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DVD Release Date
• R1: May 10, 2005
MPAA Rating
NR
Running Time
1 hour, 41 minutes
Country USA
Studio MGM, Pandro S. Berman
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Other Titles
• Blackboard Jungle
• The Blackboard Jungle (1955)
• Die Saat der Gewalt (1955)
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Genre: Drama, School / Campus, Suspense, Teenage, Cult Classic, Detectives, Doctor, Urban
Tagline: A shock story of today's high school hoodlums!
Plot: This provocative portrait of juvenile delinqency in a 1950s inner-city high school was based on the best-selling novel by Evan Hunter. Groundbreaking in its gritty realism and its use of rock & roll on the soundtrack, BLACKBOARD JUNGLE paved the way for such realistic and tough adolescent pictures as WEST SIDE STORY and REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE. The atmospheric tale of a teacher's harrowing experience in the New York City school system stars Glenn Ford as Richard Dadier, an idealistic teacher assigned to a new school located in one of the poorest and ethnically diverse city neighborhoods. Dadier's idealism fades as he struggles to make a difference to his indifferent students. Darkly ominous cinematography highlights the street world of the desperate delinquents as they carouse, smoke, and steal after school. The film features smoldering performances by a young Sidney Poitier and Vic Morrow as tough-as-nails rebels fighting over the role of leader in Dadier's classroom. This innovative and ultimately uplifting portrayal of a generation at odds with the world served as a seminal portrait of the darker side of the 1950s; however, it was laced with controversy as well, as it was withdrawn from the 1955 Venice Film Festival for showing an unflattering view of American high school life.
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