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Line 1: ~~[[Category:~~{{work}}{{Multiple Works Need Separate Pages]]}}▼ ~~{{work}}{{cleanup\|This page attempts to cram four movies and a TV series into a single "work". It needs to be broken up into five separate work pages and a franchise page listing them.}}~~ ''[[Scared Straight!]]'' Isis a true crime [[Documentary]] made in 1978. As part of an effort to reduce juvenile crime, filmmaker Arnold Shapiro, in collaboration with the Rahway State Prison in New Jersey, filmed a documentary depicting the then-new Scared Straight program, in which juvenile delinquents were taken to the prison to show what life would be like for them if they continued their criminal ways. While the program itself was three hours long in real time, the film reduced it to 52 minutes of the most prominent -- and intense -- parts of the program. The film revolves around seventeen kids who have been arrested for petty crimes such as theft and drugs, as well as severe crimes such as assault. The documentary, narrated by [[Peter Falk]], starts with them being interviewed as they are escorted inside Rahway State Prison. Specifically what they did and how they feel about what they did. It then leads to them on a tour of the prison cells, where they both receive an in-depth look at how the inmates behave around new prisoners, many of them shouting lewd comments and threats of prison rape. The kids are then placed in groups in separate prison cells, so they can see what kind of conditions they may be in should they fail. Line 35: * [[Secret Test of Character]] One of the Lifers, Greg, puts a kid through this. He takes the biggest kid of the group, named Roy, and dares him to punch him. The kid says no, calmly explaining that he (Greg) would kill him. So Greg offers Roy protection, in exchange for the kid holding him by his belt. Strutting around and telling the others that this kind of stuff happens every day. Greg asks Roy if he has cigarettes. Roy says no. So he asks a random Lifer if he has cigarettes. Which the Lifer provides, prompting Greg to sell Roy for the smokes. Greg lets Roy know that if he didn't want that happening to him, he should have punched him, and thus failed the test. * [[Scare'Em Straight]] The Trope Namer. * [[Sir ~~Swears A Lot~~Swearsalot]]: Many of the Lifers. Ali especially says his fair share of swears and slurs. * [[Tough Love]]: What the program arguably is deep down. The Lifers are unpredictable and borderline violent to the kids. However in the end, all they want to do is make sure these kids don't make the same mistakes they made in the past. [[Scare'Em Straight\|Even if they have to scare the crap out of them to do it.]] * [[Tranquil Fury]]: While many of them are loud and passionate, special mention goes to one Lifer who upon having the above [[Berserk Button]] pressed, calmly and quietly threatens one of the kids into stopping it. {{Quote\|'''Lifer:''' What am I here to amuse you. Did you just smile? Huh? Something's funny? -louder- Something's funny with you!? Huh!? -quiet- Get that smile off your face boy. -quieter- Let me tell you something. I'll bite your fucking nose off your head. And if you think somebody's gonna stop me from doing it, believe me, you're wrong. Because by the time they get here, it'll be too late. It'll be all over with. I got so much time, they can't give me no more. You understand what I'm telling you? So when you sit there, you keep that smile on your face. Because I'm gonna hurt you. Don't make me hurt you. Please? I talked to you nice right?}} Line 51 ⟶ 52: {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Pages Original to All The Tropes]] Line 58: [[Category:Films of the 1980s]] [[Category:Films of the 1990s]] ▲[[Category:Multiple Works Need Separate Pages]] [[Category:Documentary]]