An Education (2009)

Director:

Lone Scherfig

Writers:

Nick Hornby (screenplay)
Lynn Barber (memoir)

Release Date:

8 October 2009 (New Zealand)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Innocence of the Young.

Plot:

A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.

Plot Keywords:

1960s | Oxford | Latin | Coming Of Age | Teenage Girl

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 25 wins & 55 nominations

Cast

Carey Mulligan	...	Jenny Mellor
Olivia Williams	...	Miss Stubbs
Alfred Molina	...	Jack Mellor
Cara Seymour	...	Marjorie
William Melling	...	Small Boy #1
Connor Catchpole	...	Small Boy #2
Matthew Beard	...	Graham
Peter Sarsgaard	...	David Goldman
Amanda Fairbank-Hynes	...	Hattie
Ellie Kendrick	...	Tina
Dominic Cooper	...	Danny
Rosamund Pike	...	Helen
Nick Sampson	...	Auctioneer
Kate Duchêne	...	Latin Teacher (as Kate Duchene)
Bel Parker	...	Small Girl
Emma Thompson	...	Headmistress
Luis Soto	...	Rachman
Olenka Wrzesniewski	...	Shakespeare Girl #1
Bryony Wadsworth	...	Shakespeare Girl #2
Ashley Taylor-Rhys	...	Petrol Attendant
Sally Hawkins	...	Sarah Goldman
Beth Rowley	...	Nightclub Singer
Ben Castle	...	Nightclub Band
Mark Edwards	...	Nightclub Band
Tom Rees-Roberts	...	Nightclub Band
Arne Somogyi	...	Nightclub Band
Paul Wilkinson	...	Nightclub Band
Phil Wilkinson	...	Nightclub Band
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Norton	...	Student
Charlee Hall	...	Baby 1 (uncredited)
Neo Hall	...	Baby 2 (uncredited)
David Wayman	...	Man in Cafe (uncredited)

Directed by
Lone Scherfig

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Lynn Barber		memoir
Nick Hornby		screenplay

Produced by
Finola Dwyer	....	producer
Douglas Hansen	....	executive producer (as Douglas E. Hansen)
Nick Hornby	....	executive producer
Wendy Japhet	....	executive producer
Jamie Laurenson	....	executive producer
Caroline Levy	....	line producer
Amanda Posey	....	producer
James D. Stern	....	executive producer
David M. Thompson	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Paul Englishby

Cinematography by
John de Borman		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Barney Pilling

Casting by
Lucy Bevan

Production Design by
Andrew McAlpine

Art Direction by
Ben Smith

Set Decoration by
Anna Lynch-Robinson		(as Anna Lynch Robinson)

Costume Design by
Odile Dicks-Mireaux

Makeup Department
Bella Georgiou	....	hair stylist: dailies
Bella Georgiou	....	makeup artist: dailies
Mandy Gold	....	hair stylist: dailies
Mandy Gold	....	makeup artist: dailies
Jon Henry Gordon	....	hair stylist: dailies
Jon Henry Gordon	....	makeup artist: dailies
Catherine Jabes	....	hair stylist: France (as Carhy Vidal)
Nicky Knowles	....	hair stylist (as Nicola Magee)
Nicky Knowles	....	makeup artist (as Nicola Magee)
Ameneh Mahloudji	....	hair stylist
Ameneh Mahloudji	....	makeup artist
Florence Roumieu	....	makeup artist: France
Andrew Simonin	....	crowd hairdresser
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou	....	hair designer (as Lizzie Yianni Georgiou)
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou	....	makeup designer (as Lizzie Yianni Georgiou)
Katie Lee	....	makeup trainee: dalies (uncredited)

