based on novel or book,1970s,family history,teacher,memory,high school teacher,history teacher,norfolk,pittsburgh, pennsylvania

Waterland (1992)

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The story of a mentally anguished high school history teacher going through a complete reassessment of his life. His method for reassessing his life is to narrate it to his class and interweave in it three generations of his family's history.

Cast & Crew

Director
Stephen Gyllenhaal
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    Tom Crick Jeremy Irons
  • Profile picture of Sinéad Cusack
    Mary Crick Sinéad Cusack
  • Profile picture of Lena Headey
    Young Mary Lena Headey
  • Profile picture of Callum Dixon
    Freddie Parr Callum Dixon
  • Profile picture of Ethan Hawke
    Matthew Price Ethan Hawke
  • Profile picture of Pete Postlethwaite
    Henry Crick Pete Postlethwaite
  • Profile picture of Sean Maguire
    Peter Sean Maguire
  • Profile picture of Ross McCall
    Terry Ross McCall

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Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • 1970s
  • family history
  • teacher
  • memory
  • high school teacher
  • history teacher
  • norfolk
  • pittsburgh, pennsylvania