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Movie
Region Code
DVD: 1 (US, Canada...)
Language
English
Features
Full Screen, Widescreen
UPC
0043396223097
Format
DVD
Release Year
1999
Actor
Brad Renfro, Ian McKellen
Rating
R
Director
Bryan Singer
Genre
Drama
Movie/TV Title
Apt Pupil
Edition
Closed Caption

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Based on the novella by Stephen King, director Bryan Singer's follow-up to THE USUAL SUSPECTS is a harrowing psychological thriller about the relationship that forms between a boy and the neighbor he discovers is a Nazi war criminal. After a brief lesson in history class, star pupil Todd Bowden (Brad Renfro) becomes obsessed with Hitler and his followers. Through extensive research, he discovers that the infamous Kurt Dussender (Sir Ian McKellen) has been hiding out, living a normal life in his own neighborhood. But instead of reporting Dussender to the authorities, Todd decides to use him to gain further knowledge...everything that the history books won't tell him. But who ends up using whom, and what happens when a susceptible young mind encounters true evil, leads to a surprising, taught, and unsettling suspense film.Interested in the novella since he was 19, Singer worked closely with screenwriter Brandon Boyce to bring this compelling story to the screen. Filled with the same touches that are hallmarks of his previous films--careful editing, use of small spaces to evoke tense atmospherics, terrific cinematography, and stellar acting--the film is a disturbing exploration into the seductively dark side of human nature.

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Actor
Brad Renfro, Ian McKellen
Director
Bryan Singer
Edition
Closed Caption
Rating
R
Format
DVD
Release Year
1999
Movie/TV Title
Apt Pupil
Genre
Drama

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Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
USA
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Closed Caption
Leading Role
Brad Renfro, Ian Mckellen
Release Date
19990420

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  • by harveyocaz
    Jan 03, 2017Top favourable review

    Good not excellant

    I thought it was alright. It was a bit slowly paced and the whole second act didn't seem to have a lot of direction. I also didn't really like the casting of Brad Renfro as Todd. I thought they could have found someone better for the role. Of course Ian McKellen was fantastic. He kept up his accent throughout the whole film which was impressive. The weird thing is that I didn't want the old guy to get caught. I was hoping he'd escape safely up until the very end of the film. The kid, however, I didn't really care about. Maybe because the kid is clearly a sociopath on his way to a very dastardly future, whereas the old man had done horrible things, but he was simply living out the end of his life not bothering anyone. Except maybe a cat or two.

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  • by michelangelo1475-1564
    Mar 17, 2010

    SIR IAN MCKELLEN NAZI WAR CRIMINAL BRAD RENFRO PUNISHES

    Todd Bowen (Brad Renfro) plays a valedictorian who is a WWII Nazi history buff. Nazi war criminal escapee, Kurt Dussender's (Sir Ian McKellen), living a relatively private life in Todd's successful suburbanite town. Add major quality that Stephen King wrote the novella this film is based upon & try to imagine what shape the forces of evil take when the astute, presumably anti-Nazi buff, American youth recognizes & (more or less) stalks the everyday life of Dussender, a US citizen, then confronts him. If I spotted a missing Nazi war criminal, bet on it I'd 'anonymously' report it to the F.B.I.. But, not King's Bowen, of course. There'd be no emotional tension involved in my dull response! Bowen follows Dussender (Himmler's henchman who ...

  • by Akq1gToMSH6@Deleted
    Feb 11, 2008

    APT PUPIL

    A great adaptation of a Stephen King short story. Much better ending than the book, I must say. It was much more gratifying for the main character not to be discovered as a murderer and for being able to manipulate and threaten to ruin the life of his guidance counsellor by accusing him (falsly) of pedophilia than to be shot to death by policemen. It would have been a tragedy, and the world would have lost a brilliant criminal mind. We need more people like this in Washington, DC. I loved the movie. Pity the boy who played Todd died so young. He is convincing in every role he has ever played. I first read the novella in a book called Different Seasons. After I finished reading it I said to myself, "This would make a great movie". Then, on a whim, I typed it into search ...

  • by krafty_momma
    Nov 24, 2008

    Is evil born or made?

    Apt Pupil - the movie and the film - works well on so many levels. On the surface, it's a great thriller. Anyone intigued by psychology or true crime will be spellbound by this movie. Like many of Stephen King's stories, there are other powerful themes to be examined. In this instance, I had to ask myself, "Is evil born, or is it created? Do people always choose what they become? Is it choices they make or situations they're forced into? A combination of the two? Or are some people just born with a propensity for evil?" Brad Renfro, sadly now dead from a heroin overdose, and Ian McKellen each gave chilling performances. Todd, Renfro's character, spots a man he believes to be a war criminal and begins following him. The man he investigates, played by McKellen, is a quiet old hermit happy to ...

  • by BaAZsYXhSe-@Deleted
    Aug 22, 2010

    A Most Unique Storyline

    What a delight to stumble upon this movie by chance. Had it not been for the name of Sir Ian McKellen listed as the leading actor I would have missed this one. The story hasn't ever been told before, to my knowledge. It's a riveting one, too. An astute student takes his studies of WWII so seriously that when he recognizes his neighbor as a Nazi war criminal, he's extra anxious to meet him. There begins the action between the pupil and the closeted Nazi war criminal (McKellen). When I write that I bet you can't possibly imagine what will transpire between them, I mean it. The story's that well written. Don't forget to buy a copy of this DVD and watch it several times before shelving it.

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