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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
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Release Date:
January 1969 (UK) more
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In the surprising world of Jean Brodie, there were two men and four girls. more
Plot:
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 & 7 nominations more
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(4 articles)
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Maggie Smith does it again more (55 total)

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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Runtime:
116 min
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1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
UK:15 (video rating) | UK:AA (original rating) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Last feature film of Rona Anderson. more
Goofs:
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. more
Quotes:
Jean Brodie: For those who like that sort of thing, that is the sort of thing they like. more
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Featured in Scotland on Screen (2009) (TV) more
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33 out of 37 people found the following comment useful.
Maggie Smith does it again, 12 May 2002
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Author: julilks26 from Missouri, US

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.

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