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Synopsis: 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.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Michael Hoffman
Production: Universal Pictures
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Metacritic:
49
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
PG-13
Year:
2002
109 min
$13,954,465
Website
3,812 Views


6,000?|- 6,000 men. Pompey has 10 legions...

with the support of the Senate, and Caesar|is undaunted by these odds.

Suddenly... impulsively...

Caesar cries out! Mr. Mehta.

"Alea jacta est."|- "The die is cast!"

He crosses the Rubicon|only to find his enemies have fled.

He chases Pompey|all around the Mediterranean.

Finally, he arrives in Alexandria,|where the king of Egypt...

Mr. Masoudi?|- Ptolemy XIII?

Ptolemy XIII...|presents him with a gift...

the head of Pompey.

Mr. Hundert,...

I'd like you to make|the acquaintance...

of Mr. Sedgewick Bell.

Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Bell.

Well then, carry on, Mr. Hundert.

Nice to meet you, son.|Thank you, sir.

Gentlemen, I'd like you to welcome|a new member of our class,

Mr. Sedgewick Bell.

Come in.

The sign said|this was a boy's school.

It is a boy's school.|- So why is everyone wearing dresses?

These are not dresses.

This is a toga. It is a loose|outer garment worn by...

Worn by citizens of ancient Rome.|I know.

I was just... kidding with you.

The toga was best owed on young men|in recognition of their transition...

from childishness|to manhood.

So?

Please.|Come in. Sit down.

Have a seat here|behind Mr. Brewster.

You know what?|I actually think that I'm good here.

Mr. Bell.

Mr. Hundert.

Have a seat.

Now, uh, before I forget,...

tomorrow we will begin on Shakespeare's|Julius Caesar. I expect you all...

to be familiar with the play.

Mr. Bell, I'd like you to look|at the role of Brutus,...

the noblest Roman|of them all.

Mr. Masoudi, you have|a lean and hungry look,...

you'll read the part|of Cassius.

He's the son of Hyram Bell,...

the senior senator|from West Virginia.

Well, whoever the father is, the son|is a bit of a Visigoth, I'm afraid.

Is he that bad?|- No, I don't think so.

It's just new school bravado.|That's all. He'll be fine.

Sedgewick?

Right. Sedgewick.

Hey! Se-Sedgewick.

Um, some of us were just...

just wondering...

Actually, Martin... Martin was wondering|if you could keep it down.

He's trying to study.

Okay. All right. That's...

"I think it is not meet Mark Antony,|so well-beloved of Caesar,

"should outlive Caesar.

Let Antony and Caesar|fall together."

"Our course will seem|too bloody, Caius Cassius,

"to cut the head off|then hack the limbs.

Like wrath in death--"

"and envy afterwards,|for Antony is but a limb of Caesar.

Let us be sacrificers,|but not butchers."

"Let us be sacrificers,|but not butchers."

Yes, your Brutus|lacks conviction, Mr. Bell.

You do realize|what you're saying? The fate|ofthe Republic is at stake!

Not for me.

No. I realize that.

But try to imagine the|significance of the moment.

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Neil Tolkin

Neil Tolkin is a Canadian screenwriter and film director from Montreal. He attended Westmount High School and Dawson College and McGill University. more…

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