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Movie Description
An inspirational, controversial teacher at an exclusive girls school in Scotland in the 1930s finds her unorthodox methods get her into hot water with both her students and the school administration. Based on Jay Presson Allen's play of Muriel Spark's novel. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Song ("Jean"). Academy Awards: Best Actress--Maggie Smith.
Synopsis
Adaptation of Muriel Spark's novel and Jay Presson Allen's stage play, about Jean Brodie, a flamboyant, unconventional school teacher in 1930's Edinburgh, Scotland, who flies in the face of the ultra-conservativism of the head mistress and Board of Governors at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls, as she tries to instill in her pupils the truth and beauty in art, history, literature, and sensuality.
Film Notes
Color by DeLuxe; shot on location in Edinburgh and Pinewood Studios in Iver Heath, Bucks, England.
Additional cast: Shirley Steedman (Monica), Diane Grayson (Jenny), Isla Cameron (Miss McKenzie), Molly Weir (Miss Allison Kerr), and Helena Gloag (Miss Kerr).
Additional credits: Arthur Greenslade (music arranger & conductor) and Pamela Cornell (set dresser).
Produced on stage in Great Britain by Donald Albery and on Broadway by Robert Whitehead (in association with Robert W. Dowling).
Copyright 1968 Twentieth Century Fox Productions, Ltd.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Stereo - English
Mono - Spanish
Mono - French
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Ronald Neame - Director, Pamela Franklin - Star
Trailers - 1. Trailer
2. Teaser Trailer
3. "Fox Studio Classics"
Text/Image Galleries:
Still Gallery
Industry Reviews
"...All the performances are splendid in this adaptation of the stage hit..."
USA Today - Mike Clark (12/13/1996)
"Smith won an Oscar for the role, and it was well-deserved."
Premiere - Glenn Kenny (07/01/2004)
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