A class reunion is a meeting of former classmates, typically organized at or near their former school by one of the class on or around an anniversary of their graduation. Former teachers may be invited as well. Usually, participants nostalgically reminisce about their old school days, fondly remember their school pranks, and bring each other up to date on what has happened to each of them since they went their separate ways. Doctor Who is a long-running award-winning British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The series depicts the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor who explores time and space in his TARDIS time ship with his companions, solving problems and righting wrongs. ... School Reunion is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. ... A class reunion is a meeting of former classmates, typically organized at or near their former school by one of the class on or around an anniversary of their graduation. ... Students in Rome, Italy. ... College pranks Practical jokes, such as Cow tipping (which is in actuality a myth) April Fools Day pranks (see examples in April 1, 2002) Candid Camera pranks Student Liberation Front pranks World Wide Web pranks Related topics Myth Joke Humour This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid...

Class reunions in film and literature

In film and literature, especially crime novels, thrillers and psychological suspense novels, class reunions have been a frequent device used to show the eruption of emotions such as shame, hatred or guilt within individual characters who, suddenly faced again with their own youth, become aware of the fact that they have been unable to cope with their past. In many cases, those who used to be bullied, humiliated or in any other way mistreated by their teachers and/or classmates believe that now their chance has come to take revenge on their former torturers. Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ... Sherlock Holmes, pipe-puffing hero of crime fiction, confers with his colleague Dr. Watson; together these characters popularized the genre. ... The thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, and television. ... Emotional redirects here. ... It has been suggested that the section Shame campaign from the article Smear campaign be merged into this article or section. ... For the emotion Hatred please see Hate Hatred (Nenavist) is a Soviet film of 1975 directed by Samvel Gasparov. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Bullying is the tormenting of others through verbal harassment, physical assault, or other more subtle methods of coercion such as manipulation. ... Guðrún agitates her sons, Hamðir and Sörli, to avenge their sister. ...

Another staple of this kind of fiction is former classmates taking up with their old flame again, either because they have changed to their advantage and developed into an admirable adult or precisely for the opposite reason—because they have not changed at all in a fleeting world.

Examples of fiction revolving around class reunions are Tim O'Brien's July, July (2002), Paul Reizin's Fiends Reunited (2004), Ben Elton's Past Mortem, and Simone van der Vlugt's De reünie, both of the same year. Films include Kenneth Branagh's Peter's Friends (1992), George Armitage's Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), and Since You've Been Gone (1998), directed by David Schwimmer. Tim OBrien Tim OBrien (born October 1, 1946) is an American novelist who mainly writes about his experiences in the Vietnam War and the impact the war had on the American soldiers who fought there. ... See also: 2001 in literature, other events of 2002, 2003 in literature, list of years in literature. ... // Canada Reads selects Guy Vanderhaeghes The Last Crossing to be read across the nation. ... Benjamin Charles Elton (born 3 May 1959) is an English comedian, writer and director. ... Dust jacket of the 2004 hardcover edition Past Mortem is a detective novel by Ben Elton first published in 2004. ... Kenneth Charles Branagh (born December 10, 1960) is an Emmy Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated Northern Irish-born actor and film director. ... Peters Friends (1992) is a British comedy-drama film written by Rita Rudner and her husband Martin Bergman, and directed and produced by Kenneth Branagh. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1992. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... The year 1997 in film involved some significant events. ... Since Youve Been Gone is a 1998 U.S. made-for-TV movie directed by David Schwimmer about a 10th anniversary class reunion. ... // February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein. ... David Lawrence Schwimmer (born November 2, 1966) is an Emmy-nominated American actor and director, who gained popularity when playing Ross Geller on the American sitcom Friends. ...

See also

• School and university in literature

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External links

• reunion.com by another name www.highschoolalumni.com
• foundyouonline.com