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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity Movie Release: 1995 DVD Release: 07/13/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 39 mins Studio: Walt Disney Video Members Wishing: 10 Genres: Drama, Biopic [feature], Urban Drama

In this drama, a school teacher discovers that it takes more than the ABCs to get through to a class of "uneducatable" kids. When Lou Anne Johnson (Michelle Pfeiffer), a nine-year veteran of the Marine Corps with a degree in education, begins a new job at an inner-city school in California, the principal (George Dzundza) warns her that her class will be the "rejects from Hell" -- kids with severe social problems and no interest in education. While at first her African-American and Latino students scoff at Lou Anne, she ultimately gets them to open up to learning and literature, through a combination of bribery (candy bars) and intimidation (her karate training from the Marines comes in handy), and she's able to reach out to the students who need her the most: Callie (Bruklin Harris), a bright girl who believes she's thrown away her future when she becomes pregnant; Emilio (Wade Dominquez), a macho bully whose violence is stifling his academic potential; and Raul (Renoly Santiago), the brightest kid in the class, who is afraid to show his intelligence. Dangerous Minds was adapted from a memoir by Lou Anne Johnson entitled -My Posse Don't Do Homework. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Michelle Pfeiffer - Louanne Johnson
George Dzundza - Hal Griffith
Courtney Vance - Mr. George Grandey
Robin Bartlett - Ms. Carla Nichols
Bruklin Harris - Callie Roberts

John N. Smith directs Michelle Pfeiffer in the drama Dangerous Minds, which comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. An English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, and a French soundtrack has been recorded in Dolby Digital Surround. There are no subtitles, but the English soundtrack is closed-captioned. Supplemental materials include the music video for the smash Coolio hit "Gangsta's Paradise". This is a solid release from Disney/Buena Vista. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide