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.
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for some sexual content.
Principal Cast: Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, and Jessie Eisenberg
Director: Michael Hoffman
Professor Hundert talks with his class about the great leaders of history and how their legacies lasted through the generations.
Themes: History, Legacy, Significance, Ambition, Education, Teaching, Learning, Accomplishment, Politics
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Sedgwick challenges the ethics and decisions in the ancient Roman texts that he’s reading.
Themes: History, Ethics, Morality, Perspective, Teaching, Learning, Virtue, Apathy, Indifference
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Mr. Hundert reprimands Sedgwick for making a mockery of his classroom.
Themes: Teaching, Learning, Education, Apathy, Ignorance, Mocking, Knowledge, Immaturity, Significance
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Mr. Hundert visits the powerful father of one his students, who insists that Mr. Hundert teach his son but not mold him.
Themes: Teaching, Learning, Education, Influence, Knowledge, Significance, History, Purpose, Parenting
2:09
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Students taunt and challenge Mr. Hundert to a game of baseball.
Themes: Challenges, Teasing, Insult, Pride, Fun, Mocking, Showing Off, Mischief, Baseball
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Professor Hundert confronts a corrupted former student who he caught cheating to get ahead.
Themes: Integrity, Lessons, Exposed, Cheating, Secret, Morality, Ethics, Conscience, Virtue
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Decades later, Mr. Hunderts students honor him for positively affecting their lives.
Themes: Appreciation, Teaching, Learning, Education, Significance, Thankfulness, Recognition
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