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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
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January 1969 (UK)
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In the surprising world of Jean Brodie, there were two men and four girls. more
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A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12 year old charges with her over-romanticized world view. full summary | add synopsis
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Won Oscar.
Another 4 wins
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7 nominations
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(4 articles)
IFC Finds 'Cracks' in the System
(From ioncinema. 12 November 2009)
What are the 25 Best Book to Film Adaptations?
(From Rope Of Silicon. 10 September 2009, 4:46 AM, PDT)
(From ioncinema. 12 November 2009)
What are the 25 Best Book to Film Adaptations?
(From Rope Of Silicon. 10 September 2009, 4:46 AM, PDT)
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Maggie Smith does it again
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Maggie Smith | ... | Jean Brodie |
 | Robert Stephens | ... | Teddy Lloyd |
| Pamela Franklin | ... | Sandy |
| Gordon Jackson | ... | Gordon Lowther |
| Celia Johnson | ... | Miss Mackay |
| Diane Grayson | ... | Jenny |
| Jane Carr | ... | Mary McGregor |
| Shirley Steedman | ... | Monica |
| Lavinia Lang | ... | Emily Carstairs |
| Antoinette Biggerstaff | ... | Helen McPhee |
| Margo Cunningham | ... | Miss Campbell |
| Isla Cameron | ... | Miss McKenzie |
| Rona Anderson | ... | Miss Lockhart |
| Ann Way | ... | Miss Gaunt |
| Molly Weir | ... | Miss Allison Kerr |
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116 min
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Last feature film of Rona Anderson.
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Incorrectly regarded as goofs: Miss Brody presents a slide show to the class. She tells a tale of how Dante Alighieri fell in love with Beatrice Portinari when they met at the old bridge (Ponte Veccio) in Florence. Miss Brody changes some of the facts of the Dante and Beatrice story, but in doing so she is relating the story (consciously or unconsciously) of her own failed romance with an older man.
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Jean Brodie:
For those who like that sort of thing, that is the sort of thing they like.
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Featured in Scotland on Screen (2009) (TV)
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Jean
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I don't know about you, but every time I see Maggie Smith on the screen it's always a good sign to stick around for the whole movie. It holds true with The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. A rather slow-moving, at first, and quiet movie, it has a certain seductiveness to it that's just below the surface. As you watch the movie you can almost feel and see the emotions building up. Always at the edge and never missing a beat, Smith executes her role with absolute perfection and in doing so driving the audience insane. Pamela Franklin also comes through as a girl changes Miss Brodie's outlook on her and changes our outlook on Miss Brodie. Torn between rooting for her and hating her, and mostly you'll be doing the latter, Miss Brodie is a character with far less facets to her than one might expect. Only once again proving that trust can be misplaced and appearances can be deceiving.