Teachers and students still trapped going up the down. It has been translated into sixteen languages, made into a prizewinning motion picture, and staged as a play at high schools all over the united states. State department submitted this film to the 1967 moscow film festival, in order to contradict soviet propaganda, which implied that all american schools were racially segregated. The title of diazs school comedy pretty much sums up her character. Up the down staircase is a 1967 american drama film directed by robert mulligan and starring sandy dennis, patrick bedford, eileen heckart, and jean stapleton. Up the down staircase is a 1967 american drama film directed by robert mulligan and starring sandy dennis, patrick bedford, eileen heckart, and jean. Diazs elizabeth halsey is a cussing, conniving, boozing, even skanky schoolmarm who calls her students morons as she hurls their test papers at them. Based on a novel by bel kaufman, this is the story of a new teacher in the new york public school system who wants to make a difference in her students lives. Up the down staircase, dvd, manufactured on demand, mono sound, dramaclassics, 888574409821. She then began work as a teacher in various new york city high schools, along with working parttime as a writer. The administration is concerned mainly with forms and rules theres an up and a down staircase. I know that illustrative material means magazine covers, enriched curriculum means teaching who and whom, and that all evaluation of students should be predicated upon initial goals and grade level expectations means if a kid shows up, pass him.
In 1968 mulligan reunited with peck on the stalking moon, a suspenseful western that. In 1967 it was released as a film starring sandy dennis, patrick bedford, ruth white, jean stapleton and eileen heckart. Up the down staircase official trailer depicting a naive teacher in an integrated school, this film seemingly inspired tvs welcome back, kotter and several other movies that used the same. Sylvia is a young english teacher who has chosen her profession out of a genuine desire to. We need more films that might be concerned, even remotely, with real experiences that might once have happened to real people. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. She also illuminates the best single antidote to the situational ethics that dominate dysfunctional education systems the moral consciousness of children. Videos for up the down staircase turner classic movies. Ellen omara is heartbreaking as student alice blake.
Up the down staircase 1967 official trailer youtube. Like dangerous minds 1995 28 years later, this movie was filmed in a reallife urban high school building. Along with tom hanks performance as fred rogers in a. The following texts are the property of their respective authors and we thank them for giving us the opportunity to share for free to students, teachers and users of the web their texts will used only for illustrative educational and scientific purposes only. Up the down staircase is a 1967 film about the experiences of a young female english teacher in an innercity new york high school. Up the down staircase 1967 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. We need more american films like up the down staircase. Up the down staircase is the funny and touching story of a committed, idealistic teacher whose dash with school bureaucracy is a timeless lesson for students, teachers, parentsanyone concerned about public education. Whos afraid of virginia woolf it would not be easy for anyone to outdo one of american theaters finest thespians, but somehow actress sandy dennis managed to even outquirk the legendary geraldine page when it came to affecting nervous ticks and offbeat mannerisms on stage and in film. And this one still holds up, thanks to the sensitive direction of robert mulligan and the central performance. This adaptation of bel kaufmans revelatory novel about the joys and frustrations of a publicschool vocation has a beautifully articulated screenplay by tad mosel and lead performance by sandy dennis, as the teacher we follow through a charactertesting year at an innercity high school. Up the down staircase on dvd 085391144762 from warner bros directed by robert mulligan. The similarities between the films are striking, yet i feel that up the down staircase, even with its highly predictable ending, is the better film.
How she handles the chaos and her despair in her first semester makes up the film. Oct 14, 2014 up the down staircase 1967 official trailer patrick bedford, sandy dennis movie hd the experiences of a young female english teacher in an innercity new york high school. Up the down staircase film by mulligan 1967 britannica. Sep 01, 2014 considering the stunning popularity up the down staircase had enjoyedit spent sixtyfour weeks on the bestseller list after its release, in 1965, inspired a popular film adaptation in. Considering the stunning popularity up the down staircase had enjoyedit spent sixtyfour weeks on the bestseller list after its release, in 1965, inspired a popular film adaptation in. Up the down staircase is a novel written by bel kaufman, published in 1964, which spent 64 weeks on the new york times best seller list. Up the down staircase wasnt the first inspirationalteacher movie, but along with to sir, with love also released in 1967, it seemed to set a pattern that gets brushed off every few years. Congresss restriction of immigration in 1924, not fully lifted until 1965. Benjamin franklin high school 260 pleasant ave, manhattan, new york city, new york, usa see more. Up the down staircase 1967 directed by robert mulligan. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. And we need more actresses like sandy dennis, who looks as if she may be alive and not a plastic robot turned out by the little elves who constructed doris day and sandra dee. She captures the fecklessness of bureaucracies, especially those damaged by a culture of powerlessness.
