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)

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