Apt Pupil

Apt Pupil is a 1998 American psychological thriller film based on the eponymous 1982 novella by Stephen King. The film was directed by Bryan Singer and stars Ian McKellen and Brad Renfro. In the 1980s in southern California, high school student Todd Bowden (Renfro) discovers fugitive Nazi war criminal Kurt Dussander (McKellen) living in his neighborhood under the pseudonym Arthur Denker. Bowden, obsessed with Nazism and acts of the Holocaust, per... More

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  • Sep 9, 1998

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R (USA)

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  • 1 h 51 min

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  • Apt Pupil

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Directed by

Bryan Singer

Bryan Singer (born September 17, 1965) is an American film director and film producer. Singer won critical acclaim for his work on The Usual Suspects, and is especially well-known among fans of the science fiction and superhero genres for his work on the X-Men films and Superman Returns. Singer was...

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  • If you don't believe in the existence of evil you have a lot to learn.

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Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • Oct 8, 1998
  • Apr 13, 1999
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  • 1 h 51 min

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  • 14,000,000

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Apt Pupil

Apt Pupil (1982) is a novella by Stephen King, originally published in the 1982 novella collection Different Seasons, subtitled "Summer of Corruption". Apt Pupil consists of 29 chapters, many of which are headed by a month. Set in a fictional suburb of San Diego in California called "Santo Donato",...

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  • 7,651
  • Apr 25, 2010
  • 6.5

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