Bel kaufmans up the down staircase is one of the bestloved novels of our time. Hear from the cast and filmmakers of downhill at the imdb studio at acura festival village at the 2020 sundance film festival. Hot on the heels of to sir, with love, literally released days later, comes the american answer to that films look at how a teacher can influence and be influenced by their students. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading up the down staircase. Up the down staircase the text under analysis is a fragment from the novel up the down staircase, written by bel kaufman, an outstanding american writer. Although this film was shot before the release of whos afraid of virginia woolf, sandy dennis was cast in this, her first starring role, based in large part on industry wordofmouth about her performance in that film a performance that would win dennis a best supporting actress oscar before up the down staircase was released. Wilson classical high school presents up the down staircase in 2 acts. Bel kaufman lets her characters speak for themselves through memos, letters, directives from the principal, comments by. David rudolf reveals secrets behind netflixs the staircase. Up the down staircase sandy dennis patrick bedford eileen heckart 1967 a novice teacher sandy dennis finds hostile students and staff apathy at a tough new york high school.
Up the down staircase 1967 official trailer patrick bedford, sandy dennis movie hd the experiences of a young female english teacher in. Jun 12, 2014 both to sir, with love and up the down staircase were mainstream reboots of the somewhat dormant high school juvenile delinquency film which, during the early 60s, had largely been supplanted by the motorcycle gangbeach party genre, their nearsimultaneous release in the summer of 1967 coinciding with hollywoods reawakened interest in the boxoffice clout of the young. Sylvia barrett is a rookie teacher at new yorks innercity calvin coolidge high. Up the down staircase 1967 official trailer patrick bedford, sandy dennis movie hd the experiences of a young female english teacher in an innercity new york high school. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Staring patrick bedford, sorrell booke, eileen heckart and roy poole. She and page had few peers when it came to the neuroticdispensing department.
Based on the novel of the same title by bel kaufman, up the down staircase concerns troubles of a beginning teacher in a tough city high school. Review by melissa brassard, jennings county high school, north vernon, ind. Bel kaufman, the author of the book on which this movie was based, appeared as an extra in the movie, and served as a technical advisor. Las vegas as bigscreen teachers go, cameron diaz will not be joining, say, sidney poitier or sandy dennis as inspiring role models to her classroom kids. In 1967 it was released as a film starring sandy dennis, patrick bedford, ruth. Up the down staircase is screening as part of metrograph a to z, a collection of films we think everybody should see. My students really enjoyed the language and the fluidity of the script and pace of the show.
The plot concerns the first, trying assignment for a young, idealistic teacher. Written by tad mosel, based on the novel by bel kaufman. Up the down staircase is our neverending journey with our three boys, the youngest of whom was born with down syndrome. Up the down staircase kindle edition by kaufman, bel. Dennis, perfectly cast here in the lead role soon after her academy awardwinning supporting performance in. The film i watched this morning was part of tcms salute to schoolteachers on the eve of the new school year. Its a rare thing to watch a movie thats actually superior to the original novel, but robert mulligans 1967 film of bel kaufmans contemporary classic up the down staircase is one of those rare instances. Read the full synopsis of up the down staircase, 1967, directed by robert mulligan, with sandy dennis, patrick bedford, eileen heckart, at turner classic movies.
New york film locations from the movie up the down staircase starring sandy dennis. I first saw up the down staircase in 67, when i was in high school, and its stayed with me ever since. A young, energetic and idealist teacher starts her first semester in a large metropolitan high school, rudely awakened to the differences between ideals. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Up the down staircase manufactured on demand, mono sound on. The film, like the play, is about an ageing gay couple who own a barber shop in the east end of london. A product of an overcrowded urban high school in the 50 and a teacher in yet another overcrowded urban high school from 19661996, i can attest to the authenticity of the characters and scenarios of up the down staircase. The only extra is a trailer with many alternate takes, especially coverage and closeups mulligan didnt use. Up the down staircase is a 1967 drama about sylvia sandy dennis and her journey of self discovery. If hes celebrated his bar mitzvah, he can get his ass up and walk, and you can spare us all the aggro of waiting ten minutes for you to parallelpark your playskool expedition in the elevator while we all do our rendition of nineteen frat boys in a phone booth to make room for you, and the stroller, and the uhaul youve got hooked. She worked as a teacher of the english language and literature in a new york high school for many years.
Arguably the best fiction film ever made about american public education, it scarcely strikes a single false emotional note, with locations on a now demolished block of east 100th st. Warners dvd of up the down staircase shines in a sparkling widescreen presentation with clear sound to highlight fred karlins eccentric music score. Sep 25, 2018 but people will come up to me and say, excuse me, i just have a question. One of them is a parttime actor about to go on trial for propositioning a police officer. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Up the down staircase 1967 sylvia barrett sandy dennis is a rookie teacher at new yorks innercity calvin coolidge high. For all its realism, adversity, bureaucracy, and pessimism and while not epic in scale up the down staircase remains one of the most inspiring, uplifting shows i.
Up the down staircase 1967 official trailer patrick bedford. Up the down staircase is a fun description of what a firstyear teacher goes through. The experiences of a young female english teacher in an innercity new york high school. Both to sir, with love and up the down staircase were mainstream reboots of the somewhat dormant high school juvenile delinquency film which, during the early 60s, had largely been supplanted by the motorcycle gangbeach party genre, their nearsimultaneous release in the summer of 1967 coinciding with hollywoods reawakened interest in the boxoffice clout of the young. Up the down staircase 1967 up the down staircase 1967. The text under analysis is a fragment from the novel up the down staircase. Teachers and students still trapped going up the down staircase.
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