To Sir, with Love

To Sir, with Love

  • Director: James Clavell
  • Writer: E.R. Braithwaite,James Clavell
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Release date: June 14, 1967
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Gospodinu, Sa Ljubavlju
  • "To Sir, with Love" is a feature film directed by James Clavell and starring Sidney L. Poitier . The film was released in 1967   .
    The film tells the story of a middle school teacher who tried his best to influence a group of bad students and finally won the respect he deserves.

    Details

    • Release date June 14, 1967
    • Filming locations Docklands, Poplar, London, England, UK
    • Production companies Columbia Pictures, Columbia British Productions

    Box office

    Budget

    $640,000 (estimated)

    Movie reviews

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    • By Meredith 2022-10-05 22:57:55

      To Sir, with love

      "To Sir, with love", a 1967 movie, although the shooting method has been slightly yellow, but the warmth of teachers and students in it has not faded. It is definitely an important reference guide for education today, and it is also a lot of teachers. Model of life story.

      The story focuses on how teachers deal with the rebellious mentality of students facing adulthood. An engineering graduate who has never received teaching training, works as a teacher in a secondary school for two...

    • By Madisen 2022-10-05 20:41:23

      Junior high school memory

      It's the first year of junior high. After studying at night, I will wait for my grandparents to fall asleep. I secretly turned on the TV and saw that CCTV 6 was playing a film about a black American teacher without dubbing.
      A lot of plots are unimpressed. I remember a section where a black teacher accidentally scratched his hand and bleeds. A student joked: "Look, his blood is actually red." Later, the student was condemned by other students.
      There is also a long jazz dance party at...

    User comments

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    • By Shanon 2023-09-29 08:14:09

      Very simple movie, but very...

    • By Alana 2023-09-26 11:16:04

      After all, there is still something moving, although the plot is relatively ordinary. In addition, Sidney Poitier's actions are sometimes too...

    • By Levi 2023-08-15 11:49:42

      It's quite a British-style social issue movie. The spatial scheduling of the group play is quite stable and powerful. I call it a kind of spatial sense that is exclusive to the 1960s and...

    • By Colt 2023-08-08 03:57:35

      Quite old school, the plot can basically be guessed. In the later stage, the students' handling of the teacher from misunderstanding to understanding was a bit sloppy. Movies with the same theme prefer "Spring in the Cattle Class". It was not easy in those days to play a black protagonist as a teacher who brought enlightenment. I thought I would have a relationship with a female teacher like...

    • By Kameron 2023-07-20 12:16:11

      The freshman watched it on the movie club... This Chinese title translation is really...

    Movie quotes

    • Mark Thackeray: If you apologize because you are afraid, then you're a child, not a man.

    • Mark Thackeray: Marriage is not for the weak, the selfish, the insecure.

    • [Mr. Thackeray, retaining his calm manner after excoriating the female students for their disgusting and sluttish behavior, returns to his classroom with the windows open after the females got ridden of a "sanitary pad" they brought inside]

      Mark Thackeray: [grabs the books from his desk and drops them into the wastebasket] Those are out. They are useless to you. I suddenly realized that you are not children, that you'll be adults in a few weeks with all the responsibilities that implies. So from now on, you will be treated as such by me and by each other. As adults, responsible adults. Next, we are going to be reasonable with each other. We are just going to talk, you and I. You are going to listen without interruption, and when I am finished, one of you may have your say without interruptions. Next, as...

      [Pamela rudely storms into the classroom, interrupting Thackeray new adult approach method]

      Pamela Dare: Oh, blimey, what a morning I've had. Everything's gone wrong. First of all, the bleeding alarm didn't go off. Then I had to wait hours for a bus. Do you know, I think I must have stood there for about three bleeding hours waiting for a bus...

      Mark Thackeray: For example, there are two ways to enter a room. One is like an adult, a lady with dignity. The other is like a brat. Miss Dare has just shown us the second way. Perhaps she would care to demonstrate the first.

      [Pamela gets up and walks out of the classroom, then two seconds later walks back in politely]

      Pamela Dare: [to the class, quietly] I'm sorry I'm late.

      [Pamela takes her seat at her desk]

      Mark Thackeray: [continues] Next, we are all going to observe certain courtesies in this classroom. You will call me "sir" or "Mr. Thackeray". The young ladies will be addressed as "Miss", the boys by their surnames.

      Potter: [protests] Yeah, why should we call 'em "Miss"? We know 'em.

      Mark Thackeray: I beg your pardon?

      Potter: I said, why should we call 'em "Miss", sir? We know 'em.

      Mark Thackeray: Is there any one of these young ladies you feel does not deserved to be addressed as "Miss"?.

      Potter: [Potter waits for five seconds, then responds] No, sir.

      Mark Thackeray: Good. Next, general deportment. First, the young ladies. They must prove that they are worthy and appreciative of the courtesies we are going to show them. Soon, boyfriends and marriage will concern you. No man likes a slut for long. Only the worst type will marry one. And the competition for men on the outside is rough. Next, men, I've garbage collectors who are cleaner. Toughness is a quality of the mind, like bravery, honesty, and ambition. If you want to wear your hair long, clean it, or else you will soon get lice and smell. Soon your principal interest will be girls. You will be much more attracted to them with clean clothes, clean shoes, hands, face, teeth, et cetera. Now, any... any questions?

      [Babs raises her hand]

      Mark Thackeray: Miss Pegg.

      Barbara Pegg: What about Mr. Weston, sir? He's never tidy and his are never brushed. And his hair's a mess, ain't it?

      [the students all agreeing]

      Mark Thackeray: Mr. Weston is not your teacher. We won't discuss him. I'm the one to criticize if I fail to maintain the standards I ask of you.

      Denham: [protests] That's not fair.

      Mark Thackeray: [walks to Denham; corrects him] "Sir", or "Mr. Thackeray". Didn't you understand?

      Denham: That's not fair... sir.

      Mark Thackeray: I agree, but that's just an example of the many things you'll have to put up with when you're an adult. You'll just have to take it.