The Emperor's Club (Widescreen Edition)
by Michael Hoffman
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Actor: Embeth Davidtz, Emile Hirsch, Joel Gretsch, Kevin Kline, Rob MorrowDirector: Michael Hoffman
Brand: Universal
Producer: Andrew S. Karsch
Producer: Armyan Bernstein
Producer: Cooper Layne
Producer: Eric Newman
Producer: Lisa Bruce
Writer: Ethan Canin
Writer: Neil Tolkin
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 108 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-06
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of The Emperor's Club (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: Sentimental but good
Summary: 4 Stars
For some reason, Classics and Ancient History teachers are the ones who are always set up for moral epiphanies in these movies (eg. "The Browning Version"). This fact has more to do with our sentimentalized view of the Classics and Ancient History, and our culture's supposition that teachers of these arcane subjects can't help but be moral naifs.
Nevertheless, Kline's strong performance carries the movie and his character's epiphany is earned. Superior to the treacly "Dead Poet's Society." I enjoyed this movie very much.
Summary of The Emperor's Club (Widescreen Edition)
Powerful and inspiring story about the meaning of honor the price of virtue and the belief that in everyones life there is that one person who makes all the difference Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 06/21/2005 Starring: Kevin Kline Rob Morrow Run time: 110 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Michael HoffmanComparisons to Dead Poets Society are inevitable, but The Emperor's Club achieves a rich identity all its own. In the honorable tradition of great teacher dramas like Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Kevin Kline is well cast as Mr. Hundert, longtime teacher of classics and assistant headmaster of St. Benedict's Academy for Boys. There he encounters a defiant student and senator's son (Emile Hirsch) who desperately needs--but ultimately rejects--Hundert's lessons on leadership, integrity, and the shaping of character. Adapted from Ethan Canin's short story "The Palace Thief," the film is conventional to a fault, its flashback structure unfolding in Hollywood shorthand. But its noble sentiments remain potently intact, allowing Kline a performance of great emotional nuance while imparting lessons of universal value. "This is a story with no surprises," as Hundert says, but The Emperor's Club may surprise you with its admirable portrait of a life well lived. --Jeff Shannon
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