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Release Date
• USA: Nov 22, 2002
• UK: 22 Nov 2002
DVD Release Date
• R1: May 6, 2003
Budget $12,500,000
Official Website:
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MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for some sexual content.
Running Time
1 hour, 48 minutes
Country USA
Studio Beacon Pictures, HorsePower Entertainment, LivePlanet, Longfellow Pictures, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Universal Pictures
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Other Titles
• The Emperor's Club
• The Palace Thief (2002)
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Genre: Drama, Coming Of Age, School / Campus, Period Piece, Political
Tagline: In everyone's life there's that one person who makes all the difference.
Plot: Arthur Hundert (Kevin Kline) is a dedicated and inspiring Classics professor who has devoted his life to teaching at an elite boys' prep school. When a new student, Sedgewick Bell (Emile Hirsch), the headstrong son of a powerful senator, joins his class, Mr. Hunder's life is inexorably altered. It is a clash of wills and personalities as these two people seemingly battle for the hearts and souls of the other students at St. Benedicts.Spanning 20 years, the story resumes when Bell, now a powerful and influential businessman, brings the retired Professor back into his life and world. At a reunion of his students, Hundert is faced with the fear that he may have failed the most important challenge of his life - to have been a great teacher.
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| Written by |
| Neil Tolkin
Richie Rich, License to Drive, Sticks and Stones |
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| Cast |
Kevin Kline
A Fish Called Wanda, Wild Wild West, The Ice Storm |
 | Embeth Davidtz
Schindler's List, Bridget Jones's Diary, Army of Darkness |
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 | Emile Hirsch
The Girl Next Door, Lords of Dogtown, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys | Paul Dano
The Girl Next Door, Taking Lives, L.I.E. | |
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