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| Year: | 2009 |
| Rating: | 7.5(22647) |
| Listed in: | Drama |
| Directed by: | Lone Scherfig |
| Actors: | Alfred Molina William Melling Connor Catchpole Carey Mulligan Olivia Williams Cara Seymour |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Lone Scherfig | |
| Actors | |
| Alfred Molina | as Jack |
| William Melling | as Small Boy #1 |
| Connor Catchpole | as Small Boy #2 |
| Matthew Beard | as Graham |
| Peter Sarsgaard | as David |
| Dominic Cooper | as Danny |
| Nick Sampson | as Auctioneer |
| Kate Duchêne | as Latin Teacher |
| Luis Soto | as Rachman |
| Ashley Taylor-Rhys | as Petrol Attendant |
| James Norton | as Student |
| Ben Castle | as Nightclub Band |
| Mark Edwards | as Nightclub Band |
| Tom Rees-Roberts | as Nightclub Band |
| Arne Somogyi | as Nightclub Band |
| Paul Wilkinson | as Nightclub Band |
| Phil Wilkinson | as Nightclub Band |
| Actresses | |
| Carey Mulligan | as Jenny |
| Olivia Williams | as Miss Stubbs |
| Cara Seymour | as Marjorie |
| Amanda Fairbank-Hynes | as Hattie |
| Ellie Kendrick | as Tina |
| Rosamund Pike | as Helen |
| Bel Parker | as Small Girl |
| Emma Thompson | as Headmistress |
| Olenka Wrzesniewski | as Shakespeare Girl #1 |
| Bryony Wadsworth | as Shakespeare Girl #2 |
| Sally Hawkins | as Sarah |
| Beth Rowley | as Nightclub Singer |
Movie info
| Languages: | English, French |
| Filming dates: | March 2008 - April 2008 |
| Budget: | GBP 4,500,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 940,265 USD (25 October 2009) UK - 960,875 GBP (8 November 2009) Argentina - 77,520 ARS (9 February 2010) |
| Plot: | In the early 1960's, sixteen year old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in the London suburb of Twickenham. On her father's wishes, everything that Jenny does is in the sole pursuit of being accepted into Oxford, as he wants her to have a better life than he. Jenny is bright, pretty, hard working but also naturally gifted. The only problems her father may perceive in her life is her issue with learning Latin, and her dating a boy named Graham, who is nice but socially awkward. Jenny's life changes after she meets David Goldman, a man over twice her age. David goes out of his way to show Jenny and her family that his interest in her is not improper and that he wants solely to expose her to cultural activities which she enjoys. Jenny quickly gets accustomed to the life to which David and his constant companions, Danny and Helen, have shown her, and Jenny and David's relationship does move into becoming a romantic one. However, Jenny slowly learns more about David, and by association Danny and Helen, and specifically how they make their money. Jenny has to decide if what she learns about them and leading such a life is worth forgoing her plans of higher eduction at Oxford. |
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Original Soundtracks
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"Smoke Without Fire" Written by Duffy and Bernard Butler Performed by Duffy Courtesy of A&M/Polydor Records (UK), Mercury Records (US) "On the rebound" Written by Floyd Cramer Performed by Floyd Cramer "Symphony No. 3" Written by Edward Elgar and Anthony Payne "Sous le ciel de Paris" Lyrics by Jean Drejac (as Dréjac) Music by Hubert Giraud Performed by Juliette Gréco "Introduction et allegro" Written by Maurice Ravel Performed by Jamie Campbell, Meghan Cassidy, Timothy Orpen, Gregor Riddell, Nicholas Sharlow, Keziah Thomas, Adam Walker "A sunday kind of love" Written by Barbara Bell / Louis Prima / Anita Leonard / Stan Rhodes Performed by Beth Rowley "You got me wrapped around your little finger" Written by Beth Rowley and Ben Castle Performed by Beth Rowley "One O'clock Jump" Written by Count Basie Performed by Wolverines Big Band "Song of Tonfano" Written by Anthony Mawer "Sweet Nothin's" Written by Ronnie Self Performed by Brenda Lee "Teen Scene" Written by Teddy Randazzo Performed by The Hunters "Maybe Tomorrow" Written by Billy Fury Performed by Billy Fury "Theme from A summer place'" Written by 'Max Steiner "Theme from A summer place' " Performed by 'Percy Faith "Sur les quais du vieux Paris" Written by Ralph Erwin and Louis Poterat Performed by Juliette Gréco "Tell the Truth" Written by Lowman Pauling Performed by Ray Charles "Comin' home baby" Written by Bob Dorough nad Benjamin Tucker Performed by Mel Tormé "Since I fell for you" Written by Buddy Johnson Performed by The Vince Guaraldi Trio |
Goofs
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Continuity: When the group are driving to the house outside Oxford Danny and David are sat in the front of car. But when they get out of the car Jenny gets out from the front seat and Danny from the back. DATE: When the traps open at Walthamstow Dog track, there is an advert for the Racing Post. This paper didn't exist until 20 years later. Fact errors: In the final scene Jenny and her friend can be seen cycling into the Bodleian library courtyard. Bikes are not allowed in the Bodleian and others can be seen chained to the railings outside. There are also 3 steps up to this courtyard which they would not have been able to cycle up. DATE: In the scene where David and Jenny are driving to meet the black family modern cars are visible in the background. Continuity: At supper in the club, Jenny at one moment points with her cigarette, then it is back to her face in the next shot. Continuity: Towards the end, as Jenny leaves the bus she is taking to visit her