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Apt Pupil (1998) [R]

Release Date:
October 23, 1998

Original Title:
Apt Pupil

Alternate Titles:
El aprendiz
Golden Boy
L'élève doué
Sommardåd
Μαθήματα φόβου

Genres:
Drama | Thriller

Production Companies:
Bad Hat Harry Productions
Canal+ Droits Audiovisuels
Phoenix Pictures

Production Countries:
France | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: MA15+  BR: 18  CH: 16  CZ: 15+  DE: 16  ES: 18  FI: K-16  FR: 16  GB: 15  SE: 15  US: R 

Runtime: 107

If you don't believe in the existence of evil, you've got a lot to learn

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Art Direction:
Kathleen M. McKernin

Associate Producer:
John Ottman
Jay Shapiro

Casting:
Francine Maisler

Casting Associate:
Kathryn Eisenstein

Co-Producer:
Tom DeSanto

Color Timer:
Gloria Kaiser

Costume Designer:
Louise Mingenbach

Director:
Bryan Singer

Director of Photography:
Newton Thomas Sigel

Editor:
William Hoy
Peter S. Elliot

Executive Producer:
Tim Harbert

First Assistant Director:
Fernando Altschul

Key Hair Stylist:
Edward St. George

Makeup Designer:
Daniel Parker

Novel:
Stephen King

Original Music Composer:
John Ottman

Post-Production Manager:
Hilarie Roope

Producer:
Jane Hamsher
Don Murphy
Bryan Singer

Production Design:
Richard Hoover

Property Master:
Chris Call

Screenplay:
Brandon Boyce

Script Supervisor:
Mellanie Bradfield

Set Decoration:
Jennifer Herwitt

Sound Mixer:
Geoffrey Patterson

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Michael Herbick
Robert J. Litt
Elliot Tyson

Special Effects Supervisor:
Phillip Beck Jr.

Still Photographer:
John Baer

Stunt Coordinator:
Gary Jensen

Stunts:
Lane Leavitt

Supervising Sound Editor:
Chuck Michael

Unit Production Manager:
Tim Harbert

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