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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

  • 19691969
  • M/PGM/PG
  • 1h 56m
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7.6/10
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
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An eccentric Scottish schoolteacher's extravagantly romantic ideas about life--and love--overly impress her young pupils and bring her into conflict with her school's conservative headmistre... Read allAn eccentric Scottish schoolteacher's extravagantly romantic ideas about life--and love--overly impress her young pupils and bring her into conflict with her school's conservative headmistress.An eccentric Scottish schoolteacher's extravagantly romantic ideas about life--and love--overly impress her young pupils and bring her into conflict with her school's conservative headmistress.
IMDb RATING
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9.3K
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    • Ronald Neame
    • Muriel Spark(adapted from the novel by)
    • Jay Presson Allen(based on the play by)
  • Stars
    • Maggie Smith
    • Gordon Jackson
    • Robert Stephens
    • Ronald Neame
    • Muriel Spark(adapted from the novel by)
    • Jay Presson Allen(based on the play by)
  • Stars
    • Maggie Smith
    • Gordon Jackson
    • Robert Stephens
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 93User reviews
    • 43Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Oscar

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    Maggie Smith in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
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    Maggie Smith and Pamela Franklin in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
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    Maggie Smith, Jane Carr, Pamela Franklin, Diane Grayson, and Shirley Steedman in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
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    Maggie Smith
    Maggie Smith
    • Jean Brodie
    Gordon Jackson
    Gordon Jackson
    • Gordon Lowther
    Robert Stephens
    Robert Stephens
    • Teddy Lloyd
    Pamela Franklin
    Pamela Franklin
    • Sandy
    Celia Johnson
    Celia Johnson
    • Miss Mackay
    Diane Grayson
    Diane Grayson
    • Jenny
    Jane Carr
    Jane Carr
    • Mary McGregor
    Shirley Steedman
    Shirley Steedman
    • Monica
    Lavinia Lang
    • Emily Carstairs
    Antoinette Biggerstaff
    • Helen McPhee
    Margo Cunningham
    Margo Cunningham
    • Miss Campbell
    Isla Cameron
    Isla Cameron
    • Miss McKenzie
    Rona Anderson
    Rona Anderson
    • Miss Lockhart
    Ann Way
    Ann Way
    • Miss Gaunt
    Molly Weir
    • Miss Allison Kerr
    Helena Gloag
    • Miss Kerr
    • (as Helena Cloag)
    John Dunbar
    • Mr Burrage
    Heather Seymour
    Heather Seymour
    • Clara
      • Ronald Neame
      • Muriel Spark(adapted from the novel by)
      • Jay Presson Allen(based on the play by) (screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The school desks had to be raised so that some of the girls wouldn't look as grown-up as they really were. In fact, one of the girls was a twenty-year-old mother.
    • Goofs
      Miss Brodie 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 Vecchio) in Florence. Miss Brodie 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.
    • Quotes

      [Miss Brodie is getting the new girls to introduce themselves]

      Jean Brodie: Would you like to tell us something about yourself, Emily.

      Emily Carstairs: [eagerly] I'm a Girl Guide, Miss Brodie. I have six merit badges: one for knot-tying, one for flag-folding...

      Jean Brodie: [cutting off Emily's list] For those who like that sort of thing, that is the sort of thing they like.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits prologue: EDINBURGH 1932
    • Connections
      Featured in A Bit of Scarlet (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Jean
      (1969) (uncredited)

      Written and Performed by Rod McKuen

      Played often in the score

    User reviews93

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    9/10
    One of The Best Performances on Film
    See it for Maggie Smith who was much deserving of her Best Actress Oscar in 1969. I'd rank this performance among the best ever preserved on film. Her character is unlike any you've ever seen and ranks up there with Sandy Dennis in "Up the Down Staircase" and Sidney Poitier in "To Sir, With Love" as one of the most memorable teachers on screen.

    Ronald Neame does a nice job of moving the film along so the adapted play doesn't seem stagy. The focus is the wonderful adapted screenplay and the great cast.

    The triumph of "Jean Brodie" is the final confrontation scene with Smith and young actress Pamela Franklin.

    Don't miss it.
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    • jlarkin5
    • Sep 23, 2006

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    • Release date
      • February 25, 1969 (United Kingdom)
      • United Kingdom
      • HBOMAX (United States)
      • English
      • Latin
      • French
      • Italian
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    • Filming locations
      • The Edinburgh Academy, Henderson Row, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century-Fox Productions
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    • 1 hour 56 minutes
      • Color

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