The novel The Blackboard Jungle caused a great deal of controversy surrounding the state of education in the United States during the 1950's. It paints a less than bright picture of inner-city education as it focuses on a young teacher teaching at a trade school filled with young, violent juvenile delinquents.Jan 21, 2007
Director Richard Brooks' The Blackboard Jungle (1955) was one of the first taut, violent films about the problem of teenage hoodlums in American schools. The film was banned in theaters in Memphis, Tenn., and the state of Georgia, but not for its violence. It was banned for depicting a racially integrated classroom.Sep 5, 1998
March 25, 1955 (USA)Blackboard Jungle / Release date
Many theaters stripped the song completely out of the movie because they were afraid of youth riots. Rock Around the Clock is just the most obvious reason Blackboard Jungle was considered a negative influence on young people, though.Jun 19, 2017
SIGNIFICANCE: WAS USED IN MOVIE: "BLACKBOARD JUNGLE" IN 1955, WHEN IT BECAME A MAJOR HIT AND AN ANTHEM FOR TEENAGE REBELLIOUSNESS (EVEN ASSOCIATED WITH JUVENILE DELINQUENCY WHICH WAS THE THEME OF THE MOVIE). ALSO BECAME A HUGE HIT IN ENGLAND AND IS ONE OF THE MAJOR INFLUENCES OF ALL THE BRITISH ROCKERS.
He grew up in the Bahamas, but moved to Miami at age 15, and to New York City when he was 16. He joined the American Negro Theatre, landing his breakthrough film role as a high school student in the film Blackboard Jungle (1955)....Sidney Poitier.Sidney Poitier KBE2002–2007Ambassador to UNESCO18 more rows
Vic MorrowBlackboard Jungle (1955) - Vic Morrow as Artie West - IMDb.
In his third big-screen hit that year, Poitier did a role reversal from his "Blackboard Jungle" days -- this time going behind the teacher's desk at an inner-city London school. Poitier turned to directing in the '70s, first on projects like "Buck and the Preacher" and "Uptown Saturday Night" where he also starred.
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Dadier subdues West, and the other students join in to subdue classmate Belazi, who has picked up the knife to escape. Miller then leads the class in helping Dadier take West and Belazi to the principal's office. In the final scene, Miller and Dadier ask if the other is quitting at the end of the school year.