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
Holli Mckee	...	Tara (as Holly Mackie)
Cloi Mckee	...	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

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 emos are doing their part of Annabelle's makeover, they take out the style the chavs put there, but the posh totties did their makeover between the two.

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Quotes

Miss Fritton: Ah, Ms Bagstock, your girlish laughter hit me like the lash of a hunting crop.

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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

References Ace in the Hole (1951)

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Soundtracks

On My Way to Satisfaction
Performed by Girls Aloud
Courtesy of Fascination Records

User Reviews

"another country"

I saw the trailers and read some of the reviews of this before going to see it with some trepidation. Rupert Everett as the headmistress seemed a good choice but the girls looked too old and too obvious and the charm and fun of the original films was lost in smut and nastiness. From the start as the chavs, posh totty, goths, emos and others were introduced I thought 'uh oh' and didn't hold out much hope.

Five stars for Everett's punchy Camilla Fritton and her delicious sparring with Colin Firth's education minister, with devious little nods to their previous work together; for Mr Darcy, and for the Girl with a Pearl Earring joke. But nothing else, even the planned robbery during a school quiz on telly, really works, and the theme song from Girls Aloud is just shocking.

This film does not dim memories of Alistair Sim - in fact, his portrait adorns the fireplace in Miss Fritton's office. And without Sim, Joyce Grenfell and the rest, this St Trinian's is a poor imitation.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 December 2007 (UK)

Also Known As:

St. Trinian's

Filming Locations:

Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

GBP7,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$29,066,681

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ealing Studios, Entertainment Film Distributors, Fragile Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min 100 min (European Film Market)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1