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Apt Pupil

Synopsis:

Bryan Singer directed this Brandon Boyce adaptation of Stephen King's novella about teenager Todd Bowden (Brad Renfro), who discovers Nazi war criminal Kurt Dussander (Ian McKellen) living in his California hometown. Fascinated with Dussender's wartime atrocities, Bowden blackmails the former death-camp commandant by promising to keep his identity a secret in exchange for Holocaust horror tales, or, as Todd puts it, "everything they're afraid to show us in school." Dussander complies, and as the weeks pass, their tense confrontations become increasingly malevolent.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Bryan Singer
  • Studio: Bad Hat Harry, Phoenix Pictures, Tri-Star
  • Year: 1998
  • Run Time: 111 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: R (for scenes of strong violence, language and brief sexuality)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Horror, Drama
  • Filmed in: Color
  • Release: 1998 10 23 (USA)

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