Apt Pupil Page #3

Synopsis: A high-school student (Brad Renfro) forms an unhealthy relationship with a former Nazi death-camp officer (Ian McKellen).
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Production: TriStar Pictures
  6 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
51
Rotten Tomatoes:
53%
R
Year:
1998
111 min
Website
383 Views


TODD:

What business? You sit in that ugly chair

and watch soap operas all day. Except on

Friday afternoons when you walk down to the

movie theater. And twice a week you take the

bus downtown to do your shopping. You always

use the express lane because you never have

more than ten items.

DUSSANDER:

You have been following me?

TODD:

Of course, I followed you. You think I

normally go around to peoples' houses and

accuse them of being Nazi fugitives?

DUSSANDER:

Perhaps for me you made an exception.

TODD:

No, for you I had to be sure. For Kurt

Dussander I had to be absolutely certain.

...Now, I am, and that's why I'm here.

Todd sits on the sofa.

DUSSANDER:

Oh, yes, I see now. As I am this ex-Nazi

fellow, as you say, then this must be the

part where I offer you my hidden stash of

gold, taken from the mouths of old Jewish

men, of course, which I keep buried in the

basement. Isn't that right, boy? Well, I'm

afraid you're wasting your time. I have no

money. If I did I might even give you some

just to be done with this nonsense.

TODD:

I don't need money. You don't have any

anyway. At least, I don't think so. You

probably had to spend it all to sneak in the

country. A good American passport is

expensive on the black market, that I know.

DUSSANDER:

Do you? Good for you.

TODD:

Yes, I do. I know it all, Dussander. You're

my One Great Interest.

DUSSANDER:

Your what?

TODD:

My One Great Interest. Well, not you

personally, but, ...well, it's something I

learned back in eighth grade. Our teacher,

Miss Harmon, she said we'd have to find our

One Great Interest in life. You know, the

thing that would really grab us. Once we did

that, everything would fall into place. Like

hers, she said, wasn't teaching, but

collecting nineteenth-century postcards. I

guess there's no money in that, so she has to

be a teacher. Anyway, she told us to start

thinking about it. So I did, but nothing

happened. Until the following summer, in

Ronny Pegler's garage. That's where I found

it.

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Brandon Boyce

Brandon Boyce was born on November 23, 1970 in the USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Apt Pupil (1998), Wicker Park (2004) and Milk (2008). more…

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