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Apt Pupil

Movie (1998)


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 him.

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Released: Sep 9th, 1998
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Apt Pupil Main Cast

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Brad Renfro
Brad Renfro
plays Todd Bowden
Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen
plays Kurt Dussander
Joshua Jackson
Joshua Jackson
plays Joey
Mickey Cottrell
Mickey Cottrell
plays Sociology Teacher
Michael Reid MacKay
Michael Reid MacKay
plays Nightmare Victim
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Movie Trivia/Goofs

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  • One of the pictures of Dussander as during in the years of World War II was actually Heinrich Himmler but was digitally replaced with Ian McKellen's face.
  • Anthony Hopkins turned the main part down.
  • When Stephen King learned that Bryan Singer was to direct, he sold the film rights for just $1.
  • Director Bryan Singer and cast members Ian McKellen and Bruce Davison subsequently worked together on X-Men. Author Stephen King contributed to an X-Men series called "Heroes for Hope" in 1985.
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