Class of 1984
Class of 1984 is a 1982 Canadian action crime thriller film directed by Mark Lester and cowritten by Tom Holland and John Saxton based on a story by Holland. The film stars Perry King, Merrie Lynn Ross, Timothy Van Patten, Stefan Arngrim, Michael J. Fox credited as Michael Fox in an early role prior to his breakthrough role in Back to the Future, and Roddy McDowall.
Andrew Norris King is the new music teacher at a troubled inner city school. As he arrives on his first day, he meets fellow teacher Terry Corrigan McDowell who is carrying a gun. When Norris asks about the firearm, Corrigan assures the new teacher that he will soon know why such protection is necessary. When they enter the school, Norris is shocked to see everyone scanned by metal detectors and frisked. He spots a student with a knife, but the security guards let the kid go because they are so overworked.The halls of the school are covered with graffiti. Norris learns that he is expected to patrol the halls as a security guard during his off periods. In his first class, a group of disruptive kids who are not registered in band are roughhousing and causing trouble. The leader of the gang is Peter Stegman Patten. They quiet down enough to let Norris try to run the class where some kids genuinely want to learn, like Arther Fox who plays trumpet and Deneen Flannery who plays clarinet. ........
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