The Emperor's Club

"In everyone's life there's that one person who makes all the difference."

2002 1h 48m EN

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7.1

SOLID

★7.1TMDB · 419

Drama

Synopsis

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William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to a close student-teacher relationship, but results in a life lesson for Hundert that will still haunt him a quarter of a century later.

“In everyone's life there's that one person who makes all the difference.”

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Cast

Kevin Kline
William Hundert
Emile Hirsch
Sedgewick Bell
Jesse Eisenberg
Louis Masoudi
Rishi Mehta
Deepak Mehta
Paul Dano
Martin Blythe
Rob Morrow
James Ellerby
Embeth Davidtz
Elizabeth
Edward Herrmann
Headmaster Woodbridge

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Michael Hoffman
Writers: Neil Tolkin, Ethan Canin
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 24 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Michael Hoffman, shot by Lajos Koltai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by James Newton Howard. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Harvey Rosenstock shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Kevin Kline and Emile Hirsch and Jesse Eisenberg carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "In everyone's life there's that one person who makes all the difference.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0283530 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Michael Hoffman directs. Lajos Koltai behind the camera. James Newton Howard scores. Harvey Rosenstock cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 24 years ago.
2Directed by Michael Hoffman, shot by Lajos Koltai. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by James Newton Howard. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Harvey Rosenstock shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Kevin Kline and Emile Hirsch and Jesse Eisenberg carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "In everyone's life there's that one person who makes all the difference.".
7IMDB entry: tt0283530 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.