Yahoo Web Search

Search results

  1. The Paper Chase. "The Paper Chase" is about an aggressive, very bright, terribly engaging first-year student at Harvard Law School. The movie respects its hero, respects the school, and most of all respects the venerable Professor Kingsfield, tyrant of contract law. Kingsfield is really the movie's central character, even though John Houseman ...

  2. Despite this, The Paper Chase is a smart film with engaging characters, highlighted by Houseman's Oscar-winning performance. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read ...

    • (31)
    • James Bridges
    • PG
    • Timothy Bottoms
  3. The Paper Chase is a quiet, thoughtful film about an unlikely subject: the joy of learning. It was released in 1973 and certainly looks its age, especially the clothes and hairstyles. It's hard to imagine the film being released today, at least not without a studio demanding a car chase or two. But the message is timeless -- that knowledge is ...

    • Twentieth Century Fox
    • James Bridges
  4. TOP CRITIC. The Paper Chase isn't a terrible movie, but its preconceptions are all wrong: it's about an un-situation and un-people. Full Review | Sep 19, 2023. Rob Aldam Backseat Mafia. An ...

  5. The Paper Chase: Directed by James Bridges. With Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, John Houseman, Graham Beckel. A first-year law student at Harvard Law School struggles with balancing his coursework and a woman, unaware that she has a connection that affects their relationship.

    • James Bridges
    • 3 min
  6. The Paper Chase is a 1973 American comedy-drama film starring Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, and John Houseman, and directed by James Bridges.. Based on John Jay Osborn Jr.'s 1971 novel The Paper Chase, it tells the story of James Hart, a first-year law student at Harvard Law School, his experiences with Professor Charles Kingsfield, a brilliant and demanding contract law instructor, and ...

  7. People also ask

  8. The Paper Chase has some great performances, literate screenwriting, sensitive direction and handsome production. Timothy Bottoms is excellent as the puzzled law student, Lindsay Wagner is very good as his girl, and John Houseman, the veteran legit and film producer-director-writer, is outstanding as a hard-nosed but urbane law professor.