Elephant (Elephant)
Directed by: Gus Van SantCast list: Alex Frost (Alex), Eric Duelen (Eric), John Robinson (John McFarland), Elias McConnell (Elias), Jordan Taylor (Jordan), Carrie Finklea (Carrie), Nicole George (Nicole), Brittany Mountain (Brittany), Alicia Miles (Acadia), Kristen Hicks (Michelle)
Country: USA
Year: 2003
Genres: Crime / Drama / Thriller /
Runtime: 81 min.
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The story is about two high school students, Alex (Alex Frost) and Eric (Eric Deulen), two close friends and students in a suburb of Portland, who calmly plan and perform a mass execution of their classmates and school administrators in the course of one day. Eric and Alex are seemingly ordinary, and very much a part of the fabric of the high school and its array of student actions. In fact, it's hard to distinguish them from all the other students. Alex plays classical piano whereas Eric plays video games. They calmly watch Nazi programs on TV and purchase firearms over the Internet. They seem just as ordinary and interesting as any of the other students. They analytically draw up plans for their merciless killing spree, indicating that they have enough bombs and ordinance to last the afternoon. They walk through the school, killing several of their school peers, and there is no rescue from the authorities.
Educational Grades: ##COMA####COMA####COMA####COMA####COMA####COMA##Sixth form college##COMA##Further education##COMA##Further Edu, mature students##COMA##Higher Education##COMA##
Subjects: English language / Form class (Pastoral care) / Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / Contemporary world /
Topics: culture of peace, violence, political and armed conflicts. / adolescence, youth / human relations, psychology, sociology / physical and cognitive disabilities or disorders / educational world, coeducation, teacher-student relationships / death and grief /
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