John G. Avildsen (right) and Morgan Freeman (left) on the set of "Lean on Me".

Morgan Freeman, Michael Best, Stephen Capers Jr., Jermaine Hopkins, Dwayne Jones, and Kenneth Kelly at an event for Lean on Me (1989)

Lou Diamond Phillips in Stand and Deliver (1988)

Morgan Freeman and Jermaine Hopkins in Lean on Me (1989)

Morgan Freeman and Lynne Thigpen in Lean on Me (1989)

Morgan Freeman, Robert Guillaume, and Ethan Phillips in Lean on Me (1989)

Morgan Freeman, Michael Beach, Michael P. Moran, Mike Starr, Beverly Todd, and Tony Todd in Lean on Me (1989)

Morgan Freeman, Beverly Todd, and Karen Malina White in Lean on Me (1989)

Morgan Freeman and Joe Clark in Lean on Me (1989)

Morgan Freeman, Michael Best, Stephen Capers Jr., Dwayne Jones, and Kenneth Kelly in Lean on Me (1989)

Morgan Freeman and Karen Malina White in Lean on Me (1989)

Morgan Freeman, Jermaine Hopkins, and Michael Imperioli in Lean on Me (1989)