Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
- Directed by
- Sam Wood
- Genre
- drama film, flashback film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 140 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An elderly schoolteacher looks back on his long career at a British boarding school. He remembers his students, his colleagues, and the love of his life.
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What happens
Goodbye, Mr. Chips is a 1939 romantic drama film starring Robert Donat and Greer Garson, and directed by Sam Wood. Based on the 1934 novella of the same name by James Hilton, the film is about Mr. Chipping, a beloved aged school teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school, who recalls his career and his personal life over the decades. Produced for the British division of MGM at Denham Studios, the film was dedicated to Irving Thalberg, who died on 14 September 1936. At the 12th Academy Awards, it was nominated for seven awards, including Best Picture, and Donat, for his performance as Mr. Chipping, won the award for Best Actor. At the time of its release, the picture appeared on Film Daily's and the National Board of Review's ten best lists for 1939 and received the "best picture" distinction in The Hollywood Reporter Preview Poll of May 1939. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Kathleen Mavourneen (1939)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.