Blackboard Jungle

Blackboard Jungle

  • Director: Richard Brooks
  • Writer: Richard Brooks,Evan Hunter
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English
  • Release date: March 25, 1955
  • Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutes
  • Aspect ratio: 1.75 : 1
  • Also known as: The 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 !

    Details

    • Release date March 25, 1955
    • Filming locations El Segundo, California, USA
    • Production companies Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

    Box office

    Budget

    $1,168,000 (estimated)

    Movie reviews

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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, boy

      Critic 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

      Chalkboard Jungle

      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...

    • 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...

    • 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...

    • 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...

    • 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,...

    Movie quotes

    • 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]

    • Richard Dadier: Now, pretty soon, you're gonna be reading in the newspapers want ads for jobs, apartments, something to buy. Advertising space is expensive so abbreviations are used. Now, write out the complete words to all the abbreviations in these problem ads. All right, get started.

      [Dadier notices Belazi coping anwsers from Morales paper]

      Richard Dadier: Belazi. Let's keep your eyes on your paper.

      Belazi: Me?

      Richard Dadier: Cheating won't help you learn those abbreviations, you know.

      Artie West: He won't look for no job. His old man owns a store.

      Belazi: Yeah, and I'm not gonna buy me me no Cadillac either.

      Artie West: No, It's cheaper to steal one. That's arithmetic for ya, teach.

      Richard Dadier: All right, Belazi. Bring me your paper up here.

      [Belazi gets up and hands over his paper to Dadier]

      Belazi: Five points off. What for?

      Richard Dadier: For having loose eyes.

      Richard Dadier: [Dadier notices that West is cheating also] West!

      Artie West: You talking to me, teach?

      Richard Dadier: Bring your paper up here West.

      Artie West: What for?

      Richard Dadier: I said bring your paper up here.

      Artie West: And I said , what for?

      Gregory W. Miller: Come on, Artie. Bring him the paper.

      Artie West: Now , look, you keep your rotten mouth out of this, black boy.

      [Miller stands up ready to pounce on West]

      Richard Dadier: Miller!... Hold it... All right. All right, Miller. It's all right. Now, bring your paper up here, West.

      [West crumbles the paper and throws it on the floor]

      Richard Dadier: All right, we're going down to see the principal.

      Artie West: We are? You gonna make me, Daddy-O? How'd you like to go to hell?

      Belazi: What's the matter, Daddy-O?

      Artie West: Yeah, how about it, teach? You got a big mouth. Tell me to do this, do that. Are you big enough to take me to the principal's office? Beacause that's what you're gonna have to do. Take me. So, come on! Take me! Come on!

      [Dadier approaches West and West pulls out a switchblade. This stops Dadier in his tracks and the rest of the class gets up and out of the way]

      Artie West: Come on. For a bright boy, you didn't learn nothing. Well, take me down. Come on. Step right up and taste a little of this , Daddy-O.

      Richard Dadier: Give me that knife, West.

      Artie West: Where do you want it? You want it in the belly? Or how about in the face, huh? Here it is. All you gotta do is take it. Come on, take it! Come on!

      Gregory W. Miller: Take it easy, chief. He's crazy, he's high, he's floating on Sneaky Pete wine.

      Pete V. Morales: He's gonna kill him.

    • Artie West: All you gotta do is take it. Come on take it.

      [Belazi sneaks behind Dadier]

      Richard Dadier: That's just what I'm gonna do, big shot.

      [Belazi tries to attack Dadier from behind but Miller intercepts him]

      Richard Dadier: [West strikes at Dadier and cuts him in the hand] Come on, West. Come on... come on... Where you going, boy? Come on.

      Artie West: [West starts backing up from Dadier and calling for help from his gang, but none get involved] Belazi!... Morales!... Stoker!

      Gregory W. Miller: [Miller challenges Stoker] You wanna gang fight? You wanna start a rumble? Come on, boy, just make a move.

      Artie West: All right, you guys. Bascillo, Rock, move, both!

      Richard Dadier: What's the matter, West? You need help? Come on. You're holding the handle of that knife. Come on, you're the leader. You're the tough guy. You can't cut alone, huh, West? You're not so tough without a gang, but you were tough that night in the alley, weren't you? Seven to two. That's about your odds, isn't it?

      Artie West: This time you get cut up!

      Richard Dadier: Yeah, the gang-up didn't work. You went to the principal withg as story about race prejudice. You couldn't get rid of me that way. Then you started sending those foul letters to my wife. Didn't you? Didn't you, West? End of the line boy!