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Blue Car
David Strathairn, Agnes Bruckner
Miramax, 2003
Traveling Down A Long, Lonesome Highway
Blue Car is no chuckle fest, this much is certain, but in its chilling realism, confident pacing, and expert acting is a sadness that has the exquisite beauty of truth, human truth. This movie does not have characters, it has people. Some you love, some you feel sorry for, some you despise; all ...
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Hoosiers
Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey
MGM (Video & DVD), 2000
One of the Best (Sports) Movies Ever!
+ The king of all sports movies...
+ Collectible item
+ I love the movie, but Coach Dale was a fraud
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Dead Poets Society
Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard
Walt Disney Video, 1998
READING, WRITING AND DEATH
+ On my all time top 10 movie list
+ Moving Inspiration
+ The tragedy of the rigorous and mindless enforcement of conformity
+ Stays with you.
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The Emperor's Club
Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch
Universal Studios, 2003
Welcome To Western Civilization" ~ Character, Ethics And Winning At All Costs
+ Kevin Kline inspires
+ Mr. Hundert is a part of us all
+ Lasting effects
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Rock 'N' Roll High School
P.J. Soles, Vincent Van Patten
New Concorde, 2001
MEMORIES
+ Those Ramones are peculiar. They are ugly. Ugly, ugly, people.
+ Will Your School Be Next?
+ 70s cult classic....
+ Rock and Roll High School
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High School High
Jon Lovitz, Tia Carrere
Sony Pictures, 1998
Exaggerated but very funny
+ Silly, but funny
+ very funny!
+ DJMasterK - This movie is NOT Widescreen!!!
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Conrack
Jon Voight, Paul Winfield
Playhouse Video, 1985
"Against-all-odds" teacher on a time-forgotten island
+ You Can't Believe How Good This Movie Is
+ Lost classic but still relevant
+ absolutely Voight's best performance
+ A little-known classic starring the young John Voight
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Up the Down Staircase
Sandy Dennis, Patrick Bedford
Warner Home Video, 1994
School Daze
+ super movie
+ Familiar But Surprisingly Resonant Look at a Young Teacher's Trial by Fire in an Urban High School
+ 'THERE IS NO FRIGATE . . .' HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
+ Timeless and perfect...
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Blackboard Jungle
Glenn Ford, Anne Francis
MGM (Warner), 1996
"DO YOU LIKE SWING"? A CLASSIC....... OH DADDY O!
+ Review of Blackboard Jungle DVD
+ Teaching at the Bottom Rung
+ a clasic
+ It's So Fifties!
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Teachers
Nick Nolte, JoBeth Williams
MGM (Video & DVD), 1996
a cause for respect learned a long time ago
+ Teachers Redux
+ Scary and prophetic, but funny
+ One of the best movies I've ever seen
+ Review of "Teachers"
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Corn Is Green (1945)
Bette Davis, Nigel Bruce
MGM (Warner), 1998
A COMPELLING DRAMA WITH A GIFTED CAST...
+ The Corn Is Green
+ Intense Relationship Between Teacher and Student
+ DAVIS WILL SAVE US.
+ Welcome to Wales (California)
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Finding Forrester
Sean Connery, Rob Brown
Sony Pictures, 2001
You're the man now, dog!
+ Sometimes You Can't Find the Forrester for the Trees
+ Great Message
+ A Classic
+ GUS VAN SANT, OPUS 8
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The King and I
Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner
20th Century Fox, 1999
loved it
+ The King and I
+ The King and I
+ splendid american opera
+ The King And I
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Collector's Edition) (High School Reunion Collection)
Paul Muni
Universal Studios, 2003
Good, classic movie!
+ Very pleased with this order!
+ Number #2 in my list of teen movies
+ An American Teen Classic
+ School
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Martin Clunes; Victoria Hamilton; Conleth Hill; John Wood; Patrick Malahide; David Horovitch; Christopher Fulford; James Casey (IV); Harry Lloyd; Tom Roberts (VI); Rory Copus; James Byng; David Netherton; Joe Sowerbutts; Hugh Sachs; Paula Jacobs; Irene Sutcliffe; Bryan Robson; Eddie Cooper; Oliver Rokison
WGBH BOSTON, 2004
A classic in its own right
+ Another Fiction About The Blessed Isle
+ Martin Clunes as James Hilton's beloved Mr. Chipping
This was released on TV in the UK during Christmas 2002. I was reluctant to watch at first being a big fan of the 1939 version starring Greer Garson and the wonderful Robert Donat; I was glad I did though.
It features areas of James Hiltons novel not covered in previous films. However, this ...
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