to college, Matt worked in a hardware store and was voted employee of the month, Darius' whereabouts are unknown, Irwin went to college to become a journalist, and Dr. Plecki started a business. As a result of the 1995 cheating scandal, Steinmetz High School was banned from fielding an Academic Decathlon team for ten years. They returned to the competition in 2006. Cast Jeff Daniels as Dr. Gerard Plecki Jena Malone as Jolie Fitch Paul Sorvino as Constantine Kiamos Luke Edwards as Darius Bettus Blake Heron as Matt Kur Dov Tiefenbach as Irwin Flickas See also Starter for 10 References External links 2000 films 2000s coming-of-age drama films American coming-of-age drama films Coming-of-age films based on actual events United States Academic Decathlon Films directed by John Stockwell Films scored by Paul Haslinger 2000 drama films Films about academic scandals 2000 television films HBO Films films American drama television films 2000s American films