The film also portrays the importance of how the characters reveal their true personality. The emperors club is sort of a cross between dead poets society and goodbye mr. The emperor s club critics consensus though kline is excellent in his portrayal of hundert, the movie is too dull and sentimental to distinguish itself from other titles in its genre. Based on ethan canins short story the palace thief. My recommendation is that audiences mix it up a bit so that young and older can view the film together with a point of discussing it afterwards. Its the perfect film for teachers, students, and parents who wish to start discussions that. With kevin kline, emile hirsch, joel gretsch, embeth davidtz. Unmotivated and rebellious student sedgewick ball arrives at the elite st. The emperor s club is a 2002 american drama film directed by michael hoffman and starring kevin kline. The emperors club hews closely and serviceably to other films of the same subgenre, from to sir, with love to the browning version, but its founded on a mixed message that it never attempts to unravel. When completed by living with a faith in god, it is a message that could change the future as we build on the lessons of the past. In this case, a good example for this would be a movie called the emperors club. The emperor s club kevin kline steven culp embeth davidtz 2002 a professor kevin kline of classics at a preparatory school clashes with the headstrong and troubled son of a powerful senator. Can our current character even be changed or molded.
As a young man in the 1970s, mr hundert wins the love and admiration of his pupils at a boys boarding school called st. The emperors club 2002 kevin kline stars as arthur hundert, a dedicated and inspiring classics professor who has devoted his life to teaching at a prep school for boys. Yet that is what william hundert kevin kline does in michael hoffmans film, the emperors club, adapted by neil tolkin from a short story by ethan canin. Benedicts school for boys and immediately proves himself a disruptive element in history teacher mr. Kline takes pride in molding his students to the ideals of the great greeks and romans, yet time and again, his voiceover narration insists. The emperors club 2002 ending spoiler movie mistakes. Kevin kline and emile hirsch are starring, alongside embeth davidtz, rob morrow, edward herrmann and harris yulin. Benedictus has performed on its students, the other boys of course idolize sedgewick. Dead poets society 1989, mona lisa smile 2003, school ties 1992, the chorus 2004, life of a king 20. He questioned himself how he hasnt done anything about it. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to a close studentteacher relationship, but results in a life lesson for hundert that will still haunt him a quarter of a century later. Game 6 stylized as game6 is a 2005 american film directed by michael hoffman, first presented at the sundance film festival, released in the united states in 2006, and starring michael keaton. Parents need to know that this movie has some mature material, including very strong language, nudie. The emperors club the emperors club is a rather stodgily directed pic by michael hoffman which extols the virtues of greek and roman thinking in the guise of kevin klines classics teacher.
Written by neil tolkin, based on the short story the palace thief. Ending spoiler for the emperors club 2002, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. The emperors club critics consensus though kline is excellent in his portrayal of hundert, the movie is too dull and sentimental to distinguish itself from other titles in its genre. Unlike most teachers in inspirationalteacher movies, william hundert kevin kline isnt charismatic or cool. The emperors club also features harris yulin, rob morrow, and edward herrmann. The emperors club is a 2002 american drama film directed by michael hoffman and starring kevin kline. Indeed, the revelation here is central to the storys entire moral premise.
Directed by 1 writing credits 2 cast 65 produced by 10 music by 1 cinematography by 1 film editing by 1 casting by 3 production design by 1 art direction by 1 set decoration by 2 costume design by 1 makeup department 6 production management 5 second unit director or. Rob morrow at an event for the emperors club 2002 kevin kline in the emperors club 2002 kevin. Kevin kline and michael hoffman at an event for the emperors club 2002 kevin kline and rob morrow in the. New student sedgewick bell, the headstrong son of a powerful senator, joins his class and inexorably alters mr. Chips, only much better because the story isnt depressing and there are no deaths, suicides or musical numbers. Based on ethan canins short story the palace thief, the emperors club traces the 30year teacherstudent mentor relationship between dedicated prep school teacher william and troubled young sedgewick who lives in the shadow of his senator father. Not only does the poor setup cause the second half of the movie to feel less than seamless, it also means the first half of the movie never gets to benefit from the.
