Apt Pupil [1998 film] (1998)

by Bryan Singer (Director), Brandon Boyce (Screenwriter), Stephen King (Author)

Other authors: Michael Bryne, Bruce Davison, Joshua Jackson, Elias Koteas, Ian McKellen (Actor) — 3 more, Kevin Pollak (Actor), Brad Renfro (Actor), David Schwimmer

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Singer, Bryan	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Boyce, Brandon	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
King, Stephen	Author	main author	all editions	confirmed
Bryne, Michael	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Davison, Bruce	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jackson, Joshua	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Koteas, Elias	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McKellen, Ian	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Pollak, Kevin	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Renfro, Brad	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Schwimmer, David	—	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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A dark drama about a sixteen-year-old honor student who recognizes an old man living in his hometown as a hunted Nazi. Compelled to reveal the secrets of his death camp past to earn the boy's silence, the German fugitive derives a sinister scheme to implicate the teenager in a dangerous psychological game.

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