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Hilarious and often moving drama, revolving around a girl's search for the education she never had. Screenplay by Willy Russell.

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EAN5037115057037

eBay Product ID (ePID)3944604

Product Key Features

ActorMichael Caine, Malcolm Douglas, Maureen Lipman, Julie Walters

Film/TV TitleEducating Rita

DirectorLewis Gilbert

LanguageEnglish

Run Time106 Mins

Aspect Ratio4:3 Full Frame

Release Year2003

FormatDVD

FeaturesInteractive Menus\Scene Access

GenreDrama, Comedy

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

AwardsBest Actress 1983 - Julie Walters, Best Film 1983 -

Additional InformationDr. Frank Bryant (Michael Caine) is an alcoholic professor of literature headed for dire straits. Rita (Julie Walters) is a frustrated young housewife filled with wanderlust. When the two meet as student and teacher, no lecture hall can contain their attraction for one another. As Rita engages her teacher in a fuzzy romance, she matures and discovers a new side of herself, but in the end she must choose either her marriage or the magnetic Dr. Bryant.<BR>EDUCATING RITA reunites director Lewis Gilbert with star Michael Caine--they previously worked together in the 1966 drama ALFIE--and once again their collaboration is staggering. Bryant's shortcomings as a drunk and a womanizer are detestable, yet still Gilbert allows viewers to empathize with his character. In EDUCATING RITA, Gilbert once again demonstrates that he is not only a master of commanding the camera but a master at deconstructing the human heart as well.

ReviewsVariety - ...An irresistible story....RITA is one of those memorable screen personas that seem to be lacking nowadays...Julie Walters injects her with just the right mix of comedy and pathos...

Format DescriptionDVD 5

Sound sourceDolby Digital Stereo

Movie/TV TitleEducating Rita