The Emperor's Club (2002)

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In everyone's life there's that one person who makes all the difference.

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.

• Released: 2002-11-22
• Genres: Drama
• Runtime: 1h 48m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.1/10 from 414 votes

Directed by Michael Hoffman.

Top cast

• Kevin Kline as William Hundert
• Emile Hirsch as Sedgewick Bell
• Jesse Eisenberg as Louis Masoudi
• Rishi Mehta as Deepak Mehta
• Paul Dano as Martin Blythe
• Rob Morrow as James Ellerby
• Embeth Davidtz as Elizabeth
• Edward Herrmann as Headmaster Woodbridge
• Helen Carey as Miss Johnston
• Molly Regan as Miss Peters

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Where to watch The Emperor's Club

• United States: watch free on YouTube Free; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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