04/04/2008

Ao mestre com carinho (TO SIR WITH LOVE)


Mark Thackery(Sidney Poitier, numa interpretação magistral) é um jovem engenheiro, negro e desempregado, que vai dar aulas em Londres, no bairro operário de East End, nos anos 60. Liderados por Denham (Christian Roberts), Pamela (Judy Geeson) e Barbara (Lulu, que também canta a canção título), os alunos, desordeiros e indisciplinados, estão determinados a destruir Thackeray como fizeram com seu antecessor.Thackeray, porém, está acostumado a hostilidades e enfrenta o desafio, tratando os alunos como jovens adultos que logo serão responsáveis por suas próprias vidas. Ao receber um convite para voltar à engenharia, Thackeray deve decidir se pretende continuar. Com Judy Geeson, Christian Roberts, Suzy Kendall, Lulu, e direção de James Clavell.

Minha nota: *****
TO SIR WITH LOVE
Those schoolgirl days
Of telling tales and biting nails are gone
But in my mind
I know they will still live on and on
But how do you thank someone
Who has taken you from crayons to perfume
It isn't easy but
I'll tryIf you wanted the sky
I would write across the sky
In letters that would soar a thousand feet high
To Sir, With Love
Those awkward years
Have hurried by
- why do they fly away
Why is it, sir
That children grow up to be people one day
What takes the place of climbing trees
And dirty knees in the world outside
What is there for you I can buy
If you wanted the world
I'd surround it with a wall
I'd scrawl in words with letters ten feet tall
To Sir, With Love
The time has come
For closing books and long last looks must end
And as I leaveI know that
I am leaving my best friend
A friend who taught me right
From wrong and weak from strong
That's a lot to learn
- what can I give you in return
If you wanted the moon
I would try to make a start
But I would rather you let me give my heart
To Sir, With Love.

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