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Angela's Ashes
(1999)
 | A teacher convinces Frank of his worth and encourages
him to leave Ireland. |
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| 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)
|
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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