CLASS OF 1984 at HOLLYWOOD TEEN MOVIES

Blackboard Jungle [DVD](1955) DVD
Richard Brooks' gritty look at life inside the inner-city high school stars Glenn Ford as the earnest teacher determined to reach his hood students. Great support from Sidney Poitier, Anne Francis, Vic Morrow, Louis Calhern; soundtrack includes historic film debut of "Rock Around the Clock." 100 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; audio commentary; theatrical trailer; bonus short "Blackboard Jumble" (1957).
To Sir, With Love II [DVD](1996) DVD
Sidney Poitier returns to his iconic role of Mark Thackeray in this made-for-TV sequel to the 1967 classic "To Sir, With Love." Returning to Chicago to retire after spending 30 years teaching in London, he encounters some inner-city kids who desperately need his guidance and takes work at a struggling school. While trying to get through to his new students, he also reconnects with a woman from his past. With Christian Payton, Dana Eskelson; directed by Peter Bogdanovich. 92 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.
To Sir, With Love [DVD](1967) DVD
Sentimental heart-tugger stars Sidney Poitier as a first-year teacher at a rundown East End London high school who bucks the traditional educational system, allowing his unruly students to learn through experience and acquire a sense of responsibility. Co-stars Judy Geeson, Christian Roberts and Lulu (who sings the title tune); written, produced and directed by novelist James Clavell ("Shogun"). 105 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai; biographies; theatrical trailers.
Tuff Turf (1985)/Under The Boardwalk (1989) [DVD] DVD
Life's not easy when you're the new kid in town, especially when the high school is ruled by a sadistic gang and you make a play for the gang leader's girl! The violent, fast-paced actioner "Tuff Turf" stars James Spader, Kim Richards, Paul Mones, and Robert Downey, Jr. Then, two young lovers find their romance tested by the rivalry between their respective surfer gangs in the "Romeo and Juliet via Southern California" drama "Under the Boardwalk." Keith Coogan, Danielle von Zerneck, Roxana Zal star. 3 1/2 hrs. total. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.
Teachers [DVD](1984) DVD
Nick Nolte is a weary high school instructor trying to make sense of an educational system gone haywire in this seriocomic look at a modern "blackboard jungle." His one-time idealism long gone, Nolte becomes caught between his desire to help his students and a request to lie to protect a school board embroiled in a lawsuit. Great supporting cast includes JoBeth Williams, Judd Hirsch, Richard Mulligan, Ralph Macchio, Laura Dern, and Morgan Freeman. 107 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, French Dolby Digital stereo, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish.
The Principal [DVD](1987) DVD
A "bottom of the barrel" inner city high school has finally met its match when Jim Belushi is assigned as the new principal. With the help of security guard Louis Gossett, Jr. and a Louisville Slugger in hand, he tries to run the drug dealers out of the halls. Also stars Rae Dawn Chong, Esai Morales. 110 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish; theatrical trailers.
Dangerous Minds [DVD](1995) DVD
A compelling true story starring Michelle Pfeiffer as Louanne Johnson, a hard-nosed ex-Marine who takes a job teaching English to smart but underachieving kids in an inner-city school. Pfeiffer draws on her background to educate the kids on topics ranging from martial arts to the poetry of Dylan Thomas while battling gang members and a strict principal. With George Dzundza. 99 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital Surround; music video; scene access.
The Substitute 2: School's Out [DVD](1998) DVD
Treat Williams stars in this action-packed sequel as a New York cop who goes undercover as a high school teacher in order to bring the gang members who murdered his brother to justice. With B.D. Wong, Michael Michele, and Guru. 90 min. Standard and Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: Spanish; theatrical trailer.
The Substitute (1996)/The Substitute 3: Winner Takes All [DVD](1999) DVD
Mercenary Tom Berenger decides to take matters into his own hands when his teacher girlfriend is brutally assaulted by a thug. Posing as a substitute teacher, he uses his soldier-of-fortune skills to try to stop the killer's gang and their drug-dealing activities. Smashing action yarn also stars Ernie Hudson, Diane Venora. Then, when a war buddy's college professor daughter is savagely attacked by some drug-dealing football team members, it's up to the Substitute (Treat Williams) to enter the halls of ivy and clean up the campus his own way. Claudia Christian, Rebecca Staab also star. 3 1/2 hrs. total. Standard and Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: E
The Substitute: Failure Is Not An Option [DVD](2000) DVD
A prestigious military school becomes a recruitment base for a white supremacist organization, and it's up to undercover policeman Treat Williams to join the faculty and bust up the neo-Nazis' operations. Fourth action-packed "Substitute" tale also stars Angie Everhart, Bill Nunn, Patrick Kilpatrick. 91 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital Surround; photo gallery; audio commentary; "making of" featurette; deleted scenes; scene access.
The Substitute (Vikaren) [DVD](2007) DVD
Parents whose sixth-grade children try to tell them that their new teacher is from another planet dismiss the cries of their offspring as the ravings of spoiled kids who blanch at the instructor's strict manner. The terrified tykes are quite correct, however, and the extraterrestrial educator has a secret and sinister plan in her syllabus. Humorous Danish thriller stars Paprika Steen, Ulrich Thomsen. 93 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: Danish Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English, Spanish; audio commentary; theatrical trailers. In Danish with English subtitles/Dubbed in English.