Contact Us   The Emperor's Club Director: Michael Hoffman
Screenplay: Neil Tolkin (based on the short story “The Palace
Thief” by Ethan Canin) Stars: Kevin Kline (William Hundert),
Emile Hirsch (Sedgewick Bell), Paul Franklin Dano (Martin
Blythe), Rishi Mehta (Deepak Mehta), Jesse Eisenberg (Fred
Masoudi), Embeth Davidtz (Elizabeth), Rob Morrow (James
Ellerby), Edward Herrmann (Headmaster Woodbridge), Harris Yulin
(Senator Bell), Joel Gretsch (Older Sedgewick Bell), Steven Culp
(Older Martin Blythe), Rahul Khanna (Older Deepak Mehta),
Patrick Dempsey (Older Louis Masoudi) MPAA Rating: PG-13 Year of
Release: 2002 Country: USA The Emperor's Club  Given its setting
in an exclusive prep school in the nostalgic near-distant past
and its focus on the role of a dedicated and inspirational
teacher on the lives of a group of teenage boys, The Emperor's
Club is not surprisingly being compared to Dead Poets Society
(1989). However, the difference between the two films couldn't
be more stark, particularly in the depictio