Released november 22nd, 2002, the emperor s club stars kevin kline, steven culp, embeth davidtz, patrick dempsey the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 49 min, and received a score of 49. The emperors club, the palace thief, o clube do imperador. The emperors club wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. Benedicts school for boys, which is an ivy league prep school located on the east coast and is the training ground for the future educational, political, and leaders of. Benedicts school for boys, where william hundert teaches ancient history. The emperors club is a 2002 drama film directed by michael hoffman, starring kevin kline and emile hirsch based on ethan canins short story the palace thief, the film centers around teacher william hundert kline and his students at a fictional boys prep school, st. The emperors club, ruthless in its own placid way, finds one of our most conservative and hidebound moviemaking traditions and gives it new texture, new relevance, new reality. The chief curiosity of the film is how it seems to present one view of. An idealistic prep school teacher attempts to redeem an incorrigible student. Poitier is a west indian, who in the 1967 film had. Because he privately tells the cheater he is a heel, the film presents him as a great educator, but he is correct when he tells that student. Can our future decisions be predicted based on our. The emperor s club tells the story of a teacher who fixes the results of an academic competition and twice allows a wellconnected student to get away with cheating.
Can our future decisions be predicted based on our current character. Sehingga tidak heran apabila william hundert lebih banyak menghabiskan waktunya untuk. The emperors club is a film that addresses many moral and social aspects that are central to contemporary societys moral controversy. That bra is from the time the film was made, not the mid1970s when the scene takes place.
Can morals be properly instilled in a young person outside of religion. Benedicts, somewhere in new england, in spite of what most. The emperors club is a 2002 film about an idealistic prep school teacher who attempts to redeem an incorrigible student directed by michael hoffman. It follows a fictional playwright, nicky rogan, on the day he has a new stage play opening which is also the same day as the sixth game of the 1986 world series is played. Leadership values in the emperors club leadership in film 2015 second cut duration. William hundert adalah seseorang yang begitu mencintai profesinya sebagai seorang guru.
William hundert is a passionate and principled classics professor who finds his tightlycontrolled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, sedgewick bell, walks into his classroom. Film the emperors club mengisahkan tentang seorang guru yang telah lama pensiun bernama william hundert. Based on ethan canins short story the palace thief, the film follows a prep school teacher and his students at a fictional boys prep school, st. Namun setelah pensiun, william hundert seakan tidak tahu lagi apa yang semestinya ia lakukan. Academy award winner kevin kline a fish called wanda, the big chill delivers yet another oscarworthy performance bill zwecker, foxtv in this compelling and inspiring story about a revered teacher and the students whose lives he changes forever.
The emperors club is a nerds version of dead poets society, mimicking the new kid at an uptight boys schoolcaring teacher formula, but lacking the wonder, revelation and charisma of the. The film takes place in 1976 at an allboys collegeprep school, the fictional st. The emperors club is a clear message for a world in search of moral answers to the complex problems we face. Strange how, among the young, there is nothing sillier than. The emperors club is a much better movie than dead poets and. The films collapse is a sad result, because the emperors club boasts. The emperors club tells the story of a teacher who fixes the results of an academic competition and twice allows a wellconnected student to get away with cheating. Note the way the film connects the mother with the child that eventually won the competition. When a moralistic teacher has to face up to his code.
Kevin kline stars as arthur hundert, a dedicated and inspiring classics professor who has devoted his life to teaching at a prep school for boys. The emperors club is an unforgettable, powerfully uplifting story about the meaning of honor and integrity, in a movie jeffrey lyons of wnbctv. Though kline is excellent in his portrayal of hundert, the movie is too dull. Andrew karsch attended the american film institute center for advanced film studies, where, as a conservatory fellow, he produced the highly acclaimed nights at orears, which premiered at the new york film festival in 1981 he subsequently founded longfellow pictures while working as both a producer and executive with united artists from 1985 to 1994. In everyones life theres that one person who makes all the difference william hundert is a passionate and principled classics professor who finds his tightlycontrolled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, sedgewick bell, walks into his classroom. Staring kevin kline, embeth davidtz, patrick dempsey and emile hirsch.
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