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7.1/10   1,227 votes
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Writers:
Ron Jones (article)
Johnny Dawkins (teleplay) ...
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Release Date:
4 October 1981 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Short | Family more
Plot:
A teacher plays a mental game with some of his students. Based on a true story. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
THE BEST AFTERSCHOOL SPECIAL EVER!!! more

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Bruce Davison ... Ben Ross
Lori Lethin ... Laurie

John Putch ... David
Johnny Doran ... Robert
Pasha Gray ... Amy
Wesley Pfenning ... Christy Ross (as Wesley Ann Pfenning)
Larry Keith ... Mr. Saunders
Teri Ralston ... Mrs. Saunders
Marc Copage ... Student

Jamie Rose ... Andrea
Frank Lloyd
Matthew Dunn
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert DeLapp
Danny Marmolejo

Michael Pasternak
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Additional Details

Runtime:
44 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Based on the real experience of a high school class in Palo Alto, California in April 1969. more
Quotes:
Robert: Laurie Saunders is a threat. She must be stopped.
Student: Don't worry. David and I will take care of it.
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Movie Connections:
Version of Die Welle (2008) more

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11 out of 11 people found the following comment useful:-
THE BEST AFTERSCHOOL SPECIAL EVER!!!, 21 October 2001
Author: dtucker86 from Germany

I have so many fond memories of those great Afterschool Specials that ABC used to make. I think they did such a great service to kids becuase they dealt realistically with social issues in a tasteful manner. The Wave is the best special they ever made because it is one of those few tv shows that really required you to think about the message. I think that it is such a shame that people remember Bruce Davidson as the star of Willard because he is outstanding, not to mention chilling, here as a social studies teacher who, to put it mildly, gets carried away when he encourages his students to act like Nazis. It is even more chilling when you think about the Germans during WWII who so blindly ignored what Hitler was doing. We need to remember the Holocaust for this reason and this brilliantly written and superbly acted film should be seen by every decent person who prays that the terrors of Nazi Germany may never happen again!

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