Chuck wants to leave home but can't make the grade for boarding school. Then he finds out the disfigured recluse living nearby is an ex-teacher.
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Mel Gibson | ... | Justin McLeod | |
| Nick Stahl | ... | Charles E. 'Chuck' Norstadt | |
| Margaret Whitton | ... | Catherine Palin | |
| Fay Masterson | ... | Gloria Norstadt | |
| Gaby Hoffmann | ... | Megan Norstadt | |
| Geoffrey Lewis | ... | Chief Wayne Stark | |
| Richard Masur | ... | Prof. Carl Hartley | |
| Michael DeLuise | ... | Douglas Hall, Gloria's Boyfriend | |
| Ethan Phillips | ... | Todd Lansing | |
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Jean De Baer | ... | Mrs. Lansing |
| Jack De Mave | ... | Mr. Cooper | |
| Viva | ... | Mrs. Cooper | |
| Justin Kanew | ... | Rob Lansing | |
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Sean Kellman | ... | David Taylor-Fife |
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Chris Lineburg | ... | Scott Pearson |
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The story of a relationship between a teacher and his troubled pupil. Justin McLeod is a former teacher who lives as a recluse on the edge of town. His face is disfigured from an automobile accident and fire ten years before in which a boy was incinerated and for which he was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. He is also suspected of being a pedophile. He is befriended by Chuck, igniting the town's suspicion and hostility. McLeod instills in his protégé a love of justice and freedom from prejudice which sustains Chuck beyond the end of the film. Written by Mike McBain <mike@calcite.apana.org.au>
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McLeod: If I... you've never taught, have you, Mr. McDowell?
Mr. William McDowell: Taught? No.
McLeod: You can't teach a thing without giving away your trust.
Mr. William McDowell: I don't think I follow.
McLeod: Let's say I was teaching you, as a lawyer, to be honest. I couldn't trust you to tell the truth and then run around to the courtroom to see whether or not you were lying, could I? Not unless I was absolutely sure that you were lying.
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(from LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST)
Written by Giacomo Puccini (as G. Puccini), Guelfo Civinini (as C. Civinini),
Carlo Zangarini (as C. Zangarini) and David Belasco (as D. Belasco)
Performed by Jussi Björling
Courtesy of Decca/London Records
By Arrangement with Polygram Special Markets
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Harrison Ford, Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Tom Hanks, and Robin Williams were considered for the role of Justin McLeod. See more »Goofs
The method that McLeod gives for finding the center of a circle will not always work. He also says and draws that the line perpendicular to the midpoint of AB goes through C, which is extraneous and incorrect. See more »Quotes
Mr. William McDowell: Why didn't you just go to the mother and make sure that Charles had told her about the tutoring?McLeod: If I... you've never taught, have you, Mr. McDowell?
Mr. William McDowell: Taught? No.
McLeod: You can't teach a thing without giving away your trust.
Mr. William McDowell: I don't think I follow.
McLeod: Let's say I was teaching you, as a lawyer, to be honest. I couldn't trust you to tell the truth and then run around to the courtroom to see whether or not you were lying, could I? Not unless I was absolutely sure that you were lying.
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CH'ELLA MI CREDA(from LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST)
Written by Giacomo Puccini (as G. Puccini), Guelfo Civinini (as C. Civinini),
Carlo Zangarini (as C. Zangarini) and David Belasco (as D. Belasco)
Performed by Jussi Björling
Courtesy of Decca/London Records
By Arrangement with Polygram Special Markets
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$4,026,775, 29 August 1993Gross USA:
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Mel Gibson gives one of his best performances as the disfigured ex-teacher who takes a troubled young boy (Nick Stahl) under his wing as tutor, mentor, and friend. while the idea of two outcasts, one an adult teacher and the other a young teen boy, forming a bond is not new, the story is still compelling. the suspicions surrounding Mcleod (gibson) and his past lead to new allegations. the allegations are answered when Mcleod asks Charles what he thinks about McLeod's past based on their relationship. McLeod forces Charles to think and judge based on his knowledge not on suspicion or hearsay. the final scene speaks volumes about what their relationship was and what it meant to each of them. this film ranks up there with "a separate peace" and "dead poet's society" as a teen awakening film.