Movie Description A Marine officer leaves her military career behind to become an inner-city English teacher. With a style all her own she gets her class of tough-as-nails kids to trust her and to believe in themselves. This true-life drama is based on "My Posse Don't Do Homework," a novel by educator LouAnne Johnson.
| Credits | | Producer: | Jerry Bruckheimer, Lucas Foster, Sandra Rabins | | Cast: | Courtney B. Vance, George Dzundza, Lorraine Toussaint, Michelle Pfeiffer, Renoly Santiago |
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Region 1 Encoding "Gangsta's Paradise" video by Coolio Chapter Search, Released in the USA August 11, 1995, this film had an opening weekend box office gross of $14.9 million. Spurred on by rapper Coolio's #1 hit song "Gangsta's Paradise," the movie went on to become one of the surprise hits of the year, grossing $84.9 million domestically.
Andy Garcia's role (as the boyfriend of Michelle Pfeiffer's character), was completely edited from the film.
Color by Technicolor.
Additional credits: Jessica Kreps, David Larson (assistant directors); Gala Autumn (costume supervisor).
Produced in association with Via Rosa Prods.
Film was shot in North Carolina.
Also features music performed by Sista (featuring Craig Mack), Rappin' 4-Tay, Tre Black, 24-K, DeVante, Big Mike, Immature, and Mr. Dalvin & Static.
Rated BBFC 15 by the British Board of Film Classification.
Editorial Reviews "...Pfeiffer gives a funny, scrappy performance..." Rolling Stone - p.108-110 - Peter Travers (08/24/1995)
"...[Pfeiffer gives] a strong, resourceful performance..." Premiere - p.88 - Josh Rottenberg (02/01/1996)
"...[An] earnest, sweet-natured inspirational drama....Dominguez, Harris and Santiago stir strong sympathy and show a good deal of promise..." Variety - Todd McCarthy (08/14/1995)
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