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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783278094
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783278098
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 06, 2003
Running Time: 110 minutes
Sales Rank: 5173
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: November 22, 2002
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
Comparisons to Dead Poets Society are inevitable, but The Emperor's Club achieves a rich identity all its own. In the honorable tradition of great teacher dramas like Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Kevin Kline is well cast as Mr. Hundert, longtime teacher of classics and assistant headmaster of St. Benedict's Academy for Boys. There he encounters a defiant student and senator's son (Emile Hirsch) who desperately needs--but ultimately rejects--Hundert's lessons on leadership, integrity, and the shaping of character. Adapted from Ethan Canin's short story 'The Palace Thief,' the film is conventional to a fault, its flashback structure unfolding in Hollywood shorthand. But its noble sentiments remain potently intact, allowing Kline a performance of great emotional nuance while imparting lessons of universal value. 'This is a story with no surprises,' as Hundert says, but The Emperor's Club may surprise you with its admirable portrait of a life well lived. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Kevin Kline inspires
Truely, an inspired movie and performance for all to benefit from. What all instructors aspired to be when they first entered the art and profession of teaching others. Repleat with the joy and heartaches found in adolescence through adulthood. Kevine Kline reveals the drama, humor, agony and joy of why many become disillusioned yet remain, in this timeless classic.
Rating: - Mr. Hundert is a part of us all
Mr. Hundert (Kevin Kline) desires to inspire his students at Saint Benedicts School for Boys with knowledge and appreciation of Ancient Roman History while teaching them the moral character and values necessary to be American leaders in the future. Ex: "It is not living that is important but living rightly. How will history judge you?" and "All of us are forced to look in the mirror and see who we really are."
However, Mr. Hundert's patience is stretched when Sedgewick Bell (Emile Hirsch) ... Read More
Rating: - Welcome To Western Civilization" ~ Character, Ethics And Winning At All Costs
The '02 cinematic release `The Emperor's Club' is a gentle, intelligent and at times profound morality tale that teaches us the importance of understanding the past so we may fully embrace the present and contribute to the future.
Kevin Kline is superb as Mr. Hundert, instructor of Roman and Greek History. As he strives to instill within the students of St. Benedict's Boy School the importance of the past and the need for everyone to strive to the best of their ability to make a lasting contribution ... Read More
Rating: - Lasting effects
It is an interesting movie, because the questions it poses haunts you:
can one really take the professor seriously? How important is it to always do the correct thing, no matter what?
I personally feel that the professor has an exaggerated outlook on life, that life is after all a game too and therefore it has to be fun too. But there is no doubt that the characteristics displayed by the people that built Rome was of profound importance for the Roman empire and that to emulate such great achievements, ... Read More
Rating:  - Lacking depth, mediocre & somewhat snobbish
I found this quite overrated. The script is quite thin, lacking depth, especially in character development. Most everything seems quite formulaic. Kline's performance is about the only thing not mediocre about this, but there really wasn't much for him to work with.
It also seems stuffy & somewhat snobbish in old patrician BBC kind of way. A good piece of fluff for the upper-crust Republican nouveau aristocracy that owns America these days. They fantasize themselves as stewards of the state, making mankind ... Read More
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