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Comedy, Drama
Academy Award®-winner Michael Caine* along with Julie Walters earned well-deserved 1983 Oscar® nominations (Best Actor and Best Actress, respectively) for their outstanding performances in this brilliant, bittersweet comedy.
Walters is Rita, a working-class woman seeking the path to self-discovery. Bored with her life as a hairdresser, and under pressure from her husband to start a family, she enrolls in literature tutorials at a British university determined to better herself. Caine is Frank Bryant, the disillusioned English professor who is assigned to teach her. While Frank watches Rita embark on a radical transformation, his own life takes on a different kind of transformation as he finds himself falling in love with Rita while sinking into the depths of his alcoholism.
Earning a third Oscar® nomination for its screenplay by William Russell (based on his play), Educating Rita is a very funny, very charming and thoroughly entertaining film.
UK / English
| Julie Walters | Rita |
| Michael Caine | Dr. Frank Bryant |
| Michael Williams | Brian |
| Maureen Lipman | Trish |
| Jeananne Crowley | Julia |
| Malcolm Douglas | Denny |
| Patrick Daly | Bursar |
| Kim Fortune | Collins |
| Dearbhla Molloy | Elaine |
| Godfrey Quigley | Rita's Father |
| Director | Lewis Russell; Lewis Gilbert (II); Lewis Gilbert |
| Producer | Lewis Russell; William P. Cartlidge; Lewis Gilbert |
| Writer | Willy Russell |
| Cinematography | Frank Watts |
| Musician | David Hentschel |
Walters is Rita, a working-class woman seeking the path to self-discovery. Bored with her life as a hairdresser, and under pressure from her husband to start a family, she enrolls in literature tutorials at a British university determined to better herself. Caine is Frank Bryant, the disillusioned English professor who is assigned to teach her. While Frank watches Rita embark on a radical transformation, his own life takes on a different kind of transformation as he finds himself falling in love with Rita while sinking into the depths of his alcoholism.
Earning a third Oscar® nomination for its screenplay by William Russell (based on his play), Educating Rita is a very funny, very charming and thoroughly entertaining film.
| Edition Details | |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures |
| Barcode | 043396078987 |
| Region | Region 1 |
| Release Date | 1/24/2006 |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Screen Ratio | Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) |
| Subtitles | English; French |
| Audio Tracks | ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo
FRENCH: Dolby Digital Stereo |
| Layers | Single Side, Single Layer |
| No. of Disks/Tapes | 1 |
| Personal Details | |
| Purchase Price | $14.94 |
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