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Conrack is a american film of genre Drama directed by Martin Ritt released in USA on 27 march 1974 with Jon Voight
Conrack (1974)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 27 march 1974
Length 1h46
Directed by Martin Ritt
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education
Rating72%
Conrack is a 1974 film based on the 1972 autobiographical book The Water Is Wide by Pat Conroy, directed by Martin Ritt and starring Jon Voight in the title role, alongside Paul Winfield, Madge Sinclair, Hume Cronyn and Antonio Fargas. The film was released by 20th Century Fox on March 27, 1974.
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The story follows a young teacher, Pat Conroy (played by Jon Voight), in 1969 assigned to isolated "Yamacraw Island" off the coast of South Carolina and populated mostly by poor black families. He finds out that the children as well as the adults have been isolated from the rest of the world and speak a dialect called Gullah, with "Conrack" of the novel's title being the best they can do to pronounce his last name. The school has only two rooms for all grades combined, with the Principal (Madge Sinclair) teaching grades one through four and Conroy teaching the higher grades. Conroy discovers that the students aren't taught much and will have little hope of making a life in the larger world.Actors
Jon Voight
(Pat Conroy)
Paul Winfield
(Mad Billy)
Madge Sinclair
(Mrs. Scott)
Antonio Fargas
(Quickfellow)
Hume Cronyn
(Skeffington)
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