Up the Down Staircase (1967)
- Directed by
- Robert Mulligan
- Genre
- drama film, coming-of-age film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 04m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 26 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
A young teacher starts her first job at a chaotic New York City high school. She struggles to connect with her unruly students and deal with the school's bureaucracy, but she persists in her efforts to make a difference.
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What happens
Up the Down Staircase is a 1967 American drama film directed by Robert Mulligan and starring Oscar winners Sandy Dennis and Eileen Heckart, along with Patrick Bedford and Jean Stapleton. The plot concerns the first, trying assignment for a young, idealistic teacher. Tad Mosel wrote the screenplay adaptation of the novel of the same name by Bel Kaufman. This was one of two last films, along with The Family Way, released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. before a merger that led to Warner Bros.-Seven Arts branding in July 1967. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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