You Better Wake Up And Pay Attention: The Best High School Struggle Movies
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Iva Anthony
Blackboard Jungle
He played a teacher with a heart of gold in To Sir, With Love in 1967, but 12 years before that Sidney Poitier had his breakout role as a troubled student in Blackboard Jungle. The film, which marked the rock-n-roll revolution by featuring the now infamous song “Rock Around The Clock” by Bill Haley & His Comets, focused on a teacher’s uphill battle to get his students, and the school staff, interested in education again. The film celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2005 with a DVD release.
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