Up the Down Staircase

Up the Down Staircase (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Moscow International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
124 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1967 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Robert Mulligan

Written By:
Bel Kaufman

Tad Mosel

Actors:
Sandy Dennis ..... Sylvia Barrett
Patrick Bedford ..... Paul Barringer
Eileen Heckart ..... Henrietta Pastorfield
Ruth White ..... Beatrice Schacter
Jean Stapleton ..... Sadie Finch
Sorrell Booke ..... Dr. Bester
Roy Poole ..... Mr. McHabe
Florence Stanley ..... Ella Friedenberg
Vinnette Carroll ..... The Mother
Janice Mars ..... Miss Gordon
Loretta Leversee ..... Social Studies Teacher
John Callahan ..... Alberta Kagan
Denis Fay ..... Carole Blanca
Otto Lomax ..... Mr. Osborne
Martha Greenhouse ..... Nurse Frances Eagen
María Landa ..... Charlotte Wolf
Robert Levine ..... Linda Rosen
Elena Karam ..... Lou Martin
Frances Sternhagen ..... Teacher who discusses the new school building
Candace Culkin ..... Harry A. Kagan
Lew Wallach ..... Joe Ferone
John Gerstad ..... Alice Blake
Dan Morgan ..... Jose Rodriguez
Joey Sacks ..... Eddie Williams
Salvatore Rasa ..... Student
Jeff Howard ..... Merle
Ellen O'Mara ..... Student
Jose Rodriguez ..... Bob Whiteside
John Fantauzzi ..... Teacher talking to Mr. McHabe
Bud Cort ..... Tough Student in Miss Barrett's Class
Merle Exit ..... Teacher
Linda Gillen ..... Esmeralda
Lance Herle ..... Student who shoves Miss Barrett
Bel Kaufman
Daniel Nugent
Esther Rolle
Esmeralda Santiago
Jeffrey Walker

Synopsis:

Sylvia Barrett is a rookie teacher at New York's inner-city Calvin Coolidge High: her lit classes are overcrowded, a window is broken, there's no chalk, books arrive late. The administration is concerned mainly with forms and rules (there's an up and a down staircase); bells ring at the wrong time. Nevertheless, she tries. How she handles the chaos and her despair in her first semester makes up the film: a promising student drops out, another sleeps through class, a girl with a crush on a male teacher gets suicidal, and a bright but troublesome student misunderstands Sylvia's reaching out. A discussion of Dickens, parents' night, and a mock trial highlight the term. Can she make it?

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 19 July, 2020.