Production Management
Matthew J. Birch	....	executive in charge of production: Endgame Entertainment
Gilles Castera	....	production manager: France
Polly Duval	....	post-production supervisor
Ciara McGowan	....	production manager
Bobby Prince	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Chris Burgess	....	additional third assistant director
Paul Cathie	....	third assistant director
Joe Geary	....	first assistant director
Clare Glass	....	crowd second assistant director
Christelle Lahaye	....	third assistant director: France
Tom Mulberge	....	additional third assistant director
Tom White	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Gerry Atkinson	....	dressing propman
Marc Beros	....	hod painter
Brian Bovingdon	....	carpenter
Philippa Broadhurst	....	graphic designer
Chris Brown	....	carpenter
Lee Bryant	....	prop storeman
Alfie Burgess	....	stand-by propman
Clive D'Cruze	....	stagehand
Gene D'Cruze	....	construction manager
Billy Edwards	....	stand-by propman
Richard Grant	....	painter
James Hendy	....	property buyer
John Malham	....	painter
Danny Margetts	....	hod construction
Ben Munro	....	stand-by art director
Camise Oldfield	....	art department trainee: FT2
Andrew Rickard	....	carpenter
Michael Rickard	....	carpenter
Brian Stagg	....	carpenter
Terry Stinson	....	dressing propman
Ian Tansey	....	painter
Anna Thomas	....	art department assistant
Dave Wells	....	carpenter
Tom Whitehead	....	assistant art director
Nigel Woodford	....	stand-by carpenter
Terry Woods	....	property master (as Terry Wood)
Dougie Lankston	....	dressing props (uncredited)
Howard Weaver	....	scenic artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Hugo Adams	....	foley editor
Niv Adiri	....	sound effects editor
Ben Barker	....	sound effects editor
Gareth Bull	....	adr recordist
Gareth Bull	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gillian Dodders	....	dialogue editor
Andrew Felton	....	boom operator
Danny Freemantle	....	assistant sound editor
Glenn Freemantle	....	sound supervisor
Elliott Gilhooly	....	sound assistant: FT2
Nina Hartstone	....	dialogue editor
Andrea King	....	foley artist
Adam Mendez	....	foley recordist
Adam Mendez	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tom Sayers	....	sound effects editor
Jack Stew	....	foley artist
Richard Straker	....	adr recordist
Richard Straker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Simon J. Willis	....	sound recordist (as Simon Willis)
Mark DeSimone	....	adr mixer: New York (uncredited)
Alex Hudd	....	sound consultant: Dolby (uncredited)

Special Effects by
David Payne	....	special effects supervisor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Stephen Elson	....	visual effects producer: Baseblack (uncredited)
Edward Randolph	....	digital compositor: Baseblack (uncredited)
Edward Randolph	....	visual effects coordinator: Baseblack (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Sergio Bernuzzi	....	grip
Martin Bloye	....	daily rigging gaffer
Kerry Brown	....	still photographer
Dan Carling	....	video assistant
John de Borman	....	camera operator
Jean-François Drigeard	....	gaffer: France (as Jean-Francois Drigeard)
Manuel Gaspar	....	best boy: France
Robert Gavigan	....	best boy
Max Glickman	....	clapper loader
Leigh Gold	....	focus puller
Merritt Gold	....	focus puller: second unit (as Merrit Gold)
Ian Grant	....	chargehand rigger
Mikey Ray Harkins	....	lighting desk operator (as Mikey Harkin)
Zac Henderson	....	stand-by rigger
David Holliday	....	grip: second unit
Justin Lewis	....	generator operator
Dash Lilley	....	film loader
Malcolm McLean	....	camera operator: second unit
Brian Miller	....	electrician
James Perry	....	clapper loader: second unit
Toby Tyler Jr.	....	electrician
Toby Tyler	....	electrician
Toby Tyler	....	gaffer (as David Tyler)
Aldo Camilleri	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)
Luke Chisholm	....	additional grip (uncredited)
Johann Cruickshank	....	sparks (uncredited)
Warwick Drucker	....	additional grip (uncredited)
Chris Georgas	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Alice Searby	....	casting associate
Ruth Key	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Basil Anastasi	....	costumer: dailies
Martin Chitty	....	stand-by costumer
Patricia Colin	....	costume supervisor: France
Ellen Crawshaw	....	costume trainee: crowd
Rachel Forde	....	costume trainee: FT2
Natalie Humphries	....	costume supervisor
Amanda Keable	....	costume supervisor
Tess Loe	....	costume trainee
Kate O'Farrell	....	costumer: dailies
David Wolfe	....	costumer: dailies

Editorial Department
Greg Barrett	....	digital intermediate producer
Ben Bradley	....	on-line editor
Rebecca Budds	....	digital intermediate coordinator
Matthew Cannings	....	assistant editor
John Claude	....	digital intermediate colorist
Matt Watson	....	on-line editor
Stephen Bearman	....	colorist: dailies (uncredited)
Paul Doogan	....	scan record manager (uncredited)

Music Department
Eleanor Alberga	....	musician: piano
Tom Bowes	....	orchestra leader
Chris Dibble	....	score mixer
Chris Dibble	....	score recordist
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Lewis Jones	....	assistant engineer
Joanna Lee	....	assistant to composer
Nyree Pinder	....	score coordinator
Colin Rae	....	score preparation
Kle Savidge	....	music supervisor
Charlotte Trinder	....	assistant orchestra contractor
Jonathan Williams	....	musician: cello
Ben Barker	....	supervising music editor (uncredited)
Christopher Benstead	....	music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Mickaël Conan	....	minibus driver: France (as Mickael Conan)
Bertrand Doudet	....	minibus driver: France
Olivier Fauchier	....	minibus driver: France
Paul Gatley	....	unit driver
Charles Heidet	....	action vehicles coordinator: France
Phil Houghton	....	driver: camera truck (as Phil Haughton)
Hefin Jones	....	driver: wardrobe bus (as Hefyn Jones)
Charles Manning	....	driver: facilities captain & make-up
Geoff McCracken	....	minibus driver
Chris Palmer	....	lead driver
Jim Wilkes	....	driver: grip truck
Ian Wotherspoon	....	unit driver

