The Emperor's Club
– William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled w..
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.
22 Nov 2002
English
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Michael Hoffman
Ethan Canin (short story "The Palace Thief"), Neil Tolkin (screenplay)
Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Embeth Davidtz, Rob Morrow
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.
2 nominations.
$13,954,465
Universal Pictures