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Lean on Me (film)
Lean on Me
is a 1989 dramatized
biographical film
written by Michael Schiffer, directed by
John G. Avildsen
and starring
Morgan Freeman
.
Lean on Me
is loosely based on the story of
Joe Louis Clark
, a real life
inner city
high school
principal in
Paterson, New Jersey
, whose school is at risk of being taken over by the
New Jersey
state government unless students improve their test scores on the New Jersey Minimum Basics Test. This film's title refers to the 1972
Bill Withers
song of the same name
. Parts of the film, including the elementary school scenes, were filmed in
Franklin Lakes, New Jersey
.
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