Apt Pupil (1998)
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| Release Date: | October 23, 1998 |
| Genre: | Drama, Suspense |
| Director: | Bryan Singer |
| Writer: | Stephen King, Brandon Boyce |
| Cast: | David Schwimmer, Grace Sinden, Katherine Malone, Heather McComb, Blake Anthony Tibbetts, David Cooley, Marjorie Lovett, James Karen, Bruce Davison, Ann Dowd, Michael Reid MacKay, Mickey Cottrell, Joshua Jackson, Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro |
| Studio: | TriStar Pictures |
| Running Time: | 100 minutes |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for strong violence, language, and brief sexuality. |
Todd Bowden is a 16-year old senior who is at the top of his class... until he discovers a horrifying secret. After studying the Holocaust in school, he is intrigued and searches for more information. In doing so, he realizes that a man living nearby is actually Nazi war criminal Kurt Dussander, wanted for the murder of the Jews.
But instead of turning him in, Todd goes to Dussander with a deal. In exchange for...
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Movie Review
From the author that gave you The Shining and several other top picks and the director that gave us the intriguing The Usual Suspects, Apt Pupil is a compelling tale of a boy who is driven near the edge by his own mistakes. Brad Renfro stars as Todd, a stupid (but inteligent) kid who blackmails a Nazi war criminal (McKellen) but ends up getting blackmailed himself. Full movie review »
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Carole007 says:
October 14, 2009I really like the movie, I was disappointed that it was not at all like the novella. I think that it would have been better if the end was like the scene in the book, it could have been a little more believable. There is no way the FBI nor that school teacher from Munich just walked away. There is no way the guidance counselor, just walked away because he was going to be accused of being a child molester. Still I think that it was a good watch, the stupid child did not know what he was getting himself into.