Other crew
Sarah Armstrong	....	stand-in (as Sara Armstrong)
Susan Arnott	....	representative: Odyssey Entertainment
Geraldine Atlee	....	business affairs: BBC Films
Aurélie Avram	....	production coordinator: France (as Aurelie Avram)
Guillaume Babinet	....	location trainee: France
Craig Barwick	....	production accountant
Hana Beer	....	floor runner
Kerry Brown	....	electronic press kit
Phil Cairns	....	unit publicist: Premier PR
Tony Carter	....	location assistant
Lucy Chilton	....	assistant to director
Libby D'Arcy	....	representative: Odyssey Entertainment
Sean Desmond	....	security
Graham Easton	....	completion guarantor: Film Finances
Glyn Evans	....	medic
Angus Finlayson	....	stand-in
Charlotte Fleck	....	dialect coach: Peter Sarsgaard
Ian Ford	....	security
Richard George	....	assistant location manager
Louise Goodsill	....	representative: Odyssey Entertainment
Pierre Hue	....	assistant location manager: France
Mick Hurrell	....	health & safety officer
Jacqueline Hurt	....	legal services: Olswang
Amy Jackson	....	post production paperwork
Amy Jackson	....	producers asssistant
Steve Joberns	....	auditor: Shipleys
Ralph Kamp	....	representative: Odyssey Entertainment
Hannah Lamb	....	location assistant
Charles McDonald	....	unit publicist: Premier PR
Bennett McGhee	....	assistant to producers
Simon Mills	....	production runner
Tariq Mirza	....	production legal
John Morgan	....	accountant: Wildgraze Films & Finola Dwyer Productions
Eleanor Nett	....	production and post-production executive: Endgame Entertainment
Caroline O'Reilly	....	script supervisor
Kevin O'Shea	....	insurance: AON/Albert G Ruben
Kevin Proctor	....	production runner
Valerie Rosewell	....	assistant accountant (as Val Rosewell)
Romuald Rousseau	....	location manager: France
Marc Saclier	....	location trainee: France
Lisbeth Savill	....	legal services: Olswang
Gregory R. Schenz	....	business and legal affairs executive: Endgame Entertainment
James Scott	....	representative: Odyssey Entertainment
Sonic	....	floor runner (as James 'Sonic' Rainer)
Camilla Stephenson	....	location manager
Neil Swain	....	dialect coach: Peter Sarsgaard
Eve Swannell	....	production coordinator
Anne Teixeira	....	production executive: Endgame Entertainment
Claire Tovey	....	location scout
Matthew Vizard	....	production & delivery coordinator: BBC Films
Cindy Wilkinson Kirven	....	finance executive: Endgame Entertainment
Michael Wood	....	production executive: BBC Films
Nic Benns	....	title designer (uncredited)
Paula Jalfon	....	commercial manager (uncredited)
Tory Lenosky	....	production runner (uncredited)
Iain Mackenzie	....	production runner: dailies (uncredited)
James Mossahebi	....	office runner (uncredited)

Thanks
Amy Ashworth	....	special thanks
Jane Barclay	....	special thanks
Isabel Begg	....	special thanks
Helen Bones	....	special thanks
Bernard Butler	....	special thanks
Duffy	....	special thanks
Juliette Gréco	....	special thanks
Camille Holm	....	in memory of
Mark Hubbard	....	thanks
Beeban Kidron	....	special thanks
Paul Ritchie	....	thanks
Marc Samuelson	....	special thanks
Tom Stingemore	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• BBC Films (presents)
• Finola Dwyer Productions
• Wildgaze Films
• Endgame Entertainment (in association with)
• An Education Distribution

Distributors

• A-Film Distribution (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• E1 Entertainment (2009) (Ireland) (theatrical)
• E1 Entertainment (2009) (UK) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2010) (France) (theatrical)
• Mongrel Media (2009) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2010) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film (2010) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Classics (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (2010) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2010) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Transmission (2009) (Australia) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• E1 Entertainment (2010) (UK) (DVD)
• E1 Entertainment (2010) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Film1 (2011) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Nordisk Film (2010) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (Canada) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2010) (Brazil) (all media)
• Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2010) (Portugal) (all media)

Special Effects

• Baseblack (uncredited)

