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Overview

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Director:
Ronald Neame
Writers:
Muriel Spark (novel)
Jay Presson Allen (play)
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Release Date:
January 1969 (UK) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance more
Tagline:
In the surprising world of Jean Brodie, there were two men and four girls. more
Plot:
A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12 year old charges with her over-romanticized world view. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 7 nominations more
User Comments:
The creme de la creme of performances by Maggie Smith more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Maggie Smith ... Jean Brodie
Robert Stephens ... Teddy Lloyd
Pamela Franklin ... Sandy
Gordon Jackson ... Gordon Lowther
Celia Johnson ... Miss Mackay
Diane Grayson ... Jenny
Jane Carr ... Mary McGregor
Shirley Steedman ... Monica
Lavinia Lang ... Emily Carstairs
Antoinette Biggerstaff ... Helen McPhee
Margo Cunningham ... Miss Campbell
Isla Cameron ... Miss McKenzie
Rona Anderson ... Miss Lockhart
Ann Way ... Miss Gaunt
Molly Weir ... Miss Allison Kerr
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Additional Details

Runtime:
116 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
UK:15 (video rating) | UK:AA (original rating) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG

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Trivia:
Director Ronald Neame never read the novel from which this film is adapted. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Jenny and Sandy are toasting bread in the fireplace, they grab the ends of the forks that were in the flames. Of course, these would be too hot to touch. more
Quotes:
Jean Brodie: Deep in most of us is the potential for greatness or the potential to inspire greatness. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999) (TV) more
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15 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
The creme de la creme of performances by Maggie Smith, 21 September 2000
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Author: dennis-111 from Kent, England

I saw this film thirty years ago and Maggie Smith's performance still rates as one of the finest on screen. The storyline is already well known. I just want to crow about her presence in the movie. This woman even managed to blush when she and Mr Lloyd were caught in a clinch by Mary MacGregor! All these years later I still recall the line she delivered so witheringly when she heard that the music teacher she had once been linked with was finally going the marry the science teacher "Do you not think that with one snap of my fingers I couldn't send Miss (beat) Lockhart back to her gaseous domain!" Rent the video and whoop with delight at the sheer brilliance of this woman.

Robert Stephens was the least convincing of the lead performers, beside his then wife he was positively wooden. I saw them together on the London Stage in Hedda Gabler and they electrified the place! This film though was all about her. Her scenes with the Head Teacher were astonishing " I didn't want to be late - or early!"

A joy!

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