come on the heel of that 1970 blackploitation era and conrack ( 20th century fox and 1974 ) offer audience a low key and sincere and everyday people sort of a drama . offer a far different fair to it audience ( which be far more general than those gansta flick ) while be a down to earth dose of realism that offer a lonely counterbalance to those shoot em ups . replace lead character that be bad as detective and super fly and meg or mack or pimp ( take your pick in terminology ) and be a lone and humble and meek teacher . the academian we speak of be the main character and pat conroy while who be the one and only lone teacher hire to take on the responsibility of a sort of old time one room school house on an island off the coast of south carolina . conrack ( jon voight ) and the name that the youngster dub him find condition in the school terribly backward . in addition to the physical property of this little red schoolhouse and any systematic and progressively graduate educational system be totally absent . oh yeah and by the way and do we mention that further complication to any successful educational venture be manifest in two incontrovertible fact . those be that pat conroy be both an outsider and he be white while with almost the entire population of this off shore cay be black and very poor . perpetuate these unacceptable and deplorable condition be the agent of the local board of education while be the school principal and mrs. scott ( madge sinclair ) and the superintendent and mr. skeffington ( mr. hume cronyn ) . between the two and we be make to understand that the teacher and be the low man on the totem pole and be powerless in most respect to affect any sort of meaningful and long lasting improvement . but do not you tell a young turk and such a pat conroy and that he can not . ( can not anything and that be ) . conrack spend a year of unorthodox classroom performance and be make real progress while but ala and the strong head teacher would not give in and recognize the authority of his superior . while he be and by law and unbeknownst to him and serve at thee super pleasure while he disobey mr. skeffington specific order and prohibition to take his class kid to the mainland of south carolina on halloween for some trick or treat while even go to the brazen act of stop with them at the skeffington residence . next we see a western union telegram messenger happily sing a he cross from the carolina mainland to the island while where he deliver the telegram to conroy that bore the news of his dismissal from his position with that school and district . not be one to take his be fire lie down and pat file suit against mr. skeffington and principal mrs. scott and the board of education protest his dismissal a be unlawful . impartially review both the offense and the law and the judge ask skeffington if there be any less punishment that could be substitute for conroy be separate from the school system while to which he receive a negative response . fittingly and the judge dismiss the suit with his gavel pound down while say and it very simple . the story be bring to a bittersweet conclusion a the conrack tudents see him off to the mainland bound launch and while a phonograph record provide u with beethoven 5th symphony while which have play an important part in the conroy educational agenda and as well a our story . in the humble opinion of this writer and the story ( which we believe be at least semi autobiographical and even give the main character the name of it author ) and be much more than a tale of a localized happening . to both me pal schultz and meself while this be a sort of depiction of a microcosm that represent the overall deplorable condition that permeate the government school throughout the entire nation . ( just an opinion ) a for this film and it be just one of many movie portray the store of common folk while lead their life of quiet desperation in the great hinterland of the country and which lie outside the d. c. beltway and the urban center of enterprise and communication situate on either the atlantic or pacific coast . in it own small way and this be a fine film and which would soon be join in the film vault of 20th century fox by such great work a norma rae and break away . ( both be from tcf in 1979 ) . see it if you ain not yet . recommend by both schulz and his buddy . note represent why and that me and of course . poodle schnitz .