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Summary:

When a new student starts in Professor Hundert's class, little does the professor know that this student will change his life forever. They start out butting heads and end up forming a friendship that will shake the controlled world of the professor. The lessons learned will last a lifetime.

Contributors:

Abraham, Marc, 1949 May 28-

Karsch, Andrew

Tolkin, Neil

Hoffman, Michael

Kline, Kevin

Hirsch, Emile, 1985-

Culp, Steven

Davidtz, Embeth, 1966-

Dempsy, Patrick

Herrmann, Edward, 1943-2014

Yulin, Harris

Dano, Paul, 1984-

Khanna, Rahul

Koltai, Lajos

Rosenstock, Harvey

Howard, James Newton

Flynt, Cynthia

Von Brandenstein, Patrizia

Canin, Ethan

Universal Pictures (Firm)

Beacon Pictures

Sidney Kimmel Entertainment (Firm)

Longfellow Pictures

LivePlanet (Firm)

Languages:

English
French
Spanish

Language Notes:

Closed-captioned. In English, with subtitles in French and Spanish.

Related Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Palace thief [by Canin, E.]

Subjects:

Teachers — Attitudes — Drama

Students — Attitudes — Drama

Private schools — Drama

Teachers — Attitudes

Teachers

Students — Attitudes

Students

Private schools

Genres:

Motion pictures

Feature films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Drama

System Details:

DVD, stereo., surround, DTS, Region 1 encoding.

Performers:

Cast: Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Steven Culp, Embeth Davidtz, Patrick Dempsy, Edward Herrmann, Harris Yulin, Paul Dano, Rahul Khanna.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Lajos Koltai ; editor, Harvey Rosenstock ; original music, James Newton Howard ; costume designer, Cynthia Flynt ; production designer, Patrizia von Brandenstein.

General Notes:

Based on the short story "The palace thief" by Ethan Canin.
Special features: the making of "The emperor's club"; a look behind-the-scenes featuring director Michael Hoffman and cast; in-depth feature commentar with Michael Hoffman; deleted scenes with commentary from director Michael Hoffman; DVD-ROM features.

Audience:

MPAA rating: PG13; for some sexual content.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

EMP 2002 DVD

ISBNs:

0783278098

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 025192274022
Publisher Number, Universal: 22740

OCLC Numbers:

51855798