Budget
$1,168,000 (estimated)
Blackboard Jungle
In "Blackboard Jungle" (1955) starring Glenn Ford, the theme was the confrontation between teachers and students, and "school violence" became a topic of discussion in Hollywood movies for the first time. The male protagonist, Duddy, is a teacher in a middle school in New York. He originally had high educational ideals, but almost all the students in the class are hooligans who do nothing but ignore the school ethics, and even put the young female teacher in the library and attempt to rape him. . Duddy rescued his female colleague, but he was attacked by students. Duddy was once disheartened about education, and then decided to fight back with fire , choosing a black student with leadership skills (played by the recent debut Sidney L. Poitier ) in his class to work hard, hoping that through him To influence other students, but unexpectedly aroused the resentment of the white students, and a large-scale fight broke out between the two sides. The campus that was supposed to be used for preaching and teaching has become the wild beast; wild animal jungle of Original; Firsthand; Primeval; Primitive !
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- Release date March 25, 1955
- Filming locations El Segundo, California, USA
- Production companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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By Demetrius 2022-10-23 23:24:10
Youth, Exploitation and Hollywood's 1955
It's the end of the road, boyCritic Gilbert Shields argued in 1950 about the value of teenage audiences to Hollywood: "The real moviegoers are made up of younger people . . . Children survive, they always automatically and habitually slip away to see the movies... Half of the people over the age of 30 see less than 1...
By Bethany 2022-10-23 23:04:52
The title of this film is particularly good. The blackboard is the main medium for transmitting knowledge in schools, symbolizing education. Education often represents "love and hope". ”, this film tells exactly such a story with intense conflict and opposition. I like this film very much. The bad thing about it may be the lack of details and the transformation of key characters. For example, the characters Miller and Head in the Hat could have several shots of the family...
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By Kirsten 2023-07-31 14:17:08
A lot of depth if you could put it down to 120 minutes to straighten out the turning points of a few characters would make a great educational...
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By Winnifred 2023-07-21 01:44:47
The collision between rebellious youth and the education system, the metaphor of "jungle" is very appropriate, the emerging violence of students is like wild animals, and needs the training of animal trainers (teachers). The emerging and controversial rock music (students) is corroding traditional jazz (teacher), as the scene of the students smashing jazz records shows. Twelve years later, Sidney Poitier, a black student, turned into a people's teacher who taught students in "I Love My...
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By 2023-07-20 12:13:37
Films from 70 years ago are still fully applicable today. Where is our evolution? Bad guys will always be there, regardless of age or circumstance. Instead of highlighting the changes made by teachers and the changes made by students, the focus is all on conflict, which is bold. My heart breaks for the rebellious boy singing Exodus. I guess we all learn sth from school, even teachers. What made me give up my passion for...
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By Glennie 2023-05-15 09:05:22
Compared to "Rebel Without a Cause" and "The Bikers", the white little Alfie in this film is indeed more stubborn for no reason, and the black student played by Sidney Poitier is more like a baby normal youth during the tide. But the protagonist of this film must be the teacher played by Glenn Ford, the image of this great educator is too role...
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By Jayda 2023-05-14 03:41:51
This teacher and even this movie are too idealistic, which makes me sad. According to my experience, this kind of teacher who really takes trash students seriously will collapse sooner or later, and it is laziness that is more difficult to deal with than evil. Share a little life experience: When facing someone who treats you as a fool, either fuck him or make him more unhappy than you,...
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Richard Dadier: There will be no calling out. You have any questions to ask, just raise your hand. You hear that, Miller?
Gregory W. Miller: Sure, teach. You coming in strong. I can't tune you out.
Gregory W. Miller: His name ain't "teach".
Belazi: It's "Daddy-O!"
Artie West: Hey, don't you know his name, jerk?
Belazi: Excuse me, Mr. Jerk.
Richard Dadier: All right, West, since you're so cooperative, suppose you stay after class and help me out.
Artie West: I'm busy.
Belazi: Oh, go on, Artie. Help him out.
Emmanuel Stoker: Then you could be together, "alone".
Pete V. Morales: [in a effeminate manner] Oh, "Daddy-O!"
[the whole class laughs]
Richard Dadier: All right, all right, fine. We had a few laughs. In a minute, the bell's gonna ring out there. That means you go to your civics class. Tomorrow morning when you come into this class...
Artie West: [interrupts Dadier] Hey , teach, you're coming back here tomorrow?
Richard Dadier: Sure, I'm coming back tomorrow.You know why? Because I'll "miss" you, West.
[the whole class laughs]
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Joshua Y. Edwards: They don't even know their multiplication tables.
Jim Murdock: Of course not. All they can multiply is themselves.
Joshua Y. Edwards: Well, how will they ever graduate?
Jim Murdock: Graduate? They just get to be 18. Then they throw them out to make room for more of the same kind.
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Pete V. Morales: [talking into a recorder in front of the class] I get up at 7:30, go wash. But my stinking sister, she's still in the bathroom, so I can't get in.
Richard Dadier: That's fine, boy. keep on talking.
Pete V. Morales: So then I go to the stinking bathroom. I wash my stinking face. Then I eat some stinking sausages.
Artie West: Louder, come on!
Emmanuel Stoker: We can't hear you in the balcony.
Pete V. Morales: So then I go down the stinking street with my stinking books, and then I meet this stink-face who lives near me. And he says: "You go to school, Pete?" I say, "You stinking right, boy!" So we walked to the stinking El, and wait for the stinking train. What do you think? The stinking train is late. So I gotta get into the stinking crowd. And that's why I'm stinking late to school, teach. How was I? Okay?
De Lica: You sure stunk up that record, boy!
[whole class applauds and laughs]
Richard Dadier: That'll be enough for the day.
Artie West: You gonna play it?
Richard Dadier: No. Thanks for picking Morales. I'm sure you're his "friend".
Gregory W. Miller: Sure enough, chief. Too bad you can't say the same.
Richard Dadier: And just what does that mean?
Artie West: Morales is a spic, that's what it means. Maybe you don't like spics.
Richard Dadier: That will be enough of that, West.
Pete V. Morales: What did I do , anyhow?
Artie West: All right, sit down... spic.
Belazi: You heard him, greaseball.
Pete V. Morales: At least I'm no Irish Mick!
[Belazi throws a magazine at Morales]
Richard Dadier: I said, that will be enough!
Richard Dadier: Now, you pick up that magazine , Belazi. Pick it up! I wanna get one thing very clear in this classroom.There's not gonna be any name calling here. Not today, not tomorrow, not ever. Now you understand that? All of ya!
Pete V. Morales: I was just kidding.
Richard Dadier: Yeah, I know you're just kidding. That's how things start. Like a street fight. Somebody pushes somebody in fun. Somebody pushes back, and soon you got a street fight with no kidding. That's the same way with name-calling. All right, West, look. You're of Irish descent. So is Murphy over there. You call him a Mick. He calls you a Mick. Suppose Miller called you a Mick. Is that all right? Then you call him a nigger.
Pete V. Morales: I was just kidding.
Richard Dadier: Well, stop kidding!
Artie West: Sure, sure. Come on, Morales. Tell me all about your stinking sister!
[whole class laughs and the bell rings]
