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Apt Pupil (1998) 6.7
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Reviews: 250 user | 111 critic | 21 from Metacritic.com A boy blackmails his neighbour after suspecting him to be a Nazi war criminal. Director:Bryan Singer |
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Cast
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Neighborhood boy Todd Bowden (Renfro) discovers that an old man living on his block named Arthur Denker (Mackellan) is Nazi war criminal. Bowden confronts Denker and offers him a deal: Bowden will not go to the authorities if Denker tells him stories of the concentration camps in WWII. Denker agrees and Bowden starts visiting him regularly. The more stories Bowden hears, the more it affects his personality. Written by Casey Ward <ward@citizen.infi.net>
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If you don't believe in the existence of evil, you've got a lot to learn.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for scenes of strong violence, language and brief sexuality | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
23 October 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El aprendiz See more »Box Office
Budget:
$14,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$3,583,151 (USA) (23 October 1998)Gross:
$8,838,938 (USA) (1 January 1999)Company Credits
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Dan Richler: Went to the movies. Why, what did you do?
Isaac Weiskopf: I used to chase girls.
[they laugh]
Isaac Weiskopf: And now I chase old men.
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Written by Richard Wagner
Performed by Carlos Kleiber and The Bayeurth Festival Orchestra
Courtesy of Koch International by arrangement with Source/Q
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When Todd gives Danker(Dussander) the uniform, he is wearing a blue sweater over a red shirt. Minutes later when Danker comes down stairs wearing the uniform, Todd's sweater is missing and he's just in the red polo. See more »Quotes
Isaac Weiskopf: When you were a boy, what did you do for fun?Dan Richler: Went to the movies. Why, what did you do?
Isaac Weiskopf: I used to chase girls.
[they laugh]
Isaac Weiskopf: And now I chase old men.
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Soundtracks
Tristan Und IsoldeWritten by Richard Wagner
Performed by Carlos Kleiber and The Bayeurth Festival Orchestra
Courtesy of Koch International by arrangement with Source/Q
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Apt Pupil is a movie of symbolism, it is a movie of metamorphosis, it is not a movie to be brushed off, taken lightly, nor is it to be watched if you want anything even remotely uplifting. It is a thoroughly depressing movie about corruption and the very root of evil. You'll find no plot summary here because you can scroll up slightly and find one. I can tell you Ian McKellen is one of the finest actors in the world and even solidifies that unlikely people like Brad Renfro and David Schwimmer can be incredible actors in their own rights. The movie poses several questions, almost none of which it answers and indeed might not have answers. It is, at it's core, about evil feeding into evil. The boy's evil reawakens the old man's evil, the old man's evil stokes the boy's evil and it continues to crescendo throughout coming to an incredible climax. A fascinating and thoroughly challenging movie.