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Release Date:
21 December 2007 (UK)
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School Can Be A Riot.
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St Trinian's, a school for "young ladies" with its anarchic doctrine of free expression, brings together a motley crew of ungovernable girls who, using their wit and ingenuity, save the school from bankruptcy. full summary | full synopsis
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5 nominations
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Discuss: Should Gay Actors Stay in the Closet?
(From Cinematical. 3 December 2009, 2:35 PM, PST)
Adolescent Anarchy & Rebellion in England: St. Trinian's & An Education
(From Huffington Post. 23 October 2009, 6:51 AM, PDT)
(From Cinematical. 3 December 2009, 2:35 PM, PST)
Adolescent Anarchy & Rebellion in England: St. Trinian's & An Education
(From Huffington Post. 23 October 2009, 6:51 AM, PDT)
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A worthy Re-invention of a classic Comedy series
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Talulah Riley | ... | Annabelle Fritton | |
| Rupert Everett | ... | Camilla Fritton / Carnaby Fritton | |
| Jodie Whittaker | ... | Beverly | |
| Gemma Arterton | ... | Kelly | |
| Kathryn Drysdale | ... | Taylor | |
| Juno Temple | ... | Celia | |
| Antonia Bernath | ... | Chloe | |
| Amara Karan | ... | Peaches | |
| Tamsin Egerton | ... | Chelsea | |
| Lily Cole | ... | Polly | |
| Paloma Faith | ... | Andrea | |
| Holly Mackie | ... | Tara | |
| Cloe Mackie | ... | Tania | |
| Esme Thompson | ... | 1st Year Bookie | |
| Bel Parker | ... | Aerial Girl |
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Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, drug and alcohol content, sexual material and language.
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Germany:100 min (European Film Market) | USA:97 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Ireland:15A |
UK:12A |
UK:12 |
Finland:K-11 |
Australia:M |
USA:PG-13 (certificate #45341) |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Italy:VM14 |
Portugal:M/12 (cut version)
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George Cole who played Flash Harry in the original series of films was offered a very tiny cameo, which he rejected.
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Continuity: When Flash comes to see what the girls are selling the number plate on the car says GU06 SBX, but when he leaves after the girls have given the car a 'paint job' the number plate is BN 0413.
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References "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000)
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If I can't Dance
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St. Trinian's is probably never going to top anyone's list of greatest films of the 21st Century but there's no denying it is funny. It could so easily have been terrible, but it isn't, thanks to a witty and clever script that pays tribute to Ronald Searle's original cartoons as well as to the classic "Belles of St Trinian's" Writers Piers Ashworth and Nick Moorcroft have successfully reinvented St. Trinian's for the 21st century, avoiding the obvious pitfalls the school could so easily have been turned into a combination brothel and crack den instead creating a world in which the girls can run wild. A world in which it seems no-one bats an eyelid at ten year old girls playing with explosives, but God forbid they should ever take up smoking.
Rupert Everett is in fine form as the headmistress Camilla Frinton though admittedly he's no Alistair Simm (then again who is?) and Colin Firth is a more than capable straight man, quite happy to take pot shots at his own career. More surprisingly Russell Brand makes a very effective Flash Harry, While distinctly different to the original in both appearance and manner to George Cole, there his something indefinable about his performance, he could almost be the grandson of the original Flash.
However where this film really succeeds is in the girls themselves. Talulah Riley is the heart and sole of the film as Annabelle Fritton, slowly blossoming from shy awkward daddy's girl into red-blooded St Trinian, and Gemma Arterton as head girl Kelly commands the screen in every scene she's in. Between them Riley and Arterton steal the move from under the noses of the more experienced Everett & Firth.
But it's not just them, a combination of astute casting and good writing ensures that all the students come across as characters in their own right from twin terrors Cloe and Holly Mackie through to the 'Posh Totty', brilliantly underplayed by Tamsin Egerton, Amara Karan and Antonia Bernath.
In years to come this film will be remembered not for the sight of Rupert Everett in drag but for giving screen time to so many of the next generation of starlets.