to the Mob (1988), The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), The Russia House (1990), Frankie and Johnny (1991), Love Field (1992), and The Age of Innocence (1993), as well as appearing as Catwoman, the feline villainess of Batman Returns (1992).

Pfeiffer won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), and a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in Dangerous Liaisons (1988); she also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival for her role in Love Field (1992). In addition, she has been nominated for three Academy Awards - 1988 Best Supporting Actress for Dangerous Liaisons, 1989 Best Actress for The Fabulous Baker Boys, and 1992 Best Actress for Love Field - and a further five Golden Globe Awards between 1988 and 1993. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard. In 1989, Pfeiffer made her stage début in the role of Olivia in Twelfth Night, a New York Shakespeare Festival production staged in Central Park.

In her private life, Pfeiffer was married to actor Peter Horton from 1981-1988 and then married producer David E. Kelley in 1993. They have one adopted daughter, Claudia Rose, and one biological son, John Henry.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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