Release Date: Jan 5,2007

       MPAA Rating:     PG-13 For violent content, some thematic material and language.

Budget:

    Genres: Drama

  Running Time: 2 Hr 3 Mins

               # Of Theaters: 1 ,150

                 Seen At: The Bridge 12-07-06

     Distributor:    Paramount

Crew:

Directed by	Richard LaGravenese
Produced by	Danny DeVito Michael Shamberg Stacey Sher
Written by

Cast:

Hilary Swank
Scott Glenn
Imelda Staunton
Patrick Dempsey

Fresh-faced, idealistic twenty-three-year-old Erin Gruwell
(Hilary Swank) is ready to take on the world as she steps inside Wilson High School for her first day of teaching. Her class, a diverse group of racially charged teenagers from different walks of life - African Americans, Latinos, Asians, juvenile delinquents, gang members, and underprivileged students from poor neighborhoods - hope for nothing more than to make it through the day. On the surface, the only thing they share is their hatred for each other and the understanding that they are simply being warehoused in the educational system until they are old enough to disappear. Despite her students' obstinate refusal to participate during class, Erin tries various means to engage them on a daily basis.