It's 1969. Pat Conroy (Jon Voight) starts school as an idealistic white teacher in an impoverished black island community off the coast of South Carolina. The kids can't pronounce his name. Instead, they call him Conrack. School superintendent Skeffington (Hume Cronyn) do not like his new ways. It's a biopic. Pat Conroy would go on to write books such as The Prince of Tides.
I would like the movie to show Pat do more basic teaching. He needs to teach the fundamentals as much as the bigger things. I have to assume that he lays down the ground work, but the movie doesn't show it. It needs to do some montages of him teaching the ABCs. Teaching them swimming is fun. Mrs. Scott has a great scene although I want Pat to go over the top with a better vision of the world. In a way, he does that later on with the loudspeakers. This movie has the right sentiment and all the sincerity in the world. It just needs to smooth out a few bumps.
I would like the movie to show Pat do more basic teaching. He needs to teach the fundamentals as much as the bigger things. I have to assume that he lays down the ground work, but the movie doesn't show it. It needs to do some montages of him teaching the ABCs. Teaching them swimming is fun. Mrs. Scott has a great scene although I want Pat to go over the top with a better vision of the world. In a way, he does that later on with the loudspeakers. This movie has the right sentiment and all the sincerity in the world. It just needs to smooth out a few bumps.