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The director lays out the myriad forces at play in this ostensibly picture-perfect milieu in exacting detail, and his preference for long takes means that the focus remains squarely on his performers. The lieutenant governor is here.

Student reporter Rachel Bhargava is writing an article for the Roslyn school paper about a skywalk the school plans to construct, and Frank blithely encourages her to treat her article as any top journalist would. I'm someone who can get to 80 percent of an accent sort of easily, but it's that final 20 percent that really makes a difference.

Bad Education made its world premiere on September 8, 2019, at the Toronto International Film Festival and was broadcast on HBO on April 25, 2020. Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford will next be seen in the feature Bad Education with Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney. It’s the smile of a seducer, a razzle-dazzler, a man born to play top-hatted magicians and carnival barkers in 19th-century spectaculars like “The Prestige” and “The Greatest Showman” — not that his characters and their dubious motives are in any way restricted by period. Trump’s lead in Georgia shrinks to below 1,000 votes. She ultimately struck a plea deal, got a three- to nine-year sentence, and spent nearly five years behind bars while still drawing her annual $54,998 pension (half of it went to Roslyn’s restitution). Cory Finley (whose previous film was the Sundance darling Thoroughbreds) was announced as director at the same time. Advertisement. Rather than a puff piece evolving into the scoop we see in the film, a tip led to Rombom breaking the story about the real reason for Gluckin’s 2002 exit, though she wasn’t allowed to print her name. As in the film, $223,000 of Gluckin’s bills, including for her son’s building supplies, led to her dismissal and relinquishing of her administrator’s license in 2002. …Yup, Tassone is gay. Suffice to say that, like most good scam movies, this one offers queasy pleasures that aren’t difficult to parse: It’s always fun to watch a grifter’s elaborately constructed house of cards come crashing down. Were it not for that imprudent act, who knows how long Tassone’s and Gluckin’s greed could have continued undetected?

After cooperating with prosecutors, she was sentenced to two to six years in jail. Frank later warns Rachel of the potential fallout for exposing the story. The film was also available at the launch of HBO Max. 1985 “I can’t decide the outcome of this election, but I can make the choice for myself, to vote him out of my creative life.”, Stephen Colbert Getting Emotional Won Late Night This Week, “What I didn’t know is that it would hurt so much. He’s “awakened,” sure, but no less fun as hell. ", "Roslyn HS reporter who broke 'Bad Education' story speaks out 16 years later", "Ex-Roslyn schools chief Frank Tassone: 'Bad Education' was '40 to 50% true, "Toronto Film Festival: 'Joker,' 'Ford v Ferrari,' 'Hustlers' Among Big Premieres", "HBO Buys Hugh Jackman-Starrer 'Bad Education', Vying for Emmy Consideration in 2020", "The Perfect-Life Facade Crumbles Fantastically in 'Bad Education, "Review: In 'Bad Education,' a gripping suburban crime saga", "Updated: ShowBuzzDaily's Top 150 Saturday Cable Originals & Network Finals: 4.25.2020", Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bad_Education_(2019_film)&oldid=985661102, LGBT-related films based on actual events, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie winners, Pages using multiple image with manual scaled images, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 27 October 2020, at 05:45. Hugh Jackman and Geraldine Viswanathan in the movie “Bad Education.”, Allison Janney in the movie “Bad Education.”, Annaleigh Ashford in the movie “Bad Education.”, the staggering real-life embezzlement scandal, his arresting debut feature, “Thoroughbreds,”, Johnny Depp loses libel case against British tabloid that called him a ‘wife beater’, Photos: Trump team wants more Michigan vote inspectors, Election experts and officials respond to Trump’s false claims of victory, fraud. At the end of the adeptly arranged truelife crime thriller we are left with one nagging question: why? Jenny’s petty video-game and Macy’s and Lord and Taylor purchases pale in comparison with the approximately $780,000 that Rigano ultimately admitted to stealing. Anne Hathaway, who plays Grand High Witch in the new film ‘The Witches,’ apologized to the disability community and those with limb differences.

