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HBO Films presents Hugh Jackman in Bad Education, a critically acclaimed dark comedy based on the unbelievable true story of a scandal that rocked a Long Island school district in the mid-2000s. Jackman delivers a grade-A performance as smooth-talking, charismatic superintendent Frank Tassone. While turning Roslyn High School into one of the nation's best, Frank and district business manager Pam Gluckin (Allison Janney) have been perpetrating the largest public-school embezzlement in U.S. history. But when a tenacious young reporter from the school paper begins to investigate, both Frank and his audacious scheme begin to unravel.

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Childhood friends Lily (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Amanda (Olivia Cooke) reconnect in suburban Connecticut after years of growing apart. Lily is now a polished, upper-class teenager at a fancy boarding school; Amanda has turned into a sharp-witted outcast with an attitude. Though they seem at odds, the pair bonds over Lily's contempt for her oppressive stepfather, and they begin to bring out one another's most destructive tendencies. Their ambitions lead them to hire a local hustler and take matters into their own hands to set their lives straight. Bonus Content: Includes a digital copy of Thoroughbreds (Subject to expiration. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.) Deleted Scenes The Look of Thoroughbreds Character Profiles