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Oct 23, 1998 · 3 min read. “Apt Pupil” uses the horrors of the Holocaust as an atmospheric backdrop to the more conventional horror devices of a Stephen King story. It’s not a pretty sight. By the end of the film, as a death camp survivor is quoting John Donne’s poem about how no man is an island, we’re wondering what island the filmmakers were ...
Apt Pupil is a 1998 American thriller film directed by Bryan Singer and starring Ian McKellen and Brad Renfro. It is based on the 1982 novella of the same name by Stephen King . In the 1980s in southern California, high school student Todd Bowden (Renfro) discovers fugitive Nazi war criminal Kurt Dussander (McKellen) living in his neighborhood under the pseudonym Arthur Denker.
Apt Pupil (1998)Apt Pupil (1998)Apt Pupil (1998)Apt Pupil (1998) Movie Info. Synopsis A high-school student (Brad Renfro) forms an unhealthy relationship with a former Nazi death-camp officer (Ian ...
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`Apt Pupil' is a good, solid film that touches on some disturbing issues but it could've been great, had it chosen to closely examine evil instead of just scratching its surface. `Apt Pupil' is a decent, if somewhat incomplete, movie.
Apt Pupil: Directed by Bryan Singer. With Brad Renfro, Ian McKellen, Joshua Jackson, Mickey Cottrell. A boy blackmails his neighbor after suspecting him to be a Nazi war criminal.
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Apt Pupil Review. An unusual relationship springs up between an all-American high school teenager and an ageing Nazi war criminal. by Kim Newman |. Published on22 10 1998. Release Date: 23 Oct ...
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Jan 25, 2000 · PROLOGUE: When I first found out that they made a film out of Stephen King's novella "Apt Pupil", I was immediately excited and looking forward to its release. I read King's short story and found it thoroughly interesting, and I expected the same from the movie, especially considering that it was directed by Bryan Singer, the mastermind behind THE USUAL SUSPECTS.
