Apt Pupil
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Bryan Singer
Brad Renfro
Ian Mckellen
Joshua Jackson
Mickey Cottrell
Michael Reid Mackay
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Todd Bowden is learning about the Holocaust in high school, and recognises an old photograph of a concentration camp officer as an old man in his neighborhood. He confronts the man, Kurt Dussander, with his knowledge. Obsessed with the atrocities Dussander committed during the war, Todd begins to blackmail the old man: in exchange for the teenager's silence, Dussander must reveal his evil past. As Todd probes the old man's buried memories, indications of his evil begin to re-emerge. The two begin a game of psychological warfare that spirals out of control; and Todd is pulled into a dangerous fascination with Nazism that threatens his academic and personal life.
Director
Bryan Singer
Cast
Brad Renfro
Ian Mckellen
Joshua Jackson
Mickey Cottrell
Michael Reid Mackay
Ann Dowd
Bruce Davison
James Karen
Marjorie Lovett
David Cooley
Blake Anthony Tibbetts
Heather Mccomb
Katherine Malone
Grace Sinden
David Schwimmer
Anthony Moore
Elias Koteas
Kevin Spirtas
Michael Byrne
Danna Dennis
Jan Triska
Joe Morton
Michael Artura
Donna Marie Brown
Mark Flythe
Warren Wilson
Jill Harris
Norbert D Singer
Mildred Singer
Mary Ottman
Carlos Kleiber
Michael Whetstone
Crew
Van Alexander
Pete Allyn
Fernando Altschul
James Amado
Ayenne J Applebaum
James Ashwill
John Baer
Bruno Balz
Chad C Barrow
Jennifer Baum
Philip Beck
Rick Benattar
Michael Bernbaum
George Berndt
Mike Blair
Charlie Bouis
Brandon Boyce
Tim Boyle
Anthony Bozanich
Mellanie Bradfield
Vicki Brinkman
Jonathan Brown
Jonathan W Brown
Chris Call
Rick Canelli
Simon Coke
Craig Conover
Dustin Courtney
John Coven
Robin Cross
John Cucci
Tom De Santo
Richard Dreyfuss
Julie Duvic
David Eckert
Ethel Edwards
Thom Ehle
Kathryn Eisenstein
Maureen Estes
Ray Evans
Roger Fenton
Sue Fink
Jeannie Ione Flynn
Jim Frear
Nick Gillie
Susan L Giordano
Amanda Goodpaster
Keith Gorman
Frederika Gray
Larry Groupé
Larry Groupé
Bryan Guenzel
Lisa Guerriero
Peter Haas
Tirsa Hackshaw
Michael Haight
Jane Hamsher
Hans Hannes
Timothy Harbert
Timothy Harbert
Thomas Harper
Tommy Harper
Barbara Harris
Michael Herbick
John Herget
Jennifer Herwitt
Richard Hoover
David Horton
Jesse Hove
Dustin Huber
Ben Jensen
Gary Jensen
James Jensen
Jason Jensen
William T Jones
Gloria Kaiser
Kelly Kiernan
Stephen King
Stephen King
Jo Leachman-mcillece
Patti Lee
Leo Leux
Linda Lew
Katherine Lipsitt
Joy Lissandrello
Robert J Litt
Jay Livingston
Frank Macchia
Francine Maisler
Dante Marchi
Art Martin
Ian Mckellen
Kathleen M Mckernin
Meredith Mclaughlin
Christopher Mcquarrie
Kerry Mendenhall
David L Merrill
Chuck Michael
Nash Michael
Walter Milkowlski
Karen Minahan
Louise Mingenbach
Masahi Mizuno
Tim Monich
Johnston H Moore
Charles Munch
Darryl Murchison
Don Murphy
Tony Nakonechnyj
Robert A Neft
Paul Nelson
Andy Norris
Shannon O'bryan
Shannon O'bryan
Dan O'connell
Thomas J. O'connell
Robert J. Ohlandt
John Ottman
John Ottman
John Ottman
John Ottman
Mary Ottman
Rodger Pardee
Anton Pardoe
Daniel Parker
Geoffrey Patterson
Rhonda Paynter
William R Peck
Blake Perkinson
Matthias Perl
Ron Petruccione
Bill Petty
C Parker Poole
Joni Meers Powell
Michael Provart
Michael Puopolo
Christopher Redmond
Jason Rodriguez
B J Rogers
B.j. Rogers
Hilarie Roope
Chris Roundtree
David Sabee
Jay Shapiro
Amy Shock
Newton Thomas Sigel
Bryan Singer
Tom Skulski
Matthew Spiegel
Edward St. George
Mark D Steinbeck
Michael Storm
Scott A Storm
Leslie Swift
Jeffrey Thomas
Thomas Thoms
Elliot Tyson
Eric Uporsky
Greg Van Dyke
Carl Verheyen
Bill Vernetti
Lia Vollack
Lia Vollack
Richard Wagner
Szu Wang
Chris L Ward
Bob Weber
Christopher Whitman
Roee Wiczyk
Sherry Williams
William D Wynn
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 1998 Broadcast Film Critics Association award for Best Actor (Ian McKellen).
Released in United States Fall October 23, 1998
Released in United States on Video April 13, 1999
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States October 1998
Shown at Venice Film Festival (Nights and Stars) August 26 - September 8, 1998.
Shown at Austin Film Festival (Closing Night) October 1-8, 1998.
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (Special Presentation) October 8-18, 1998.
Began shooting February 18, 1997.
Completed shooting May 3, 1997.
Spelling Films halted pre-production in early July 1996 and is no longer involved in the production.
"Apt Pupil" was previously in production in 1987 under the direction of Alan Bridges and starring Ricky Schroder and Nicol Williamson. After ten weeks of production, financing fell through and the film was never completed.
Bad Hat Harry is Bryan Singer's production company.
Stephen King's novella "Apt Pupil" was published as part of the collection "Different Seasons."
Released in United States Fall October 23, 1998
Released in United States on Video April 13, 1999
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Venice Film Festival (Nights and Stars) August 26 - September 8, 1998.)
Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at Austin Film Festival (Closing Night) October 1-8, 1998.)
Released in United States October 1998 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (Special Presentation) October 8-18, 1998.)