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| Director: | Michael Hoffman | 
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| Writer: | Ethan Canin, Neil Tolkin | 
| Staring: | 
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 22, 2002 | 
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| Director: | Michael Hoffman | 
| Writer: | Ethan Canin, Neil Tolkin | 
| Genres: | Drama | 
| Keywords | cheating, private school, teacher, ethics | 
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures | 
| Box Office | 
              
                Revenue: $16,300,000
                Budget: $0  | 
      
| Updates | 
          Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024  | 
      
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Kevin Kline | William Hundert | 
| Emile Hirsch | Sedgewick Bell | 
| Embeth Davidtz | Elizabeth | 
| Purva Bedi | Anna Mehta | 
| Rob Morrow | James Ellerby | 
| Edward Herrmann | Headmaster Woodbridge | 
| Helen Carey | Miss Johnston | 
| Jesse Eisenberg | Louis Masoudi | 
| Paul Dano | Martin Blythe | 
| Katherine O'Sullivan | The Nun | 
| Melissa Brown | Blonde Girl | 
| Sophie Wise | Brunette | 
| Emily Doubilet | Redhead | 
| Michelle Foody | Real Redhead | 
| Molly Regan | Miss Peters | 
| Helen Carey | Miss Johnston | 
| Deirdre Lorenz | Dr. Kelly Ryan | 
| Joel Gretsch | Sedgewick Bell (older) | 
| Steven Culp | Older Martin Blythe | 
| Rahul Khanna | Older Deepak Mehta | 
| Patrick Dempsey | Older Louis Masoudi | 
| Jimmy Walsh | Robert Bell | 
| Elizabeth Hobgood | Victoria Bell | 
| Nick Hagelin | Martin Blythe the 4th | 
| Chris Morales | Eugene Field | 
| Gabriel Millman | Robert Brewster | 
| Harris Yulin | Senator Bell | 
| Luca Bigini | Copeland Gray | 
| Michael Coppola | Russell Hall | 
| Rishi Mehta | Deepak Mehta | 
| Sean Fredricks | Mr. Harris | 
| Dominique Deverau | Tawana Carver | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Michael Hoffman | Director | 
| Robert Nickson | Thanks | 
| Roy Farfel | Stunt Coordinator | 
| Ethan Canin | Writer | 
| Neil Tolkin | Screenplay | 
| Patrizia von Brandenstein | Production Design | 
| Sheila Jaffe | Casting | 
| Beth Kushnick | Set Decoration | 
| Bill Traynor | Special Effects Coordinator | 
| Dennis Bradford | Art Direction | 
| Georgianne Walken | Casting | 
| Cynthia Flynt | Costume Design | 
| Steven Fagerquist | Visual Effects | 
| Harvey Rosenstock | Editor | 
| George DeTitta Jr. | Set Decoration | 
| Syd Dutton | Special Effects | 
| Katharina Eggmann | Casting | 
| Jay Carrado | Stunt Double | 
| Don Hewitt Sr. | Stunt Coordinator | 
| James Newton Howard | Original Music Composer | 
| Lajos Koltai | Director of Photography | 
| Lora Hirschberg | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Andrew S. Karsch | Producer | 
| Thomas A. Bliss | Executive Producer | 
| Cooper Layne | Executive Producer | 
| Marc Abraham | Producer | 
| Sean Bailey | Executive Producer | 
| Armyan Bernstein | Executive Producer | 
| Lisa Bruce | Co-Producer | 
| Sidney Kimmel | Executive Producer | 
| Eric Newman | Executive Producer | 
| Michael O'Neill | Co-Producer | 
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