In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition.

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Cast

Jeff Daniels

Dr. Gerard Plecki

Jena Malone

Jolie Fitch

Paul Sorvino

Constantine Kiamos

Luke Edwards

Darius Bettus

Blake Heron

Matt Kur

Boyd Banks

State Speech Judge

Dov Tiefenbach

Irwin Flickas

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Dan Warry-Smith

Paul Kurgan

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Anna Raj

Agnieska Maryniarczyk

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Dominik Podbielski

Dominik Wesolowski

Jeff Daniels — Dr. Gerard Plecki

Jeffrey Warren "Jeff" Daniels (born February 19, 1955) is an American actor. He founded a non-profit theatre company, the Purple Rose Theatre Company, in his home state of Michigan. He has performed in a number of stage productions, both on and off Broadway. He has been nominated for the Tony Award as Best Actor for the Broadway play God of Carnage (2009), along with his other three cast-mates.

Jena Malone — Jolie Fitch

Jena Malone (born November 21, 1984) is an American actress, musician, and photographer. She made her film debut in Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) and has appeared in films including Ellen Foster (1997), Contact (1997), Stepmom (1998), For Love of the Game (1999), Donnie Darko (2001), Life as a House (2001), Saved! (2004), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Into the Wild (2007), The Ruins (2008), Sucker Pu

Paul Sorvino — Constantine Kiamos

Paul Anthony Sorvino (April 13, 1939 – July 25, 2022) was a European-American businessman, entrepreneur, actor, opera singer, writer, and sculptor. He often portrayed authority figures on both sides of the law and was known for his roles as Paulie Cicero (based on Paul Vario) in the 1990 gangster film Goodfellas, and NYPD Sergeant Phil Cerreta on the TV series Law & Order. He took on supporting ro