Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)

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Genres:

Classics | Drama

Languages:

English | French

Reviews:

1 reviews

Released:

16 February 2004

Format:

DVD

Staring

Director

Sam Wood

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Goodbye Mr Chips

Jennifer from Donegal, 11 Sep 2009

A real old classic movie.It centres on the reminiscenses of an aging schoolmaster at a public school in England.Robert Donat plays the part very touchingly and one feels deep empathy with his character. A lovely film from a bygone era.

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What's it about....

Based on the novel by James Hilton, GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS is the story of a shy schoolteacher who dedicates his life to his boys. In an Oscar-winning performance, Robert Donat plays Mr. Chipping, a young classics scholar en route to his first assignment at the reputable Brookfield school. Although his first interactions with the boys go miserably, he remains determined to become headmaster. But Chipping is simply too stuck on propriety to ever become popular with the students....

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