Beyond scared straight 1999 dj ghost reaction duration. He identifies these clips as belonging to the acclaimed documentary scared straight this documentary shall be rebroadcast in its full original form, to be followed by interviews with the participants twenty years later hence the title sacred straight. In pretty much every podcast where hes discussed covid19 over the past few weeks, almost everything hes said has contained all sorts of unsubstantiated speculation, ignorant and wrong information, random anecdotes, unawareness of the progression and response timeline, total misunderstanding of the science, promotion of treatments with no credible evidence, etc. Beyond scared straight, a documentary series inspired by the awardwinning film scared straight, follows troubled tweens and teens as they participate in intensive inmaterun intervention programs designed to keep them from ending up in prison. Adults meet up with the people who changed their lives twenty years ago, by confronting them about their lifestyles as teenagers. This a scared straight program for adults, what the probation office calls a lever pull.
Shows viewers how the experience impacted the futures of the teens and convicts alike. Hes out of prison now and hes the most calm and happy person. Not only is the scared straight program ineffective, it may increase criminal behavior. Published on mar 10, 2010 1978 original documentary at rahway state prison, including 20 year updates on the kids and the convicts aka lifers. I broke the law three times after i visited rahway. May 15, 20 the original scared straight from 1978 with follow ups on the youths and lifers 20 years later. Mark understands the impact that this experience had on those who went through the program. How some of them got out but ended up back in prison.
Outside and inside beyond scared straight season 5. Adapting to the needs of todays youth, the inmates use a combination of intimidation, information and compassion to achieve equally effective results. These videos pain a clear picture of bad choices can lead to prison and other dangerous situations. Mar 10, 2010 1978 original documentary at rahway state prison, including 20 year updates on the kids and the convicts aka lifers. Blue sea hopes to be boxoffice big fish july 26, 1999. Stanley kubrick film is an eclectic collection of classical selections, standards and jazz, but it also contains one pop song. Now, for the first time on dvd, audiences can revisit scared straight.
Upn will show the original program and an update on teens and prisoners featured in 1978 documentary. The lever pull is really pushing the buttons of some 20 probationers. Amazingly, 16 out of the 17 children in the pilot program managed to turn their lives around and, for the most part, stay out of trouble. Frightening convicts yelling and getting in the faces of under aged street punks. Dvd bookends the original film with segments from a 1999 sequel hosted by danny gloverwhose incongruously paternal voice is as calm and soothing as a warm bathwhich catches up with both the prisoners and the kids who starred in the original special. He combined most of the material from his original 1978 documentary scared straight. Sep 04, 2003 also included is the follow up documentary, scared straight. The film awards were greatbut what happened to the kids. Persons or schools interested in obtaining additional copies of this aims teaching module, please contact. This 25th anniversary dvd pairs the original movie with 1999 s wherearetheynow sequel, scared straight. For 20 years later, upn will televise the original scared straight.
Wherein we take a look at the kids who were sent to a prison and were subjected to the words of the convicts in the prison in hopes of getting them to go straight. You watch a film like full metal jacket with constant bad language but seems totally contrived compared to the. Beyond scared straight, the emmynominated series that profiles unique crime prevention programs aimed at deterring troubled teens from jail, returns for its ninth and final 11episode season. Adults meet up with the people who changed their lives twenty years ago, by confronting them about their. The resulting combination is reminiscent of the mental hygiene films. The filmmakers attempt to follow up with the kids and prisoners, allowing us to see where they are now. Scared straight still packs a punch 20 years later. Cameras roll as teens spend a day at a maximumsecurity penitentiary, where they are confronted by. The original scared straight from 1978 with follow ups on the youths and lifers 20 years later. The 1978 mtv program scared straight was a juvenile crime deterrence effort whereby kids of varying ages visit inmates and experience a frontrow into the realities of prison life. A rite of passage for nearly every teenager 20 years ago, arnold shapiros groundbreaking documentary scared straight. Why scared straight still works the good men project.
Not to be confused with the original 1978 documentary, but its pretty much the exact same thing just 20 years later. In this version, the film reports that 10 of the 12 juveniles attending the. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. Mar 12, 2010 one of my all time favorite things on tv was when mtv did scared straight. Filmed in new jersey and various locations throughout the u. Sep 26, 2015 watch best of scared straight 99 mickydrummond on dailymotion. Over 80% of them have indeed gone straight which is the average figure cited by the program leaders over the duration of this particular program. Beyond scared straight season 5 episode 4 rotten tomatoes. Scared straight program meant to help probationers news. Troubled teens visit a jail in queen annes county, md.
The second part of the film deals with the scared straight kids twenty years down the line when we get to meet all the characters again now in their midlate 30s. Narrated by peter falk, the subject of the documentary is a group of juvenile delinquents and their threehour session with actual convicts. Doing it scared watch doing it scared on vimeo british climber now resident of tasmania paul pritchard, was one of the leading climbers and mountaineers of the 1980s and 1990s, renowned for his hard and extremely bold first ascents. Jan 28, 2011 30 years later, the film, which won an oscar for best documentary feature, is still brutally effective. I still get comments about scared straight from people who tell me they were juvenile. The goal of the origianl programme was to steer young offenders away from a life of crime by showing them firsthand the horrors of life in prison. Alternates clips of convicts and teenagers from the original scared straight. First, upn will air the 1978 film in its entirety tonight as part of a twohour special, scared straight. Most of these guys had to show up at the mortuary meeting as one condition of their probation. Then, the familiar face of actor danny glover appears.
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