Educating Rita (film)
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| Educating Rita | |
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| Directed by | Lewis Gilbert |
| Produced by | Lewis Gilbert |
| Written by | Willy Russell (also play) |
| Starring | Michael Caine Julie Walters |
| Editing by | Garth Craven |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 21, 1983 (USA) |
| Running time | 110 min. |
| Language | English |
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Educating Rita is a 1983 film of Willy Russell's play of the same name. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and stars Julie Walters, Michael Caine, and Maureen Lipman with a screenplay by Russell. The original play is for two actors and is set entirely in Frank's office at the [Liverpool] university; the filmed version includes a number of minor characters who are only talked about in the stage play and takes place in a number of [mainly Liverpool] locations.
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[edit] Plot
An English working-class girl wants to better herself by studying literature. Her assigned Open University professor, however, has long since openly taken to the bottle, and soon develops misgivings about her acculturation to academia.
[edit] Cast
Michael Caine ... Dr. Frank Bryant
Julie Walters ... Rita, aka Susan
Michael Williams ... Brian
Maureen Lipman ... Trish
Jeananne Crowley ... Julia
Malcolm Douglas ... Denny
Godfrey Quigley ... Rita's Father
Dearbhla Molloy ... Elaine
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Starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters, who reprises her role from the stage production. It was also Walters' feature film debut.
Although the setting of the film is Liverpool, the film was shot in Trinity College, Dublin. All other scenes were also filmed in Ireland: "France" is in fact Maynooth, Rita's "summer school" is, in part, University College Dublin and Dublin Airport also appears.
The film won the 1983 BAFTA Award for Best Film.
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| Preceded by Gandhi |
BAFTA Award for Best Film 1983 |
Succeeded by The Killing Fields |
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