Dangerous Minds From:Michelle Pfeiffer , George Dzundza , Courtney B. Vance , Robin Bartlett , Beatrice Winde , John N. Smith , Walt Disney Video ,
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305428275
Format: Closed-captioned
Format: Color
Format: Dolby
Format: DVD-Video
Format: Letterboxed
Format: Widescreen
Format: NTSC
ISBN: 078881530X
Label: Walt Disney Video
Audio Format: Dolby Digital 5.1
Audio Format: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
Number Of Items: 1
Packaged Height: 60 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 750 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 10 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 530 hundredths-inches
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Walt Disney Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 1999-07-13
Running Time: 99 minutes
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1995-08-11
Product Description:
Top Hollywood star Michelle Pfeiffer (I AM SAM, WHAT LIES BENEATH) is the driving force behind this gripping and uplifting smash hit! Based on an incredible true-life story -- Pfeiffer is former U.S. Marine LouAnne Johnson, a first-time high school teacher assigned to a class of tough but smart inner city students. When conventional methods fail to reach them, the feisty Ms. Johnson tries the unconventional -- defying the rules and creating her own curriculum! In the process, she instills a new self-confidence in her students -- motivating them toward their greatest potential. Critically acclaimed and powered by a riveting star performance, DANGEROUS MINDS is hard-hitting, crowd-pleasing entertainment you won't soon forget!
Customer Reviews:
 Nothing special here, 2008-08-10
I haven't seen Dangerous Minds for ages, apart from bits on TV on holiday, which I wasn't really paying attention to at the time. When I found it on DVD for cheap, I bought it.
As soon as I put this DVD on, and it started up, I remembered all the characters instantly. I even remembered what happened in the movie.
But really, there's nothing new here that hasn't been done a thousand times before, and better. The story is pretty generic, and is almost a direct copy of what happens in Sister Act 2. Even the cast look pretty similar. A former marine comes in to teach the 'bad' kids, who have managed to be unteachable up until now. She teaches them karate (without actually touching them of course), teaches them a few choice phrases about choosing or wanting to die, and boom, she's the best teacher ever.
The kids are pretty stereotypical too, there's the choice bad guy, with the girlfriend who wants to protect him, the other bad guy who wants to be bad, but has a good family behind him and all the other stereotypes you can think of. Any fans of Hackers will recognise Renoly Santiago from that. What's shocking is that Wade Dominguez, who played Emilio (the bad guy), actually died at the age of 32 in 1998, from respiratory failure. I couldn't believe it when I read that.
The only real lasting impression that Dangerous Minds will leave you with is the song that was everywhere when it was out "Gangster's Paradise". Otherwise, it's pretty forgettable.
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