Conrack

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.

Conroy tries to teach them about the outside world but comes into conflict both with the principal and Mr. Skeffington Hume Cronyn, the superintendent. This comes to a head when he takes them to Beaufort on the mainland to go trickortreating, which the superintendent has forbidden. He also must overcome parental fears of the river. As a result, hes fired. As he leaves the island for the last time, the children come out to see him leave, bringing along a record player on which they play the beginning movement of Beethovens Fifth Symphony as he leaves.This film was shot in and around Brunswick, Georgia and used pupils from C.B. Greer Elementary school as the cast of students.citation needed ........

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