St. Trinian's (2007)

In order to save their bankrupt school, a group of troublesome girls stage a robbery with a group of geniuses on their backs

Directors:

Oliver Parker, Barnaby Thompson

Writers:

Piers Ashworth (screenplay), Jamie Minoprio (additional material)

Stars:

Talulah Riley, Rupert Everett, Gemma Arterton

5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Talulah Riley	...	Annabelle Fritton
Rupert Everett	...	Carnaby Fritton / Camilla 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

Storyline

St Trinians proudly continues to represent the unacceptable face of British education. When the new Minister of Education announces he will personally sort the place out he doesn't realise either the enormity of the task or that the headmistress is an old flame. The school is anyway threatened with closure by their bank; with the staff clearly a waste of space the girls realise the responsibility to save the day falls on them. Perhaps ripping off the girl with the pearl earring (a painting by Johannes Vermeer) might be the way out?

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Plot Keywords:

school | st trinian's | heist | emo | fear of heights | 

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Taglines:

School Can Be A Riot.

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, drug and alcohol content, sexual material and language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 December 2007 (UK)

Also Known As:

Kick Ass Girls 1

Filming Locations:

Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

£7,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£1,832,594 (United Kingdom), 23 December 2007, Limited Release

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$29,830,239, 31 January 2008

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ealing Studios, Entertainment Film Distributors, Fragile Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min (European Film Market)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The painting the girls are stealing is called "Girl with a Pearl Earring", which is also the title of a movie (2003) in which Colin Firth played the painter of that picture.

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Goofs

When the girls slowly walk up the National Gallery steps before the quiz final, we can see people in the background sitting on the fountains watching filming. Although it wouldn't be unlikely that a load of guys would watch intently as some attractive girls in short skirts walked by, There is also a line of peoples heads barely visible behind the top step. They're obviously being kept back to avoid disrupting filming.

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Quotes

Carnaby Fritton: Who are you?
Flash Harry: [sputters for a second] Uh... German!

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Crazy Credits

In the end credits, there is a credit which reads "MISS EVERETT'S COSTUMES BY..."

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Connections

Follows Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957)

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Soundtracks

Love Is In The Air
Written by Harry Vanda, George Young
EMI Music Publishing, Ltd.
Performed by Colin Firth, Rupert Everett

User Reviews

Thumbs up for St Trinians

St Trinian's was never going to be a classic of British cinema and I am glad that it doesn't really try. The worst I can say about the film, is that it is constantly entertaining, which I find is a rarity now days. It could and should have been a complete disaster, fortunately it is harmless silly fun. The plot is dumb and the humour is never laugh out loud funny but I always had a smile on my face and I left the cinema more cheerful than when I went in, which is always a good sign.

I was quite happy with the acting in the film. Russell Brand is not the greatest actor in the world and a few of the girls are a bit grating but most of the main characters are OK, with good performances from Gemma Arterton and Talulah Riley. Colin Firth plays it gloriously straight though out and has some wonderful moments, whilst Rupert Everett is a constant joy to watch as Miss Fritton/Carnaby Fritton.

I won't go on about the behind camera stuff because that would be a bit pointless, apart from to say that it does the job. The editing had its moments and I did enjoy the little animated scene half way though. Although not really my taste in music generally, I thought the soundtrack was very good and suited the mood of the film well, although I would have like to have heard the St Trinian's original theme at the beginning of the film, if even for a few moments.

I was over all very happy with the film and am glad I went to see it, it ticked most of the boxes which I wanted and rarely let itself down.