The Emperor's Club

Name: The Emperor's Club
Genre: Drama
Released: 2002-11-22
Duration: 1 h 48 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Jesse Eisenberg, Rishi Mehta, Paul Dano

2002·Movie·PG-13·108 min·★ 7.1(402)

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“In everyone's life there's that one person who makes all the difference.”

William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to a close student-teacher relationship, but results in a life lesson for Hundert that will still haunt him a quarter of a century later.

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About The Emperor's Club

The Emperor's Club is a 2002 English-language drama film directed by Michael Hoffman. The cast is led by Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Jesse Eisenberg. It has a runtime of 1h 48m. Viewers rate it 7.1/10 across 400 ratings. In United States, it is currently streaming on YouTube Free.

The Emperor's Club was produced by Universal Pictures and made in United States of America. It was released on November 22, 2002, and carries a PG-13 certification. At the box office it grossed around $16 million worldwide.

Director: Michael Hoffman
Writers: Neil Tolkin
Release date: November 22, 2002
Original language: English
Age rating: PG-13
Status: Released
Country: United States of America
Box office: $16 million
Production: Universal Pictures

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The Emperor's Club cast & crew

The Emperor's Club was directed by Michael Hoffman and written by Neil Tolkin.

The cast features Kevin Kline as William Hundert, Emile Hirsch as Sedgewick Bell, Jesse Eisenberg as Louis Masoudi, Rishi Mehta as Deepak Mehta, Paul Dano as Martin Blythe, and Rob Morrow as James Ellerby.

Behind the camera, the score was composed by James Newton Howard, cinematography is by Lajos Koltai, and it was produced by Marc Abraham and Sean Bailey.

Is The Emperor's Club worth watching?

The Emperor's Club holds an audience score of 7.1/10 from 402 ratings, marking it as well-reviewed drama films.

At 1h 48m, it's a standard feature-length watch.

If you enjoy drama, The Emperor's Club is worth a place on your watchlist.

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