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

During a deleted scene, Thwaite is talking to his colleagues about trying to reform St Trinian's. One of his colleague's announces "Let those wildcats beware." As a heading for a newspaper article. This line is paying homage to the movie The Wildcats of St. Trinian's (1980).

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Goofs

When Russell Brand is teaching a lesson he asks the students to name crimes that can be commited, with the first being extortion in, which he spells "extortian" on the blackboard.

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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

References Ace in the Hole (1951)

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Soundtracks

If I Can't Dance
Performed by Sophie Ellis-Bextor

User Reviews

Excellent film, I'm going twice!

Very good adaptation, went with my family and all ages were laughing.

Rupert Evveret plays 2 very different characters and succeeds well in both.

Colin Firth is a lovely as ever fitting into a role that suits him very well and a certain scene from a Jane Austin adaptation is resurrected.

The newcomers who make up the majority of the school children are superb, not only do they achieve in acting well beyond their years. They provided as much entertainment as the other more experienced cast members.

The most surprising cast member of them all was Russell Brand. I went into the film with a despise of the man and thinking he would ruin the film for me, but he was actually pretty good.

In all I found St Trinian's to be a good film and definitely one for teenage girls to watch, but don't worry if you get dragged along to I guarantee you'll leave laughing.

Don't forget to listen the song in the credits!!!