Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Water Is Wide (#55.2)

Very good story, but narrator annoying. Worth seeing.

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Pat Conroy, an ambitious, slightly rebellious, idealistic teacher, accepts Beaumont County South Carolina&apos;s school board superintendent&apos;s offer to teach the all-black kids of the pauper fishery community on Yamacraw Island. Staffl...

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The Water Is Wide

Why did they remake it?

This is a remake of the 1974 film &quot;Conrack&quot;, starring John Voight as Pat Conroy. Both films were based on Conroy&apos;s autobiographical novel &quot;The Water Is Wide&quot;. The 1974 film won a special UN award from the British Actors &amp; Film Technicians Association and the screenplay was nominated for an award by the Writers&apos; Guild of America. The new version, &quot;The Water Is Wide&quot;, shows no improvement over the original.

The story is simple and pleasant. A new, young, white, male teacher gets a job teaching the upper grades in a all-black elementary school on an island off the coast of South Carolina. The principal, who teaches the junior grades, is black. She maintains discipline by beating the children. Pat Conroy does not believe in the effectiveness of corporal punishment; instead, he wins over the class with a combination of openness, honesty, humour and tough love.

If you have not seen Conrack, then I could recommend this film, if you do not mind predictable films. One could probably predict the main developments from what I have already said, so I will say no more.

This is a remake of the 1974 film "Conrack", starring John Voight as Pat Conroy. Both films were based on Conroy's autobiographical novel "The Water Is Wide". The 1974 film won a special UN award from the British Actors & Film Technicians Association and the screenplay was nominated for an award by the Writers' Guild of America. The new version, "The Water Is Wide", shows no improvement over the original.

The story is simple and pleasant. A new, young, white, male teacher gets a job teaching the upper grades in a all-black elementary school on an island off the coast of South Carolina. The principal, who teaches the junior grades, is black. She maintains discipline by beating the children. Pat Conroy does not believe in the effectiveness of corporal punishment; instead, he wins over the class with a combination of openness, honesty, humour and tough love.

If you have not seen Conrack, then I could recommend this film, if you do not mind predictable films. One could probably predict the main developments from what I have already said, so I will say no more.

Pat Conroy, an ambitious, slightly rebellious, idealistic teacher, accepts Beaumont County South Carolina's school board superintendent's offer to teach the all-black kids of the pauper fishery community on Yamacraw Island. Staffless 'head' mistress Brown incarnates stupidity and blind rule obedience, her didactic skills consisting in scolding and spanking her students. Pat moves heaven and earth to motivate and educate, but after finally getting through to pupils and parents, is refused contract renewal by the arch-conservative authorities.

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