Read This is High School
We read this short story in one of my high school classes back in the 70s (before this was filmed), and it's the only thing I still remember from that class (other than having to memorize Hamlet's "To be or not to be" speech). The story got to me because I felt, at the time, that I understood him.
I recently stumbled upon a used copy of the DVD, so I didn't think twice about purchasing it. Roberts is very good, and he definitely looks the way I pictured Paul looking.