The Paper Chase is a 1973 film starring Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, and John Houseman and directed by James Bridges. Based on John Jay Osborn, Jr.'s 1970 novel, The Paper Chase, the film tells the story of Hart, a first-year law student at Harvard Law School, and his experiences with Professor Charles Kingsfield (played by John Houseman), the brilliant, demanding contracts instructor whom he both idolizes and finds incredibly intimidating. Houseman later reprised his role in a TV series of the same name that lasted four seasons.
Expecting only the basic pressures of attending Harvard Law School, a serious, hard-working student named James Hart (Timothy Bottoms), a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota, finds himself the fearful adversary of the school's most imperious, sardonic contracts professor, Charles W. Kingsfield Jr. (John Houseman). Their relationship grows even more complex when the young man discovers that the woman he is dating, Susan Fields (Lindsay Wagner), is his professor's daughter. Graham Beckel, Edward Herrmann, and James Naughton co-star as other law students.
(after getting kicked out of class by Professor Kingsfield)
Hart: You... are a SON OF A BITCH, Kingsfield.
Kingsfield: Mr. Hart! That is the most intelligent thing you've said all day. You may take your seat.
Hart: I found something. There's a room above the stacks that have all the professors' old notes from when they were law students here. They're just sitting there waiting. I want to see the notes... I want to see Kingsfield's notes on contracts.
Franklin Ford III: Oh no, I know what you're thinking.
(shakes head)
Franklin Ford III: Uh-uh.
Toombs: Kingsfield drove him mad. He's driven a lot of lawyers mad over the past 40 years that he's been teaching here. I heard he ripped up a 1-L this morning so bad, the guy lost his breakfast.
Hart: That's true. That was me.
| Tagline | You have to choose between the girl you love and the diploma you've worked for all your life. You have 30 seconds. |
| Genre | Drama |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Color |
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