The Emperor's Club

The Emperor's Club
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Hoffman
Screenplay byNeil Tolkin
Based on"The Palace Thief" (1994)
by Ethan Canin
Produced byMarc Abraham
Andrew S. Karsch
Michael O'Neill
StarringKevin Kline
Steven Culp
Embeth Davidtz
Patrick Dempsey
Joel Gretsch
Edward Herrmann
Emile Hirsch
Rob Morrow
Harris Yulin
CinematographyLajos Koltai
Edited byHarvey Rosenstock
Music byJames Newton Howard
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • September 9, 2002 (2002-09-09) (TIFF)
  • November 22, 2002 (2002-11-22) (United States)
Running time
109 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$12.5 million[2]
Box office$16.3 million[2]

The Emperor's Club is a 2002 American drama film directed by Michael Hoffman and starring Kevin Kline. Based on Ethan Canin's 1994 short story "The Palace Thief", the film follows a prep school teacher and his students at a fictional East Coast boys' prep school, St. Benedict's Academy.

  1. ^ "The Emperor's Club (PG)". British Board of Film Classification. November 7, 2002. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "The Emperor's Club". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 12, 2020.