The Water Is Wide is a movie directed by John Kent Harrison in 2006 and based on the book of the same name by Pat Conroy, first published in 1972. The movie features Jeff Hephner, Frank Langella, James Murtaugh, Alfre Woodard, Julianne Nicholson, Terry Nienhuis, and others.
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Storyline
Pat Conroy, an ambitious and somewhat rebellious idealistic teacher, agrees to the offer from the school board superintendent of Bennington County, SC, to teach the impoverished African American children in the fishing community on Yamacrew Island. The school’s leader, the inept and rigid headmistress Brown, embodies ignorance and strict adherence to rules, relying on scolding and physical punishment as her teaching methods.
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Movie vs Book
Year
2006
Minutes
100
Movie Rate
7.00
Source: IMDb
Year
1972
Pages
310
Book Rate
8.28
S: Goodreads
Book
The Water is Wide
Author: Pat Conroy
Country: USA
First published in: 1972
Length: 310 pages
Genre: Biography
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Martin Ritt
User polls & recommendations
“It was really important to me that people would experience the same feelings from the movie as they did from the book.”
PABLO BERGER (Filmmaker)
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