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Emperor's Club [FS]

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Released: 2003-05-06

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Emperor's Club [FS] DVD Cast & Features Cast:
Roger Rees, Ben Levin, Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Jesse Eisenberg, Paul Dano, Rishi Mehta, Harris Yulin, Rob Morrow, Edward Herrmann, Embeth Davidtz, Patrick Dempsey, Steven Culp, Joel Gretsch, Rahul Khanna

Director(s): Michael Hoffman

Features:
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"The making of The Emperor's Club" behind-the-scenes featurette
Feature commentary with director Michael Hoffman
Deleted scenes with optional director's commentary
DVD-ROM features

Emperor's Club [FS] DVD Details

Video:
Pre-1954 Standard
Audio:
Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel
Dolby Digital Surround
Digital Theater Systems (akin to 5.1)
Language:
English
French
Spanish
Subtitles:
French, Spanish

Running Time: 110
Genre: Drama
Item Weight: 1
UPC: 025192305221
Product Code: MHV61023052DVD
Format: DVD
Year:2002
Studio: Universal Studios

Emperor's Club [FS] DVD Summary A dedicated teacher learns some important lessons about himself years after he retired from the classroom in this drama.

William Hundert (Kevin Kline) is an instructor at St.

Benedict's School for Boys, an exclusive private academy on the East Coast where Hundert drills his charges on the moral lessons to be learned through the study of Greek and Roman philosophers.

Hundert is fond of telling his students, "A man's character is his fate," and he strives to impress upon them the importance of the ordered and examined life.

In 1976, however, Hundert finds himself with an especially challenging group of students -- party-minded Fred Masoudi (Jesse Eisenberg) , introverted Martin Blythe (Paul Dano), bright but mischievous Deepak Mehta (Rishi Mehta), and most notably, openly rebellious Sedgewick Bell (Emile Hirsch).

The son of a powerful politician, Bell pointedly runs against the current of Hundert's example, questioning the importance of the material, flouting the school's rules, talking out of turn in class, and devoting as much time to his interest in girls as in his studies.

However, Hundert sees the possibility of great things in Bell, and encourages him to take part in the school's annual academic competition for the title of Mr.

Julius Caesar.

Hundert even goes so far as to bend the rules in scoring to favor Bell in the early stages of the contest, but his faith is betrayed when Bell is discovered cheating during the contest finals.

Years later, Hundert is reunited with his students, where they learn the years have taught them all a great deal about their virtues and weaknesses.

The Emperor's Club also features Harris Yulin, Rob Morrow, and Edward Herrmann.