An education, a Sony Pictures Classics release, BBC Films presents a Wildgaze Films/Finola Dwyer Productions in association with Endgame Entertainment ; produced by Finola Dwyer & Amanda Posey ; written by Nick Hornby ; directed by Lone Scherfig
Type
Label
An education, a Sony Pictures Classics release, BBC Films presents a Wildgaze Films/Finola Dwyer Productions in association with Endgame Entertainment ; produced by Finola Dwyer & Amanda Posey ; written by Nick Hornby ; directed by Lone Scherfig
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature thematic material involving sexual content, and for smoking
Main title
An education
Medium
videorecording
Responsibility statement
a Sony Pictures Classics release, BBC Films presents a Wildgaze Films/Finola Dwyer Productions in association with Endgame Entertainment ; produced by Finola Dwyer & Amanda Posey ; written by Nick Hornby ; directed by Lone Scherfig
Runtime
100
Summary
In the early 1960's, 16-year-old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in a London suburb. She is smart, pretty, and working toward her goal of being accepted into Oxford. Her life will take a big turn when she meets David, a man twice her age. Now she must decide if she will pursue an education at Oxford, or if she will choose to learn all that a charismatic, older man can teach her
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Pike, Rosamund, 1979-
- Posey, Amanda
- Englishby, Paul
- Sarsgaard, Peter
- Scherfig, Lone, 1959-
- Molina, Alfred, 1953-
- Mulligan, Carey, 1985-
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Wildgaze Films (Firm)
- BBC Films
- Dwyer, Finola
- Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
- Finola Dwyer Produtions (Firm)
- Hornby, Nick
- Cooper, Dominic, 1978-
- Endgame Entertainment (Firm)
- Williams, Olivia, 1968-
- Thompson, Emma
- Barber, Lynn
Genre
Subject
- DVD-Video discs
- Man-woman relationships -- England -- London -- Drama
- Swindlers and swindling -- England -- London -- Drama
- Coming-of-age films
- Foreign films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- University of Oxford -- Drama
- Romance films
- Feature films
- Teenage girls -- England -- London -- Drama
- May-December romances -- England -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Dropouts -- England -- Drama
Is Based On
Incoming Resources
- Has instance2
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor19
- Pike, Rosamund, 1979-
- Posey, Amanda
- Englishby, Paul
- Sarsgaard, Peter
- Scherfig, Lone, 1959-
- Molina, Alfred, 1953-
- Mulligan, Carey, 1985-
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Wildgaze Films (Firm)
- BBC Films
- Dwyer, Finola
- Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
- Finola Dwyer Produtions (Firm)
- Hornby, Nick
- Cooper, Dominic, 1978-
- Endgame Entertainment (Firm)
- Williams, Olivia, 1968-
- Thompson, Emma
- Barber, Lynn
- Genre7
- Subject13
- DVD-Video discs
- Man-woman relationships -- England -- London -- Drama
- Swindlers and swindling -- England -- London -- Drama
- Coming-of-age films
- Foreign films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- University of Oxford -- Drama
- Romance films
- Feature films
- Teenage girls -- England -- London -- Drama
- May-December romances -- England -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Dropouts -- England -- Drama
- Is Based On1