Educating Julie (1984)

A timid college student, Julie, is assigned to write a research paper on "Nudity in the 1980's" She and her boyfriend, Steve, visit several nudist clubs in England, the south of France and ... See full summary »

Director:

Gail Hardman

Writers:

David P. Ball (from an original story by), Gail Hardman (screenplay)

Stars:

Gail Ward, Miles Taylor, Phil Banyard

Cast

Cast overview:
Gail Ward	...	Julie Potter
Miles Taylor	...	Steve
Phil Banyard	...	Tony
Gary Willock	...	Mike
Anthony Schaeffer	...	Tutor
Angie Shaw Wright	...	Shop Assistant
Ann Green	...	Julie's Mother
Carl Warwick	...	Julie's Father
Ray Naden	...	Landlord
Ann-Louise Thomson	...	Student
Sarah Pritchard	...	Student
Christopher Penney	...	Student
Richard Comish	...	Student

Storyline

A timid college student, Julie, is assigned to write a research paper on "Nudity in the 1980's" She and her boyfriend, Steve, visit several nudist clubs in England, the south of France and in Florida to learn about why people like nudism.

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Plot Keywords:

student | nudist | nudism | child nudity | travel | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Heritage Video International

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Julie Potter: But I could cover the social significance of this in about two pages. It's hardly a thesis-like topic, is it?

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Connections

Featured in Nudism: The Inside Story (1992)

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Soundtracks

"Julie"
Sung by Brendan Faye

User Reviews

Good, but not overly brilliant movie about nudism in the 1980s

There are not too many feature films made about nudism and naturism these days, but in its day this was hailed as one of the best. Looking at it today it does look rather dated with the hairstyles and the devices that they used (e.g. dial phones and typewriters). It's a very straightforward story: young sociology student Julie Potter is set a thesis to write for her masters, and she is tricked into doing it about 'Nudity in the 80's' to the scorn of her classmates. After her boyfriend offers to help her out with it, they both explore the world of nudism and how it works. The acting is good, but hardly that of an Academy Award standard. Julie is an initially shy and mousy person prior to doing the thesis and becoming a nudist changes her personality and outlook radically. For people who often criticise and stereotype nudists as being a bunch of cranky old pagan hippie swingers, this film does a lot to dispel those stereotypes as they are shown to be your everyday people who just like to bare it all in the sun on the weekends with no other motives. Unpretentious and unsensational in the main, it's one that naturist movie buffs rather than the general public will enjoy for the most part if only for the nostalgia value.