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4 October 1981 (USA) morePlot:
A teacher plays a mental game with some of his students. Based on a true story. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Won Primetime Emmy. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations moreUser Comments:
The Best Movie EVER!!! more (32 total)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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1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Originally produced as an ABC Afterschool Special, the network chose to instead debut this film in prime time as part of its 'ABC Theater for Young Americans' series. moreQuotes:
Laurie: David and I have to study.Student: You know, if you two don't stop acting like hermits, you're gonna end up like Robert over there
[who is mouthing words while reading a comic book]
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OMG I LOVED THIS MOVIE! Okay, now that I've got that out of my system I just want to say that I keep on doing The Wave "fist punch to the chest then in the air making a "wave" with the hand" thing. Even to people I don't know. I don't follow "The Wave" group, I do this in a satirical manner. And the Ending, wow. I won't give it away or anything but it was SO great. Geez, I loved this movie. We watched it in German class, even though its in English. I liked this a million times better than "Findet Nemo." WATCH THE WAVE! YOU'LL LOVE IT!
Brief Summary: A teacher is teaching his students about Hitler and the Nazis when a student asks how the German people let millions of innocent people die without doing anything. The teacher (Mr. Ross) is stumped and is "saved by the bell" but must deal with her in class the next day. He starts a group called "The Wave" in class whose motto is "Strength through Discipline." The motto grows to become "Strength through discipline. Strength through community. Strength through action." The girl who posed the original question about the Germans starts to oppose the Wave and write articles for the newspaper bashing The Wave. Her boyfriend confronts her about her behavior because he supports The Wave and gets in a physical argument with her. He realizes what The Wave is doing to them, and starts to oppose it with her. They confront their teacher about this, who had just been in a meeting with the principal. I won't give away the ending but it pwnz!