Le esperienze di un ingegnere tirocinante idealista nell'insegnamento a un gruppo di turbolenti studenti bianchi delle scuole superiori dei bassifondi dell'East End di Londra.Le esperienze di un ingegnere tirocinante idealista nell'insegnamento a un gruppo di turbolenti studenti bianchi delle scuole superiori dei bassifondi dell'East End di Londra.Le esperienze di un ingegnere tirocinante idealista nell'insegnamento a un gruppo di turbolenti studenti bianchi delle scuole superiori dei bassifondi dell'East End di Londra.
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- QuizThe film did so unexpectedly well in the States that Columbia Pictures did market research to find out why so many people had gone to it. Their answer: Sidney Poitier.
- BlooperThe students in the class, most of the teachers at the school, and the vendors at the fruit and vegetable market wear the same clothes throughout the movie.
However, it is possible the students, are wearing the same clothes because their families cannot afford more than one set of clothing. During the funeral and museum outing scenes, some of the class are dressed differently, showing they have special clothes and school clothes. As for the vendors, it's possible they have specific clothes to wear to work in, whether or not for financial reasons.
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Mark Thackeray: [entering classroom and seeing smoke] All you boys, out. Girls stay where you are. Out.
[closes door]
Mark Thackeray: I am sick of your foul language, your crude behavior and your sluttish manner. There are certain things a decent woman keeps private, and only a filthy slut would have done this and those who stood by and encouraged her are just as bad. I don't care who's responsible - you're all to blame. Now, I am going to leave this room for five minutes by which time that disgusting object had better be removed and the windows opened to clear away the stench. If you must play these filthy games, do them in your homes, and not in my classroom!
- Curiosità sui creditiLulu received an "introducing" credit.
- Colonne sonoreTo Sir, With Love
Lyrics by Don Black
Music by Mark London (as Marc London)
Performed by Lulu (uncredited)
Arranged and Conducted by Mike Leander (uncredited)
Poitier noted in his autobiography the similarities in terms of racial issues between America and England. Filmed in London, the picture featured a number of minorities, many of whom, he observed, would be unable to find work outside of the confines of the movie. However, for his time spent with the cast, he was delighted with their company. Sidney played Mark Thackeray, one of his most famous characters, an engineer taking a teaching post as a stopgap between jobs. Eventually the relationship he develops with the students causes him to question his loyalty to the profession.
To Sir, With Love is often frowned upon nowadays due to its sentimentality. While not wholly condemned as a film, it is certainly regarded as the poor relation of Poitier's three 1967 works. This is an unfair assessment of a movie that commits the only crime of having its heart on its sleeve. And, though the late sixties would see an increase in the political situation, To Sir, With Love was the only one of the three Poitier vehicles that year that did not rely upon his colour for its subtext. Instead, a few bigoted remarks were inserted, largely from a fellow teacher (Geoffrey Bayldon as Mr. Weston) than the pupils. Compared to his other overshadowing works that year, direction paled, too, the camera-work at times almost static. However, the scope for Poitier as an actor was broader than in the other '67 roles, and certainly broader than in the 1996 TV sequel. Where there the plot would be propelled largely by one pupil, here multiple characters would be guided through numerous situations over an entire term period. Over the course of the lengthy film the viewer can feel as though they have experienced the timescale too. And who would argue that the sheer amount of silly moves Sidney and Judy Geeson perform in the final ball didn't directly influence Travolta and Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction?
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- 16 ott 1999
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- Budget
- 640.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 642 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 45 minuti
- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 1.85 : 1