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Summary: A Classic!
Review: Sidney Poitier's performance in TO SIR, WITH LOVE is nothing short of masterful. His presence, a great script, and a gang of unruly British teenagers make for a wonderful film. If you are a fan of Poitier, have a soft spot for teachers, or just want to see a great film buy TO SIR, WITH LOVE today. This dated classic won't disappoint you.Poitier plays a dashing new teacher in an East End school. The school is basically a holding area for hoodlums. "Sir" Poitier seems to have no control over his "class". However, through teaching the practicalities of life in the real world, Sir is able to reach the teens. His struggle and triumph over the challenge of teaching is a grand one. Masterfully directed and written by famed James Clavell, this a classic treasure of a film. If you enjoy classic films, wonderful acting, or Sidney Poitier this a film you need to have. If you don't like interacial mixing, teachers, or dated films it's not a picture for you. That being said, please give this great movie a view. You won't be disappointed at all.
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Summary: How it really was in England in the 60's
Review: Only Sidney Poitier & Lulu called have created such a tremendous movie, which shows the true way we lived our school days in rainy London in those swinging 60's, we were all young kids who fealt great freedom in living and in speech, pop music ruled our lives because at that time the only pop radio stations available to us, were beamed from ships in the north sea, we had the Beatles etc and we had love, we liked to outrage other people and every time I watch this movie it brings tears to my eyes, my youth, relived over again. The plot and acting is first class but then it should be because it is 100% how England used to be, if you never grew up in those days, well you missed a great adventure, so why not buy this movie and see real life.
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Summary: To Mr. Heath McEwan, with disgust
Review: I just wanted to say i read your review and was alright with it until i read your sentence which read along the lines of "some viewers believe that the teacher should have lost his cool just once for it to be a believable movie." If you had actually watched the film, you would have discovered in the first hour that he does, in fact, lose his cool 'just once' and calls the girls in his class some rude names. Please do not comment on films you do not care to watch the entire length through. Thank you.
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Summary: Flawlessly wonderful
Review: This is my all-time favorite movie. The story is of a Black engineer, born in British Guyana and educated in California, who takes a job teaching at a high school in a depressed area of London. He has no teaching experience, and so develops his teaching style from his own experience. Gradually the relationship between the teacher (Poitier) and his students evolves from suspicion, to respect, to love. There is the obligatory romantic attraction between Poitier and one of his students, Judy Geeson. (Geeson, who plays this part with endearing and convincing sweetness, grew up to become the supercilious and insufferable across-the-hall neighbor from Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt in the TV sitcom "Mad About You"). Everything is perfect in this movie. If you can watch the very last scene without tears, then you are stronger than I. In retrospect, I think this movie was one of the influences which caused me to become a teacher, 17 years after I first saw it. I hope it has done the same for some others, and that it will continue to do so in the future. See it!
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Summary: Poitier Is Masterful
Review: 1967 was an incredible year for Sidney Poitier. He starred in three magnificent films, the Academy Award winning films, In The Heat Of the Night & Guess Who's Coming To Dinner and this superb movie. Mr. Poitier stars as Mark Thackery who is an engineer, but in need of a job accepts a teaching position at a tough West End school. His class is made up of unruly ruffians and at first they rebel against him. It becomes obvious to Thackery that these kids don't have an interest in learning normal academics and that none of them will pursue higher education so he decides to prepare them for live by giving them lessons on how to cope in the real world. He gives cooking lessons, make up lessons for the girls, takes them to museums and they develop a respect and love for each other. Judy Geeson is fabulous as Pamela Dare, a blond beauty who develops a crush on Thackery. Christian Roberts is Devin the leader of the group. He is a thug not use to rules and is constantly testing Thackery. Lulu is Babs Pegg and she does a credible acting job and supplies the film with its famous theme song. Michael Des Barres has a minor part as one of the students and he would go on to minor rock career and marry one of the most famous of all rock groupies Pamela Des Barres. Mr. Poitier is the glue that holds the film together and he is equally forceful and compassionate in his performance. To sir With Love is dated in some ways with regards to the fashions and slang language, but it's story is timeless
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Summary: To Mr. Heath McEwan, with disgust
Review: I just wanted to say i read your review and was alright with it until i read your sentence which read along the lines of "some viewers believe that the teacher should have lost his cool just once for it to be a believable movie." If you had actually watched the film, you would have discovered in the first hour that he does, in fact, lose his cool 'just once' and calls the girls in his class some rude names. Please do not comment on films you do not care to watch the entire length through. Thank you.
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Summary: To Sir, With Love, VHS tape
Review: The tape came quickly and was very accurately described. It was in excellent condition. Thanks.
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Summary: Where is the Sequel???
Review: I saw To Sir, With Love II in what I think was a made for tv movie sequel and I can't find it anywhere. Poitier is retiring from the British bording school and takes a position in a rowdy Chicago neighborhood 25 years later where he hooks up with his long lost love. I am sure it was as good as the original, that is why I order the original. Any help anyone can give me with where to find the sequel would be greatly appreciated.
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Summary: A BRAVURA POITIER PERFORMANCE.
Review: Sidney Poitier is astonishing in his role of Mark Thackeray, a black super-gentleman teacher who has been assigned to work with a bunch of unruly students in the slums of London's East End. If the classroom scenes aren't entirely convincing, the performances are finely executed. Thackeray explains to the cheeky, rowdy kids that he came from humble orgins as well. He instills confidence, respect and responsibility in their heads. In the end, he somewhat, if not entirely succeeds: the students as a whole are awed by this magical man who has become something of a hero. To insure more believability, some viewers feel that Thackeray should have been allowed to be more human & lose his "cool" just once, but it wouldn't have been the same film that many have come to know and love. The film was produced, written and directed by James Clavell, the author of SHOGUN; he adapted the autobiographical book by E.R. Braithwaite for the screen. This movie was a box-office success with the public: it earned over 7 million dollars in profits. Critics, however, were somewhat less than enthusiastic. Oh, well!
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Summary: To Sir With Magnificence
Review: As I dimly recall of the movie which is on my list of 'to gets'
Sidney was originally trying to make ends meet until he could find an engineering job. I don't believe he had any formal background as a teacher but he needed the work. At first he started out as any frustrated teacher until he realized that the only learning students relate to, especially difficult ones, was practical learning! Museums, classroom participation so they'd feel like they were contributing something. Calling them by Mr. and Miss to show respect. The teaching that respect is gotten when given. He taught them the valuable lesson that whatever their background problems were, it was no excuse to be less than what they could be. In the end, the students taught Mr. Poitier more than he ever dreamed when in the last scene he receives his acceptance to a engineering firm. A couple students from the next year's class came in voicing the same "I'm going to take over" arrogance. Sidney tore up his letter realizing that his calling was that of a teacher and judging from his first class, he was a damn good one!We learned what teaching really is. You're born, not made.In a time of teacher strikes when all teachers care about is themselves, To Sir With Love may just demonstrate what teaching was ment to be.
I do however remember the awful singing of LuLu one of the students. When she starts warbling, I'll be running to the Principal's Office!
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