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4 October 1981 (USA)
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A teacher plays a mental game with some of his students. Based on a true story. full summary | add synopsis
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Won Primetime Emmy.
Another 2 wins
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2 nominations
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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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44 min
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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.
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Christy Ross:
[Ross and his wife are arguing over The Wave's impact on other teachers' classes, including Christy's] Just turn it off!
Ben Ross: Not yet! If I stopped now, they'd be left hanging. They'd be confused.
Christy Ross: Well, let them be confused!
Ben Ross: NO! I have to push them until they get the point. I'm teaching these kids the most important lesson of their lives!
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Ben Ross: Not yet! If I stopped now, they'd be left hanging. They'd be confused.
Christy Ross: Well, let them be confused!
Ben Ross: NO! I have to push them until they get the point. I'm teaching these kids the most important lesson of their lives!
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I just watched this in my Social Psychology class and I was impressed even though the film is a bit melo-dramatic. Great if you want to see how easy it is to influence young people, those without friends and to see how easy it was for German's to grow under the influence of Nazi Germany.
This kind of thing can happen at any time, and the movie shows just how easy it is.
Doing a study for psychology, then this is a good film to watch