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Educating Rita (1983)
Directed by Lewis Gilbert
“Sometimes students end up being the best teachers.”
Drama, Comedy · 1h 46m
Rita, a witty 26-year-old hairdresser, wants to 'discover' herself, so she joins the Open University where she meets the disillusioned professor of literature, Dr. Frank Bryant. His marriage has failed, his new girlfriend is having an affair with his best friend and he can't get through the day without downing a bottle or two of whisky. What Frank needs is a challenge... and along comes Rita.
Cast
Michael Caine
Julie Walters
Michael Williams
Maureen Lipman
Jeananne Crowley
Malcolm Douglas
Godfrey Quigley
Dearbhla Molloy
Christopher Casson
Crew
- Director
- Lewis Gilbert
- Screenplay
- Willy Russell
- Director of Photography
- Frank Watts
- Editor
- Garth Craven
- Producer
- Lewis Gilbert
Details
- Release date
- 1983-06-16
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Acorn Pictures, The Rank Organisation