Other Companies

• AGN Shipleys  auditor (as Shipleys LLP)
• AON/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services  insurance (as AON Albert G Ruben)
• Abbey Road Studios  music mixed at
• Abbey Road Studios  music recorded at
• Angels the Costumiers  thanks (as Angels)
• Anvil Post Production  sound re-recording
• Bon Appetit Catering  catering (as Bon Appetit)
• Bonded Services  film storage
• Camera Revolution  camera and grip equipment
• Camera Revolution  cranes (as Camera Revolution Ltd)
• Carlo Manzi Rentals  thanks
• Charles Wilson Engineers  cherrypickers (as Charles Wilson Engineers Ltd)
• De Wolfe Music  production music
• Decca Records  soundtrack
• Fatts  post-production script services
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Fintage Collection Account Management B.V.  collection account management
• Granta Publications  thanks
• Gripworx  cranes (as Gripworx Ltd)
• Kodak  motion picture film supplier
• Lancing College  thanks
• London Session Orchestra, The  orchestra (uncredited)
• Midnight Digital  rushes telecine (as Midnight Transfer)
• Momoco/Maguffin  main titles
• Motorhouse Hire  action vehicles (as Motorhouse Hire Lyd)
• Movie Makers Facilities  facilities vehicles
• Movietech  camera and grip equipment
• Movietech  cranes
• Nationwide Access  cherrypickers
• Nine Nine Cars Ltd.  tracking vehicles
• Olswang  legal services
• Panalux  lighting equipment (as Panalux Limited)
• Premier PR  unit publicity
• Red Chutney  catering
• Reed Smith Richards Butler  advisor: Endgame Entertainment
• Shipleys  auditor (as Shipleys LLP)
• Sound24  sound design
• Sound24  sound post-production
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility
• Twickenham Studios  sound stages (as Twickenham Film Studios)
• Twickenham Museum  thanks
• Universal Music  soundtrack
• Wavevend  radios (as Wavevend Ltd)
• West 7 Post Production  editing equipment (as West 7 Post Ltd)
• West Trend Apartments  accommodation agent

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving sexual content, and for smoking

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Australia:M | Ireland:15A | UK:12A | Singapore:PG | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Ontario) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | UK:12 (DVD rating) | Ireland:15 (DVD rating) | Netherlands:AL | Hong Kong:IIA | Japan:PG12 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:13 | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-3 | Brazil:14 | South Korea:15 | Mexico:B | Denmark:7 | Sweden:Btl | Austria:U | France:U | Germany:o.Al. | Peru:14 | Malaysia:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Bloomsbury Service Station - 6 Store Street, Bloomsbury, London, England, UK

Company:

BBC Films

Trivia:

The creative team were initially worried about casting the 22 year old Carey Mulligan in the role of a 16 year old, but were convinced by her screen test. Rosamund Pike reportedly really wanted the small part of Helen, because "no one ever lets me be funny".

Goofs:

Continuity: In an early scene in which David and Jenny are having a conversation in his car, the lock on the car window behind Peter Sarsgaard keeps changing position.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Miss Stubbs:Come on, girls. Anybody?
[pauses]
Miss Stubbs:Anybody else?
[pauses]
Miss Stubbs:Jenny again.
Jenny:Isn't it because Mr. Rochester's blind?
Miss Stubbs:Yes, Jenny.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #18.5" (2010)

Soundtrack:

Tell the Truth

My 313th Review: A good Chaucerian cautionary tale with a very significant debut by one Carey Mulligan

With excellent acting and excellent visuals this is a good film, as a Chaucerian cautionary tale, or a retake on Congreve, it succeeds in buckets. But more even than the excellent script by Nick Hornsby is a marvellous performance by Carey Mulligan.

It tackles what is an incredibly sensitive subject, more so today than even in its setting, the relationship between a teenager and an older man, with definite aplomb. What could have been either an anachronistic script filled with moral sensibilities that didn't surface in 1961 or a cheap and tawdry sensationalist production is handled with verve, humour, and brings both the wonder of first love and the seductive ability of that love to steer lives in directions we'd rather not go out in ways that work very well indeed.

Carey Mulligan has more than a touch of sensibility about her and is, obviously, the more mature, yet still a naive genué - her performance is to be admired for its ability to not switch characters but rather hold a fast course that is totally believable. I seriously cannot think of any debut in the past 20 years that has this weight. Like Taylor in National Velvet or Johnny Mill's daughter in Whistle Down the Wind you just know you are watching something very special indeed.

All the parts are very well written by Nick Hornsby and what we get is both complex and light, a witty drama with depth that truly evokes the post-Suez and Macmillan era; Britain before the Beatles but a Britain full of a generation who didn't wanted to be reminded of rationing and the Blitz, who were searching to get away from the drudgery of a boring job-for-life that was killing their parents by degrees.

While there are moments of real unease, not surprisingly given the subject matter, there is nothing to not recommend about this: it is thoughtful, funny, intriguing, and marks the start of a significant career for Carey Mulligan who will certainly become one of the leading British actresses of her generation.