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www.boxoffice.com - : A powerful and disturbing movie, ''Apt Pupil'' (adapted from a novella by Stephen King) delivers a brilliant performance from Ian McKellan as former Nazi SS officer Kurt Dussander who now lives in an alcoholic haze in the U.S. under the assumed name of Arthur Denker. Dussander's secret is safe for more than 40 years until 16-year-old Todd Bowden (Brad Renfro) sees his picture in a book on the Holocaust and later recognizes him on the bus. Instead of exposing him, Bowden uses his knowledge of Dussander's past to blackmail him into sharing graphic details of the death campts. His morbid curiosity is quite sickening. Only a child would be sufficiently naive as to think he could blackmail a mass murderer and master manipulator; the rules are soon rewritten in Dussander's favor. more...
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