Our School's E.T.

Our School's E.T.
Our School's E.T.
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Hangul	울학교 이티
Hanja	울學校 이티
Revised Romanization	Ulhakgyo iti
McCune–Reischauer	Urhakkyo it'i
Directed by	Park Kwang-chun
Written by	Choi Jin-won
Story by	Lee Hyeon-cheol
Produced by	Choi Yong-gi ; Park Bong-su
Starring	Kim Su-ro ; Lee Han-wi ; Baek Sung-hyun ; Park Bo-young ; Lee Min-ho ; Moon Chae-won ; Lee Chan-ho ; Kim Sung-ryung
Cinematography	Choi Deok-kyu
Edited by	Shin Min-kyung
Music by	Choi Man-sik
Production; companies	Courage Films; DCG Plus
Distributed by	SK Telecom
Release date	September 11, 2008;
Running time	120 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$3.6 million

Our School's E.T. (Korean: 울학교 이티; RR: Ulhakgyo Iti) is a 2008 South Korean comedy-drama film directed by Park Kwang-chun (also known as K.C. Park). It stars Kim Su-ro as an unconventional, "alien-like" high school P.E. teacher whose position is put at stake when the school adopts a new policy to boost English education, so he decides that becoming an English teacher (E.T.) overnight is his only hope.^[2]^[3]

Synopsis

Chun Sung-geun (Kim Su-ro) is the gym teacher of a private high school in an upscale district where competition is heated among students to enter top colleges. Called "E.T." by his students because of his quirky appearance and behavior, he is a teacher who has lived life his own lazy, ignorant way for years without any worries. But one day he's hit with a crisis: At the school's board meeting, a parent requests that the school get rid of "useless" gym classes and expand the hours for English classes. The school decides to hire another English teacher— at the cost of a gym teacher. In danger of losing his position, he remembers by chance that he obtained a license to teach English a decade ago. The school board president tells him to pass a test in order for her to acknowledge it. So Sung-geun, who hasn't spoken (much less taught) English for ten years, faces the near-impossible task of becoming an English teacher within two weeks. His only weapon is his amazingly incomparable physical strength, and with the help of a few students who understand his warm heart, the simpleton Sung-geun begins his rigorous training to exercise his brain "muscles" to master English in his journey to become the school's E.T.

Cast

Kim Su-ro as Chun Sung-geun
Lee Han-wi as Principal Joo Ho-shik
Baek Sung-hyun as Baek Jung-goo^[4]
Park Bo-young as Han Song-yi
Lee Min-ho as Oh Sang-hoon^[5]^[6]
Moon Chae-won as Lee Eun-shil
Lee Chan-ho as Ok Ki-ho
Kim Sung-ryung as school board director Lee
Kim Hyeong-beom as Cha Seung-ryong, English teacher
Kim Ki-bang as "Meok-tong" (meaning hard-headed)
Park Jin-taek as Jin-gook
Kim Young-ok as Sung-geun's mother
Kim Byeong-ok as president of publishing company
Ha Jung-woo as handsome doctor (cameo)
Jang Hee-soo as Ki-ho's mother
Lee Young-yi as Eun-shil's mother
Lee Hyung-kwon as Vice principal
Gong Ho-seok as Teacher Choi
Lee Chan-young as Byeong-jin
Oh Yeon-seo as Soo-jin
Maeng Bong-hak as Vice principal of countryside school
Choi Yoon-jung as Yoon-jung
Jeon In-geol as Kyeong-sam
Kim Dong-beom as Je-dong
Min Ji-hyun as Ki-ho's seat partner
Kim Jae-rok as math teacher
Jung Jong-yeol as music teacher
Lee Sa-bi as chemistry teacher
Yoo Jeong-ho as English Kim
Kim Si-hyang as Sang-hoon's girlfriend
Oh Soon-tae as Jo Ba-nom

References

^ "Ulhakgyo E.T. (Our School's E.T.) (2008)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-10-26.
^ Lee, Hyo-won (20 August 2008). "Actor Kim Su-ro as English Teacher on Big Screen". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
^ Yang, Sung-jin (22 August 2008). "Kim Soo-ro to play a quirky English teacher". The Korea Herald via Hancinema. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
^ Wee, Geun-woo (27 April 2010). "My Name Is: Baek Sung-hyun". 10Asia. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
^ Ko, Jae-wan (29 April 2010). "STAR DIARY: Lee Min-ho - Part 4". 10Asia. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
^ Kang, Myoung-seok (21 October 2009). "10LINE: Lee Min-ho". 10Asia. Retrieved 2014-02-27.

External links

Official website (in Korean)
Our School's E.T. at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
Our School's E.T. at IMDb
Our School's E.T. at HanCinema

[1] "Ulhakgyo E.T. (Our School's E.T.) (2008)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-10-26.

[2] Lee, Hyo-won (20 August 2008). "Actor Kim Su-ro as English Teacher on Big Screen". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-02-27.

[3] Yang, Sung-jin (22 August 2008). "Kim Soo-ro to play a quirky English teacher". The Korea Herald via Hancinema. Retrieved 2014-02-27.

[4] Wee, Geun-woo (27 April 2010). "My Name Is: Baek Sung-hyun". 10Asia. Retrieved 2014-02-27.

[5] Ko, Jae-wan (29 April 2010). "STAR DIARY: Lee Min-ho - Part 4". 10Asia. Retrieved 2014-02-27.

[6] Kang, Myoung-seok (21 October 2009). "10LINE: Lee Min-ho". 10Asia. Retrieved 2014-02-27.

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