To Sir With Love (1967)

Product Details: To Sir With Love (1967)

Edition:

DVD Widescreen. See other editions

MPAA Rating:

Unrated

Release Date:

02/01/2000

UPC:

043396032965

Directed by:

James Clavell

Featuring:

Sidney Poitier, Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson. See all cast

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Synopsis: To Sir With Love (1967)

Synopis: Ideological changes in post-Civil Rights movement America were at the heart of legendary African-American actor Sidney Poitier's films in the late 1960s. One such film is this powerful drama, which stars Poitier as Mark Thackery, an unemployed engineer who applies for a teaching job because he needs the paycheck. He lands a job at a school in London's East End that's full of unruly teenagers who are profoundly uninterested in learning. After several failed attempts to reach the students, Thackery abandons the textbooks and conventional teaching methods and, treating them as young adults, he prepares his students for the job market. His unorthodox style is effective--the students begin to respect Thackery and absorb his lessons. But his substantial accomplishments are weighed in the balance when he is finally offered the engineering job he had been waiting for.Poitier's proud, defiant figure stands tall against the rowdy, aimless swinging-sixties London teens, but one of the film's strengths is the respect that is paid to the disruptive students as human characters worthy of a better future. Lulu, who delivers a strong student portrayal, also sings the popular theme song.

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User Reviews: To Sir With Love

1. Excelent movie and the very best song

   , March 28, 2000
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   2 of 2 Yahoo! Users found this To Sir With Love review helpful The movie was a good one. Poitier, like always, plays his part very effectively.
   Also by adding the song" To Sir With Love", makes the movie so powerful. Very nice end.Good job!!!

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2. Great teacher-student relationship portr

   , February 6, 2002
   Reviewer: Jill - See all Jill's reviews

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   1 of 1 Yahoo! Users found this To Sir With Love review helpful I loved this movie when it came out and have watched it over the years numerous times and it still is great to me. It's very hard to get a teacher that accually takes the time to make kids believe in themselves! This should be the main goal of all teachers. This movie still brings tears to my eyes! Sidney was great and always will be! ...

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