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#123movies #fmovies #putlocker #gomovies #solarmovie #soap2day Watch Full Movie Online Free – Neighborhood boy Todd Bowden (Renfro) discovers that an old man living on his block named Arthur Denker (Mackellan) is Nazi war criminal. Bowden confronts Denker and offers him a deal: Bowden will not go to the authorities if Denker tells him stories of the concentration camps in WWII. Denker agrees and Bowden starts visiting him regularly. The more stories Bowden hears, the more it affects his personality.
Plot: One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles that of Kurt Dussander, a wanted Nazi war criminal. A month later, Todd decides to knock on his door.
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Apt Pupil 1998 Streaming Links:
Ratings:
 |  6.7/10 Votes: 36,204 |
 | 53% |
 | 51/100 |
 | 6.5 Votes: 404 Popularity: 10.96 |
Reviews:
Original, Intriguing
A teenage boy befriends an elderly man. During countless discussions over many a night, they form a special friendship that manages to bridge their considerable age gap. It would sound like a sweet character study if the old man wasn’t a Nazi war criminal and the teen wasn’t a Holocaust-obsessed recluse blackmailing his new pal for all the gory details.APT PUPIL scores the highest marks for originality. Nothing ever quite like this has been done before, and it’s all quite intriguing. In the beginning, we come close to feeling sorry for the old man despite his past misdeeds. Here is he living out his golden years in peace and seclusion when all of a sudden a pushy teenager threatens to blow his cover. As the tale progresses, we see that the elder is just as conniving as the boy, threatening simply to expose their friendship, forever linking the young man with unimaginable notoriety. What starts out as a bizarre acquaintance escalates into a duel of manipulation.
It’s not surprising that APT PUPIL is based on a novella by Stephen King. The film bears many of the hallmarks of King’s works. And while it’s never actually scary, it is thrilling at a psychological level that King reaches best. It’s not perfect, but with the skilled direction of Bryan Singer and solid performances by leads Brad Renfro and Ian McKellen, it generally accomplishes what it sets out to do.
You don’t have to be a horror person or a teenager at a late night party to enjoy APT PUPIL. The film has a unique appeal beyond what its target audience may have been. If you missed it when it was released in 1998 (as many did, based on its limited commercial success), it’s certainly worth a look.
Review By: ReelCheese Rating: 7 Date: 2006-11-19
A psychological thriller
Directed by Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects and both X-Men features), Apt Pupil is a story of adolescent curiosity and evil intentions. Ian McKellen (X-Men) plays the role of an aged, former Nazi soldier living alone in a quiet town with Brad Renfro (Sleepers) as a young, high school teenager in the search of finding the truth about Nazi life in wartime Germany.Adapted from the Stephen King novella of the same name, Apt Pupil is a psychological thriller with an Alfred Hitchcock-like presence, leaving quite a bit to the viewer’s imagination. Much like a game of cards, the action moves back and forth between characters, each trying to take control of one another. While Kurt Dussander (McKellen) wants to keep his past in the past, Todd Bowden (Renfro) keeps probing (and sometimes threatening) to unleash the stories of the reign of Hitler and the torture of the Jews.
While this movie is much like other Stephen King-adapted novels in the sense that it doesn’t always translate well to the big screen (with all of the little nuances that made King famous), the superb acting and directing makes Apt Pupil a worthwhile venture into the nature of mental wickedness. Both Singer’s vision and McKellen’s portrayal of Nazi war criminal bring excitement and intrigue to this movie making it a must-see.
Review By: djtonyprep Rating: 8 Date: 2004-11-22
Other Information:
Original Title Apt Pupil
Release Date 1998-10-23
Release Year 1998
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 51 min (111 min), 1 hr 52 min (112 min) (Argentina)
Budget 14000000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director Bryan Singer
Writer Stephen King (novel), Brandon Boyce (screenplay)
Actors Brad Renfro, Ian McKellen, Joshua Jackson, Mickey Cottrell
Country USA, France, Canada
Awards 6 wins & 10 nominations.
Production Company TriStar Pictures, Bad Hat Harry, Phoenix Pictures, Paramount Pictures
Website N/A
Technical Information:
Sound Mix SDDS (8 channels), Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio 2.39 : 1
Camera Panavision Cameras and Lenses
Laboratory Technicolor, Los Angeles (CA), USA
Film Length 3,050.44 m
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Super 35
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic)
Original title Apt Pupil
TMDb Rating 6.5 404 votes
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