Apparently, it’s also who far too many of us are as Californians. Or the internet. The man is Tom Tuggiero, Frank's husband, and Rachel realizes Wordpower Tech is a front created by Frank, a co-conspirator in the embezzlement. Annaleigh Amanda Swanson She is also set to star opposite Sarah Paulson and Beanie Feldstein in Ryan Murphy’s FX miniseries American Crime Story; Impeachmentas Paula Jones. [1] It features an ensemble cast including Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney, Geraldine Viswanathan, Alex Wolff, Rafael Casal, Stephen Spinella, Annaleigh Ashford and Ray Romano. Get the Indie Focus newsletter, Mark Olsen's weekly guide to the world of cinema. Foo Fighters Ready to Call It, Dave Chappelle Not So Much in, Dave would prefer to let it happen naturally. “Bad Education” reminds us how synonymous great acting and great lying can be. Pam shoves the sandwich at him with a reassuring, conspiratorial smile: “I’m not gonna tell anyone,” she coos. While elevating the affluent North Shore enclave’s public school system into one of America’s best, Tassone and his larcenous accomplice, school business administrator Pamela Gluckin (Allison Janney), were embezzling millions — taking more than $1 million in cash withdrawals and buying homes, luxury vacations, high-end cars, boats, jewelry, and artwork. [2][3], Bad Education made its world premiere on September 8, 2019 at the Toronto International Film Festival and was broadcast on HBO on April 25, 2020. Review: Eva Green is at her best in the deeply stirring astronaut drama ‘Proxima’. 06 November 2020 He is as cool as the foliage that covers his base and as smooth as the smoothies he drinks at work every morning. Using the original New York account plus subsequent reporting, including the New York State comptroller’s audit — which could only account for about $7 million of the missing money — here’s a character-by-character guide to instruct you. The HBO movie "Bad Education" explores a wild true story with one of Hugh Jackman's best film performances and strong support from Allison Janney.

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The screenplay was written by Mike Makowsky, who in 2004 was a middle school student in the Roslyn Union Free School District when its superintendent, Frank Tassone, was arrested for first-degree larceny. [9][10] More than a dozen supporting cast members were hired in October 2018, including Alex Wolff, Rafael Casal, Stephen Spinella, and Annaleigh Ashford.

Phil informs Frank of an incriminating expense: Frank used district funds on first-class tickets to fly himself and Kyle to London. In 2002, Dr. Frank Tassone is superintendent of the Roslyn Union Free School District on Long Island. Bad Education Un supraintendent al unui district școlar lucrează pentru îmbunătățirea educației, în timp ce foloseste fonduri publice pentru a trăi viața pe care și-o dorește. Annaleigh Ashford as Jenny Aquila Photo-Illustration: Vulture, HBO and Getty Images. And Jackman, warmly affectionate one minute and coolly reptilian the next, makes Frank an even more complicated antihero: He’s a repressed, narcissistic phony and a brilliant educator, with an entirely genuine interest in sharpening young minds. He expected to write a film portraying Tassone as a straightforward villain. [6], Jackman worked with his dialect coach, Jess Platt, to perfect his accent as Tassone. Bad Education is a 2019 American comedy-drama film directed by Cory Finley and written by Mike Makowsky, based on the New York magazine article “The Bad Superintendent” by Robert Kolker. “You bitch,” Frank marvels, and you can hear the affection and the guilt in his voice. Miller was ultimately charged with cooking the books to conceal millions of missing taxpayer money. "[17], Jackman felt one of the film's main themes was the difference between the image one projects and the truth. However, interviews with his former teachers and neighbors revealed a much more nuanced portrait of Tassone that informed the eventual screenplay.

Finley is still eviscerating upper-middle-class mores, but this time he closes the distance between us and his characters; his distaste for them is held in check by his curiosity. If only we knew the answer to that there wouldn’t be so many educational institutions that seem to flourish from backdoor donations. Copyright 2020 IWM Publishing & Communication Pvt Ltd. All rights reserved, Review Of Unhinged: Russell Crowe Takes Road Rage To A New High, Review Of The Lie: Is An Intriguing Thriller, Review Of Netflix's Kaali Khuhi: Funniest Horror Film Of All Times, Review of Zee TV’s Hamariwali Good News: Good concept, average performances, Review Of Shradha: Is A Short Film With Long Legs, Review Of Amazon Prime's The Glorias: Brings Back The Many Personalities Of Gloria Steinem, Review Of Amazon Prime's V: A Conventional Streetwise Sassy Savvy Potboiler, Review Of Kasaai: Robs The Theme Of Honour Killing Of All Drama And Dignity. She finds an annual expense of $803,000 to Wordpower Tech and visits its listed address, which she discovers is a Manhattan apartment.

Her freelance work as a travel agent garnered her commissions on the district trips she booked. For the second time since 2018, California voters decisively rejected a bid to expand rent control across the state.