You should do "Take the Lead" - the teacher dancing movie with Antonia Banderas.
Or "Dangerous Minds" with the poetry and stuff.
Anybody can be a prop class clown.
Xander ,'Touched'
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Aims - Sep 05, 2006 8:13:09 pm PDT #4003 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Lee - Sep 05, 2006 8:14:55 pm PDT #4004 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Mr. Holland's Opus.
hahahahahaha
SuziQ - Sep 05, 2006 8:16:55 pm PDT #4005 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Dangerous Minds is a good idea, haven' seen Take the Lead - and Mr. Holland is all about him, if I remember right, more than the kids.
DavidS - Sep 05, 2006 8:26:21 pm PDT #4006 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
To Sir with Love! Duh.
Goodbye, Mr. Chips.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (I think)
Blackboard Jungle.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
Stand By Me (Olmos plus math)
§ ita § - Sep 05, 2006 8:29:19 pm PDT #4007 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Only The Strong -- Stand By Me with capoeira instead.
Vonnie K - Sep 05, 2006 8:48:01 pm PDT #4008 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Music of the Heart -- I think this one had Meryl Streep playing a violin teacher to a bunch of underprivileged kids. Ends up with her students giving a concert at the Carnegie Hall. A bit sappy, but fits the bill.
Dead Poets Society. Well, you may not want to have a classful of weeping kids though. (Well, it makes *me* cry. Shut up. *sniffles*)
Volans - Sep 05, 2006 9:11:26 pm PDT #4009 of 10001
move out and draw fire
The Faculty!
I mean, Elijah Wood and Clea Duvall as students, Jon Stewart, Piper Laurie, Salma Hayek, Famke Jansen, and Robert Patrick as teachers...what's not to love?
Although they probably don't mean for you to pick a slasher movie.
The Piano Teacher Far more disturbing than a slasher flick.
Donnie Darko has some stuff about poetry and creative writing and adolescents and visual arts, but it would be a challenge to pull it together.
Apparently I only think of disturbing movies.
Cashmere - Sep 06, 2006 1:25:21 am PDT #4010 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Stand By Me is DH's favorite movie, no surprise there.
SailAweigh - Sep 06, 2006 2:23:00 am PDT #4011 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Sean, I am so looking forward to Flyboys. The trailer was just wonderful. I must be a bit of a boy, but anything with planes in it, I can not resist.
Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 06, 2006 3:33:59 am PDT #4012 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The Professional.