Conrack

Jon Voight stars in this story, based on fact, about a teacher determined to make a difference in the lives of his students. In the late 1960s, Pat Conroy (Jon Voight) is given a teaching position on a small island off the coast of South Carolina. Conroy discovers that the school is little more than ...more

The best of the films made from Pat Conroy novels, Conrack is missing much of the overwrought melodrama that characterized adaptations such as The Prince of Tides or The Lords of Discipline. Jon Voight's convincing performance prevents the amiable Conrack (based on the author's memoir -The Water is Wide) from succumbing to the sentimentality of the other films. Voight's work as the young Conroy was a departure from the more offbeat, challenging roles the actor had chosen up to that time, ...more