Mentor is a 2006 drama film directed by David Langlitz and written by William Whitehurst, exploring the relationship between a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and his protegé. The film stars Rutger Hauer, Matthew Davis, Dagmara Dominczyk, and Susan Misner. Matthew Davis stars as Carter, introduced as a thirtysomething professor at a mediocre college. Through flashbacks, we learn about Carter's time as a promising writer enrolled in an exclusive grad school class taught by Sanford Pollard ,a hard-drinking, hard-driving, brilliant but abrasive writer whose career has stalled since winning a... Pulitzer Prize decades ago. Julia is Sanford's graduate assistant as well as his lover. Sanford and Julia 'adopt' the young, eager Carter and expose him to the world of wealth, television, and drugs. Carter travels with them to Sanford's beach house, where he and Julia eventually become lovers. In the present, Carter has become a shadow of his former promise, a lethargic teacher, an alcoholic, excessive smoker, lacking the ability to sustain relationships.
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| Release date: | April 28, 2006 |
| Directed by: | David Langlitz |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 90 Minutes |
| Producer: | Gill Holland, G. William Whitehurst |
| Music by: | Ceiri Torjussen |
| Cinematography: | Miguel Littin |
| Screenplay by: | G. William Whitehurst |
| Estimated budget: | $2,000,000 |