Movies/Scenes Representing
Powerful Teachers
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Angela's Ashes (1999)
- A teacher convinces Frank of his worth and encourages him to leave Ireland.
The Bone Collector (1999)
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Amelia begins as Rhyme's student. Through the movie she becomes him (in a fairly literal sense - she is his eyes, ears, & feet). Then she begins to teach him, and the relationship becomes mutual.
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The Tango Lesson (1997)
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Giving oneself over to something, abandoning oneself to a task
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Strictly Ballroom (1992)
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Fran and Scott teach each other different things about dancing.
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Fran's father's lessons to Scott.
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The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
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Clarice develops a mutual relationship with her teacher Jack Crawford. (As she does, in many ways, with her teacher, shadow figure Hannibal Lecter.)
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Dead Poet's Society (1989)
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Prof Keating influences the boys' lives as he teaches under a higher authority than the one attempting to keep order the school.
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Children of a Lesser God (1986)
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James teaches the deaf students to enter the world of the hearing, though the authorities at the school want him to teach signing.
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The Miracle Worker (1962)
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Annie Sullivan helps Helen Keller learn to communicate.
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Shane (1953)
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Shane is a teacher to little Joey. (Dean Cramer)
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Rope (1948)
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"Two former students of Rupert Cadell take some of his flippant comments about murder quite seriously. Cadell is appalled as he discovers that they have acted literally on provocative statements he made quite casually." (Karen Monk)
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