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Blackboard Jungle
Blackboard Jungle is a 1955 American social drama film about an English teacher in an interracial inner-city school, based on the 1954 novel The Blackboard Jungle by Evan Hunter and adapted for the screen and directed by Richard Brooks. It is remembered for its innovative use of rock and roll in its soundtrack, for casting grown adults as high school teens, and for the unique breakout role of a black cast member, film icon Sidney Poitier, as a rebellious yet musically talented student.
Plot
In the mid-1950s, Richard Dadier is a new teacher at North Manual Trades High School, an inner-city school of diverse ethnic backgrounds. Led by student Gregory Miller, most engage in anti-social behavior. The school principal, Mr. Warneke, denies there are discipline issues, but the school faculty, particularly Mr. Murdock, warn Dadier otherwise. Dadier befriends two other new teachers, Joshua Edwards and Lois Hammond.
More details
| author | Evan Hunter Richard Brooks |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Richard Brooks |
| editor | Ferris Webster |
| genre | drama social |
| keywords | animate anonymous letter baby boy break end falsely accused gang leader help jack and the beanstalk jump music record phone call principal record collection school principal |
| musicBy | Max C. Freedman |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay |
| producer | Pandro S. Berman |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| publisher | Loews Cineplex Entertainment |
| theme | high school teen drama |