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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Mel Gibson
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Cast
| 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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A fatherless boy had almost given up all his dreams... until one man believed in him enough to make them come true.Genres:
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25 August 1993 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Justin McLeod: Oh, come on, we're not doing Julius Caesar now.
Chuck Norstadt: What?
Justin McLeod: "Et tu, Chuckus"? It's all right, I'll live with it.
Chuck Norstadt: You mean, you don't hate my guts?
Justin McLeod: No, I don't hate your guts.
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Written by Martha Sharpe
Performed by Sandy Posey
Courtesy of G.M.L., Inc.
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Second film with James Horner music, in which Gaby Hoffmann appears. The first was Field of Dreams (1989). See more »Goofs
Meg's braces are wrong for the time period (summer 1968) when the movie was supposed to take place. She should be wearing braces the were steel bands that wrapped around each tooth with a wire bracket on the front of the band. Meg has braces that are used today, which are a bracket glued to the tooth to hold the wire that straighten the teeth. The newer method didn't start to be used until around 1980. See more »Quotes
Chuck Norstadt: I'm sorry. I'm sorry, I betrayed you. I stabbed you in the back, and I don't even know why.Justin McLeod: Oh, come on, we're not doing Julius Caesar now.
Chuck Norstadt: What?
Justin McLeod: "Et tu, Chuckus"? It's all right, I'll live with it.
Chuck Norstadt: You mean, you don't hate my guts?
Justin McLeod: No, I don't hate your guts.
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BORN A WOMANWritten by Martha Sharpe
Performed by Sandy Posey
Courtesy of G.M.L., Inc.
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A badly disfigured former teacher (Mel Gibson) instructs a youngster (Nick Stahl) who is trying to make the grades to get into boarding school. Gibson's past is mysterious though and Stahl's family history is far from sweet and rosy as well. Difficult drama that has been misunderstood and under-rated ever since its premiere in 1993. Gibson's first directing venture does admittedly have more heart than brains, but he works wonders with what could have been a manipulative and predictable story. Of course this work behind the camera would lead to recent classics "Braveheart" and "The Passion of the Christ". Heartwrenching and emotionally-charged winner that will pull at you and never completely let go. 4 stars out of 5.