One Eight Seven

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One Eight Seven is a 1997 crime drama film starring Samuel L. Jackson as a high school teacher confronting gang violence and systemic failure in an inner-city Los Angeles school.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
crime drama film
film
alsoKnownAs 187
castMember Samuel L. Jackson
certificate BBFC 18 (United Kingdom)
characterRole Samuel L. Jackson as a high school teacher
cinematographyBy Ericson Core
countryOfOrigin United States
director Kevin Reynolds
distributedBy Warner Bros.
distributorRegion United States
editedBy Peter Boyle
featuresCharacter Trevor Garfield
filmingLocation Los Angeles, California
genre crime drama
drama film
hasTheme despair and burnout in teaching
institutional failure
vigilantism
mainSubject gang violence
high school teaching
systemic failure in education
urban education
mpaaRating R
musicBy Danny Elfman
narrativeFocus a teacher confronting violent students
originalLanguage English
portrays gang culture in Los Angeles
school violence
student–teacher conflict
posterTagline When schools become war zones and both sides start taking casualties, what then?
producer Bruce Davey
Mel Efros
productionCompany Icon Productions
protagonist Trevor Garfield
releaseDateUS 1997-07-30
releaseYear 1997
runtimeMinutes 119
screenwriter Scott Yagemann NERFINISHED
setting Los Angeles
inner-city high school
starredActor Samuel L. Jackson
storyBy Scott Yagemann NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfSetting 1990s
title One Eight Seven

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