The Emperor's Club
In everyone's life there's that one person who makes all the difference.
2002 | 108m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Michael Hoffman |
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| Writer: | Ethan Canin, Neil Tolkin |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 22, 2002 |
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| Director: | Michael Hoffman |
| Writer: | Ethan Canin, Neil Tolkin |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | ethics, teacher, cheating, private school |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $16,300,000
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Kevin Kline | William Hundert |
| Emile Hirsch | Sedgewick Bell |
| Embeth Davidtz | Elizabeth |
| Purva Bedi | Anna Mehta |
| Rob Morrow | James Ellerby |
| Edward Herrmann | Headmaster Woodbridge |
| Helen Carey | Miss Johnston |
| Jesse Eisenberg | Louis Masoudi |
| Paul Dano | Martin Blythe |
| Katherine O'Sullivan | The Nun |
| Melissa Brown | Blonde Girl |
| Sophie Wise | Brunette |
| Emily Doubilet | Redhead |
| Michelle Foody | Real Redhead |
| Molly Regan | Miss Peters |
| Helen Carey | Miss Johnston |
| Deirdre Lorenz | Dr. Kelly Ryan |
| Joel Gretsch | Sedgewick Bell (older) |
| Steven Culp | Older Martin Blythe |
| Rahul Khanna | Older Deepak Mehta |
| Patrick Dempsey | Older Louis Masoudi |
| Jimmy Walsh | Robert Bell |
| Elizabeth Hobgood | Victoria Bell |
| Nick Hagelin | Martin Blythe the 4th |
| Chris Morales | Eugene Field |
| Gabriel Millman | Robert Brewster |
| Harris Yulin | Senator Bell |
| Luca Bigini | Copeland Gray |
| Michael Coppola | Russell Hall |
| Rishi Mehta | Deepak Mehta |
| Sean Fredricks | Mr. Harris |
| Dominique Deverau | Tawana Carver |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Michael Hoffman | Director |
| Robert Nickson | Thanks |
| Roy Farfel | Stunt Coordinator |
| Ethan Canin | Writer |
| Neil Tolkin | Screenplay |
| Patrizia von Brandenstein | Production Design |
| Sheila Jaffe | Casting |
| Beth Kushnick | Set Decoration |
| Bill Traynor | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Dennis Bradford | Art Direction |
| Georgianne Walken | Casting |
| Cynthia Flynt | Costume Design |
| Steven Fagerquist | Visual Effects |
| Harvey Rosenstock | Editor |
| George DeTitta Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Syd Dutton | Special Effects |
| Katharina Eggmann | Casting |
| Jay Carrado | Stunt Double |
| Don Hewitt Sr. | Stunt Coordinator |
| James Newton Howard | Original Music Composer |
| Lajos Koltai | Director of Photography |
| Lora Hirschberg | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Andrew S. Karsch | Producer |
| Thomas A. Bliss | Executive Producer |
| Cooper Layne | Executive Producer |
| Marc Abraham | Producer |
| Sean Bailey | Executive Producer |
| Armyan Bernstein | Executive Producer |
| Lisa Bruce | Co-Producer |
| Sidney Kimmel | Executive Producer |
| Eric Newman | Executive Producer |
| Michael O'Neill | Co-Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 9 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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