Pat Conroy Filmography

Occupation:: Screen Story, Screenwriter, Book Author
Biography:: An Atlanta-bred novelist who credits his Southern belle mother with inspiring his love of the English language, Pat Conroy overcame great childhood adversity to write such affecting novels as The Lords of Discipline and The Prince of Tides. Although the abuse that Conroy endured at the hands of...Read More

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The Water Is Wide

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Jeff Hephner, Frank Langella, Alfre Woodard, Julianne Nicholson, James Murtaugh

Synopsis: This made-for-TV movie is a remake of the theatrical feature Conrack, using the original title of the source novel by Pat Conroy. Set in 1969, The Water Is Wide stars Jeff Hephner as Conroy, an idealistic young teacher whose first assignment is at a run-down school located on Yamacraw Island in Read More

2006
The Prince of Tides

Crew: Book Author, Screenwriter

Actors: Nick Nolte, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner, Kate Nelligan, Jeroen Krabbé

Synopsis: Barbra Streisand directed and stars in this love story about two people of dissimilar backgrounds who form a connection based on their unhappy experiences. Adapted from the novel by Pat Conroy, the story concerns Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte), a rudderless, unemployed football coach. Stuck in a loveless Read More

12/25/91
The Lords of Discipline

Crew: Book Author, Screen Story, Screenwriter

Actors: David Keith, Robert Prosky, G.D. Spradlin, Barbara Babcock, Michael Biehn

Synopsis: Adapted from a long novel by Pat Conroy, the story is shortened to focus on a harrowing account of institutional racism in the 1960s American South. David Keith stars as Will McLean, a senior student at the fictional Carolina Military Institute. When the school admits its first black student Read More

1983
The Great Santini

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, Michael O'Keefe, Lisa Jane Persky, Julie Anne Haddock

Synopsis: Bull Meechum (Robert Duvall) loves fighting almost as much as he loves the Marine Corps. Profane, cocky, and arrogant, he's a great fighter pilot -- and he knows it. His boss hates his guts, but knows that if he's going to straighten out his lagging squadron, Meechum is the man to do it. The story Read More

1979
Conrack

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Jon Voight, Paul Winfield, Madge Sinclair, Tina Andrews, Antonio Fargas

Synopsis: Jon Voight stars in this story, based on fact, about a teacher determined to make a difference in the lives of his students. In the late 1960s, Pat Conroy (Jon Voight) is given a teaching position on a small island off the coast of South Carolina. Conroy discovers that the school is little more Read More

1974