Bad Education (2019 film)

Bad Education is a 2019 American drama film directed by Cory Finley and written by Mike Makowsky. It is based on the true story of the largest public school embezzlement in American history. It features an ensemble cast including Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney, Geraldine Viswanathan, Alex Wolff, Rafael Casal, Stephen Spinella, Annaleigh Ashford and Ray Romano. 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.

About Bad Education (2019 film) in brief

Bad Education is a 2019 American drama film directed by Cory Finley and written by Mike Makowsky. It is based on the true story of the largest public school embezzlement in American history. It features an ensemble cast including Hugh Jackman, Allison Janney, Geraldine Viswanathan, Alex Wolff, Rafael Casal, Stephen Spinella, Annaleigh Ashford and Ray Romano. 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. At the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards, the film won for Outstanding Television Movie and received an Outstanding Lead Actor nomination for Jackman. The film tells the story of school district superintendent Dr. Frank Tassone and assistant superintendent Pam Gluckin who steal millions of dollars from the same public school district that they seek to make the best in the country. It was well received by film critics, with particular praise for Makowsky’s screenplay, Finley’s direction, and Jackman’s and Janney’s performances. In 2002, Dr. Frank Tass one is superintendent of the Roslyn Union Free School District on Long Island. He begins an affair with his former student Kyle Contreras. Pam has a fraudulent district expense card, which she encourages her niece Jenny, a district clerk, to use.

Frank persuades them to handle the matter quietly, detailing the consequences a public scandal would have on the school and community. The school’s performance stimulates the local economy, reaping rewards for school board president and real estate broker Bob Spicer. Frank claims to have lost his wife several years ago, and rejects advances from some of the local mothers. In the early 2000s, Frank and Pam have overseen major improvements in the district, with Roslyn High School becoming the fourth-ranked public school in the nation. Frank’s second life with Kyle ends when Frank flees to Nevada with tens of thousands of dollars in cash and moves in with a house in a suburb of Las Vegas. Pam agrees to testify against Frank and turns over evidence of the scheme to her family, including her husband, Tom Tuggiero. Frank later warns Rachel of the potential fallout for exposing the story. Rachel publishes the story in the school paper, exposing Frank’s scheme. Frank threatens to place blame squarely on Phil for failing to catch Pam’s scheme and keep quiet, but publishes her story in a key role in the scheme.

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