Mr. Gibb
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Mr. Gibb is a 2006
American dark comedy drama
film starring Tim Daly and Hayden Panettiere
.
history teacher
. Although he is depicted as a boring
teacher, his student
s lack interest for the subject matter. One of his students, Ally Palmer (Hayden Panettiere) is a popular teenage girl and local celebrity. She was featured in a television commercial for her father's car dealership
.
Mr. Gibb secretly had a crush on Ally. He would stare at her inappropriately multiple times a day. One day after school, he overheard Ally and her boyfriend Brett (John Gallagher, Jr.) get into a big argument
. She no longer had a ride home from school, so he offered to take her home. Mr. Gibb and Ally are photographed embracing, and as such the school board deemed his behavior unacceptable and unprofessional. Mr. Gibb offered to take her home. Once he dropped her safely home, she went missing. The news reported that a kidnapping
had occurred. Mr. Gibb was the primary suspect when police officials had evidence
that he was with Ally moments before she was kidnapped. The film follows Gibb as he copes with public humiliation and ends with a sudden twist in the final minutes.
2006 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...
American dark comedy drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
film starring Tim Daly and Hayden Panettiere
Hayden Panettiere
Hayden Leslie Panettiere is an American actress and singer, best known as cheerleader Claire Bennet on the NBC television series Heroes. She began her acting career by playing Sarah Roberts on One Life to Live , and Lizzie Spaulding on Guiding Light , before starring at age 10 as Sheryl Yoast in...
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Plot
Mr. Ronald Gibb (Tim Daly) is a high schoolHigh school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
history teacher
Teacher
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
. Although he is depicted as a boring
Boring
Boring often refers to anything that causes boredom.Boring may also refer to:Making holes*Boring , the drilling of holes or tunnels in the earth**Tunnel boring machine machine used in boring tunnels or shafts...
teacher, his student
Student
A student is a learner, or someone who attends an educational institution. In some nations, the English term is reserved for those who attend university, while a schoolchild under the age of eighteen is called a pupil in English...
s lack interest for the subject matter. One of his students, Ally Palmer (Hayden Panettiere) is a popular teenage girl and local celebrity. She was featured in a television commercial for her father's car dealership
Car dealership
A car dealership or vehicle local distribution is a business that sells new or used cars at the retail level, based on a dealership contract with an automaker or its sales subsidiary. It employs automobile salespeople to do the selling...
.
Mr. Gibb secretly had a crush on Ally. He would stare at her inappropriately multiple times a day. One day after school, he overheard Ally and her boyfriend Brett (John Gallagher, Jr.) get into a big argument
Argument
In philosophy and logic, an argument is an attempt to persuade someone of something, or give evidence or reasons for accepting a particular conclusion.Argument may also refer to:-Mathematics and computer science:...
. She no longer had a ride home from school, so he offered to take her home. Mr. Gibb and Ally are photographed embracing, and as such the school board deemed his behavior unacceptable and unprofessional. Mr. Gibb offered to take her home. Once he dropped her safely home, she went missing. The news reported that a kidnapping
Kidnapping
In criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or transportation of a person against that person's will, usually to hold the person in false imprisonment, a confinement without legal authority...
had occurred. Mr. Gibb was the primary suspect when police officials had evidence
Evidence
Evidence in its broadest sense includes everything that is used to determine or demonstrate the truth of an assertion. Giving or procuring evidence is the process of using those things that are either presumed to be true, or were themselves proven via evidence, to demonstrate an assertion's truth...
that he was with Ally moments before she was kidnapped. The film follows Gibb as he copes with public humiliation and ends with a sudden twist in the final minutes.
Cast
- Tim Daly .... Ronald Gibb
- Hayden PanettiereHayden PanettiereHayden Leslie Panettiere is an American actress and singer, best known as cheerleader Claire Bennet on the NBC television series Heroes. She began her acting career by playing Sarah Roberts on One Life to Live , and Lizzie Spaulding on Guiding Light , before starring at age 10 as Sheryl Yoast in...
.... Allyson Palmer - William SadlerWilliam Sadler (actor)William Thomas Sadler is an American actor who works in film and television. His television and motion picture roles have included Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller in The Pacific, Luther Sloan in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Sheriff Jim Valenti in Roswell, convict Heywood in The Shawshank Redemption,...
.... "Honest" Phil Palmer (Ally's father) - Dan HedayaDan HedayaDaniel G. “Dan” Hedaya is an American character actor. He often plays sleazy villains or uptight, wisecracking individuals; three of his best-known roles are as Italian Mafia boss Tony Costello in Wise Guys, a cuckolded husband in the Coen brothers' crime thriller Blood Simple, and the scheming...
.... Gabrial - Paula DevicqPaula DevicqPaula Michelle Devicq is a Golden Globe winning Canadian actress, best known for her role as Kirsten Bennett Thomas Salinger on the television drama Party of Five, a role she played from 1994 to 2000...
.... Holly Cooper - John Gallagher, Jr.John Gallagher, Jr.John Howard Gallagher, Jr. is an American actor and musician perhaps best known for originating the role of Moritz Stiefel in Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's rock musical Spring Awakening...
.... Brett Mullen - Sarah SteeleSarah SteeleSarah Jane Steele is an American actress who got her first break into the film industry by beating thousands of young hopeful females for the role of Bernice in the 2004 film, Spanglish.- Life and career :...
.... Amber Jinxs - Brian Anthony WilsonBrian Anthony WilsonBrian Anthony Wilson is an American film and television actor. He first appeared in the 1997 film The Postman as Woody....
.... Detective Dick Moon - Andrew BenatorAndrew BenatorAndrew Benator is an actor best known for his work in the cult hit mock-umentary Filmic Achievement and in his string of national Citibank ads featuring him losing his bill, waiting on the phone while on hold with his bank, etc. He performed with the Rude Machanicals Theater Company...
.... Karl - Rita GardnerRita GardnerRita Gardner is an American actress and singer.Gardner made her stage debut as Luisa in the original cast of The Fantasticks in 1960. Additional off-Broadway credits include The Cradle Will Rock , To Be Young, Gifted, and Black , Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris , Steel Magnolias...
... Marge Whitman - Mark Kassen .... Pete Maculey
- Sadler Colley Bakst .... Caroline
- Lisa Lynds .... Tiff
- Maureen Mueller .... Evelyn Hirsch