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The Corn Is Green

  • TV Movie
  • 19791979
  • 1h 33m
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6.8/10
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The Corn Is Green (1979)
  • Drama
A strong-willed teacher, determined to educate the poor and illiterate youth of an impoverished Welsh village, discovers one student whom she believes to have the seeds of genius in him.A strong-willed teacher, determined to educate the poor and illiterate youth of an impoverished Welsh village, discovers one student whom she believes to have the seeds of genius in him.A strong-willed teacher, determined to educate the poor and illiterate youth of an impoverished Welsh village, discovers one student whom she believes to have the seeds of genius in him.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
602
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  • Director
    • George Cukor
  • Writers
    • James Costigan
    • Emlyn Williams(play)
  • Stars
    • Katharine Hepburn
    • Ian Saynor
    • Bill Fraser
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  • Director
    • George Cukor
  • Writers
    • James Costigan
    • Emlyn Williams(play)
  • Stars
    • Katharine Hepburn
    • Ian Saynor
    • Bill Fraser
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    • 9User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 2 nominations total

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    Katharine Hepburn
    Katharine Hepburn
    • Miss Lilly Moffatas Miss Lilly Moffat
    Ian Saynor
    Ian Saynor
    • Morgan Evansas Morgan Evans
    Bill Fraser
    • The Squireas The Squire
    Patricia Hayes
    • Mrs. Wattyas Mrs. Watty
    Anna Massey
    Anna Massey
    • Miss Ronberryas Miss Ronberry
    Artro Morris
    • John Goronwy Jonesas John Goronwy Jones
    Dorothea Phillips
    Dorothea Phillips
    • Sarah Pughas Sarah Pugh
    Toyah Willcox
    Toyah Willcox
    • Bessie Wattyas Bessie Watty
    • (as Toyah Wilcox)
    Huw Richards
    • Idwalas Idwal
    Bryn Fôn
    • Robbartas Robbart
    Dyfan Roberts
    • Gwynas Gwyn
    Robbin John
    • Ivoras Ivor
    • (as Robin John)
    • Director
      • George Cukor
    • Writers
      • James Costigan
      • Emlyn Williams(play)
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    A strong-willed teacher, determined to educate the poor and illiterate youth of an impoverished Welsh village, discovers one student whom she believes to have the seeds of genius in him.
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    • teaching
    • wales
    • based on play
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      • The heartwarming classic of a teacher's dedication - and triumph!
    • Genre
      • Drama
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    • Trivia
      The scene in which Katharine Hepburn's character is riding up a hill on a bicycle was intended to be shot with a stunt double, but Hepburn insisted on doing it herself. After falling off the bicycle several times, however, she overheard a crewmember say, "God, she got old." She approached the man and said, "You're right. I have." Hepburn then signaled for the stunt double to take over, and went back to her hotel.
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      Featured in The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979)

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    8/10
    The best of human race's feelings in an outstanding story !!!
    A enlightened story that began with Bette Davis's 1945 first version in a near masterpiece in my point of view, this remake with the classy Katherine Hepburn as TV movie stays few steps behind, but it isn't necessarily far away from of his predecessor at all, Kathy overcame fulsomely a putative weak points, with a masterful performance, she plays an unmarried wise old woman who moved to north Wales and decided open a small school for miners boys who were send to coal mines at tender age without any kind of study or future at sight on those hard times, Mrs. Moffat (Hepburn) realizes that a rough teenage Morgan Evans (Ian Saynor) has a special gift to write prodigal poems, she foresees on the boy a glittering future if her coax him an extensive study, Morgan under a extreme pressure stays drained and willing to quit, Mrs. Moffat doesn't give up and she gets to him run for a scholarship at Oxford University, somehow Mrs. Moffat being a spinster, wager all her hopes in this orphan gift boy as was your own son, moreover although she treats Morgan harshly ,actually she intents that him has a opportunity to be someone, that it's her main target, if he got, she made something for yourself, a movie that letting us to think that nothing was lost for mankind in this vale of tears!!

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    • Release date
      • January 29, 1979 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Das Korn ist grün
    • Filming locations
      • Wales, UK
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros. Television
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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