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The Reason Crocker-Harris is Leaving

posted 11 years ago by mark-1589
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The IMDB's brief description of this film begins with the phrase, "Forced to retire from an English public school". I have watched the 1994 version twice and just watched the first half of the original 1951 version. I had the distinct impression that he was forced out (the "illness" explanation was too obvious phony), but nowhere did I see any definite indication that that was the case. I took it partly as reflecting the British custom of keeping "mumm" on such delicate topics and unpleasantness in general. Can anyone tell me if I have missed something. Is there any dead giveaway that Crocker-Harris has been forced out of the school?

[–] cappolis 11 years ago

Crocker-Harris' retirement was forced due to the alienation of his peers, his colleagues, his students and ultimately the school board with his aloof, cold, unemotional, severe behavior. The denial of any type of pension was the "dead giveaway". The school wanted him gone, with no future obligations to him.

His failing health, though a flimsy excuse, was real; he was being medicated for his condition.

There was no hidden agenda of "delicate topics and unpleasantness in general" that you have alluded to, only your jaundiced imagination.

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. -Groucho Marx

[–] poupartca 10 years ago

Who p-ssed in your Corn Flakes, cappolis? The OP asked a simple, civil question that in no way warranted being vomited at by the likes of you.

[–] cappolis 10 years ago

'Mark-1589' commented that he read IMDb's brief description and only watched part of the 1951 version. He goes on to state that he did watch the 1994 version in its entirety but then questions 'if he missed anything' in the older version. That is what irked me.
I guess a better response would have been "Yes, you missed over half the movie."; thus avoiding the few potty-mouthed and tiresome people who post on IMDb.