{"id":76,"date":"2006-03-11T10:12:07","date_gmt":"2006-03-11T17:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=76"},"modified":"2021-02-27T21:03:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T04:03:28","slug":"why-shoot-the-teacher-1977","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=76","title":{"rendered":"Why Shoot the Teacher (1977)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;And, in all their learning, not even one word about their own environment?&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Poster-202x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-23254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Poster-202x300.jpg 202w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Poster-86x128.jpg 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Poster.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nDuring the Depression, Max (Bud Cort) accepts a job teaching at a one-room schoolhouse in Saskatchewan, and struggles with loneliness and frustration.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bud Cort Films<\/li>\n<li>Canadian Films<\/li>\n<li>Character Arc<\/li>\n<li>Depression Era<\/li>\n<li>Samantha Eggar Films<\/li>\n<li>Teachers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this &#8220;agreeable, unpretentious&#8221; Canadian sleeper &#8220;achieves realism by not allowing there to be a solution to any of the problems Cort encounters.&#8221; It&#8217;s difficult watching Max struggle for acceptance from the town&#8217;s impoverished citizens while simultaneously dealing with the bitterly cold prairie winter, unruly students, and lack of pay. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Cort.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Cort-1024x780.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"488\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Cort-1024x780.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Cort-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Cort-128x98.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Cort-768x585.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Cort-354x270.png 354w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Cort.png 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But Cort &#8212; <em>always <\/em>an outsider! &#8212; brings an inimitable sense of humor and spirit to his role, and makes the film ultimately about Max&#8217;s personal growth and maturation more than anything else.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bud Cort in yet another &#8220;outsider&#8221; role<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Cort3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Cort3-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Cort3-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Cort3-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Cort3-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Cort3-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Cort3-360x270.png 360w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Cort3.png 1225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Samantha Eggar as the desperately lonely housewife who Max develops a crush on<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Eggar.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Eggar-1024x776.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"485\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Eggar-1024x776.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Eggar-300x227.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Eggar-128x97.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Eggar-768x582.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Eggar-356x270.png 356w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Why-Shoot-the-Teacher-Eggar.png 1213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it will be of interest to both fans of Bud Cort and those who enjoy films about teachers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0076920\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1982\/02\/05\/movies\/sleeper-at-thalia-why-shoot-the-teacher.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;And, in all their learning, not even one word about their own environment?&#8221; Synopsis: During the Depression, Max (Bud Cort) accepts a job teaching at a one-room schoolhouse in Saskatchewan, and struggles with loneliness and frustration. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Bud Cort Films Canadian Films Character Arc Depression Era Samantha Eggar Films Teachers Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, this &#8220;agreeable, unpretentious&#8221; Canadian sleeper &#8220;achieves realism by not allowing there to be a solution to any of the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=76\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69921,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions\/69921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}