teacher, she clearly is carrying nothing, but as she enters the teacher's apartment she is carrying a straw bag. Fact errors: At the end, when Jenny is admitted into Oxford, she receives a letter from the University ("faculty of arts"). In fact, students are admitted into a specific college, and her admission letter would have come from the college, not the university. DATE: The school orchestra play an extract from Elgar's 3rd Symphony. This work was left unfinished at the composer's death in 1934 and was not completed and performed until 1998, so unavailable (and unsuitable) for a 1961 school orchestra. DATE: In the street scene where Jenny meets David for the second time, a number of modern staple-shaped bicycle racks can been seen along the pavement. Continuity: In the scene where Jenny receives two dictionaries, the top dictionary is still wrapped when her father answers the door to greet David. The scene is continuous, however once David appears near the table with his presents, both dictionaries are now unwrapped on top of each other on the table. Continuity: In the scene where Jenny is showing her parents the book with the fake inscription, her father grabs back the book right after he shows it to his wife, and the camera switches off to Jenny. Then, when it switches back to her father both the book and his glasses are gone. Continuity: Danny and David are shown on front seats of the car when Danny tells David that he has seen a For Sale sign. In the next scene the car pulls up to the house for sale and David and Jenny exit from the front doors. DATE: In an early scene when Jenny returns home the camera long shot of the street shows more modern 1970s/1980s light industrial buildings/roofs in the distance. Revealing mistakes: When David leaves Jenny's house after failing to admit his guilt to her parents, you see headlights passing the house twice. Being parked on the curb next to the house, if he truly had to turn around, the headlights would reflect away (not toward) the house. Continuity: When Jenny is taking the bus (apparently to Ms. Stubbs flat) it is night and raining; when she walks into the flat, sun is pouring through the kitchen window and birds are singing. In the next scene, she is riding in a bus at night and in the rain. Continuity: In the dog track parking lot, David takes a few things out of the back of his car and sets them on the ground. Although they are seen there throughout the scene, they are suddenly gone when he and Jenny leave even though he is never seen putting them back. DATE: In the scene where David is showing the Caribbean family to their new flat, a car can be seen in the background going over a speed hump (or sleeping policeman). These traffic calming measures weren't introduced to the UK until the 1970s. Revealing mistakes: During a scene near the beginning of the movie David is drinking from a crystal glass given to him by Helen. A sticker can be seen on the bottom of the glass. Fact errors: When Jenny invites David to the concert, she indicates that the composer is Elgar. David replies, "I'm afraid Elgar and the Jews don't get along". This may imply either Jews don't like Elgar (hard to prove) or that Elgar was anti-Semitic. However there is no evidence of Elgar being anti-semitic, in fact from Elgar's biography - "1933 Flies to Paris to conduct performance of the Violin Concerto with Yehudi Menuhin (with whom he recorded it the previous year); visits the paralyzed Delius; writes of his dismay at Hitler's anti-Semitic policies in Germany;". DATE: St John's, Smith Square, was bombed in 1941; it's restoration didn't commence until 1965 and was completed in 1969. It didn't, therefore, become a concert venue until nearly a decade after the time at which the film was set. DATE: When Jenny finally passes her A levels, she mentions grades. The film is set in 1961 - A level grades were first introduced in 1963. Although,when she's studying at home, it is implied that a significant amount of time passes, it is unlikely to have taken her beyond 1962 when, essentially, you either passed or failed GCE exams. DATE: In the bedroom scene near the airport, there is a picture of a Boeing 747 airliner above the bed. Development of the 747 didn't begin until several years after this movie was set. Continuity: When David places Jenny's cello in to his car in the rain storm he places it in headstock first from the passenger side, putting the headstock on the driver's side. When they arrive at Jenny's house, she comes to the driver's side and pulls the cello out bottom first. The cello turned 180 degrees during their drive. Continuity: When Jenny was walking home and met David for the first time, she was walking beside the car while he drove. There was a shot of him speaking to her and it showed a dry car, no rain and windshield wipers moving on a dry windshield. Fact errors: In the Youth Orchestra scene, the orchestra are playing Elgar's so-called Third Symphony. At the time that the film is set, this Symphony had never been played and simply existed as sketches which were unfinished at Elgar's death. It was not until 1998 that the composer Anthony Payne edited the sketches and enabled the Symphony to be premiered. |
Quotes
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[from trailer] Miss Stubbs: You seem to be old and wise. Jenny: I feel old. But not very wise. [last lines] Jenny: One of the boys I dated, and they were boys, suggested that we go to Paris and I said I'd always wanted to see Paris. As if I'd never been! David: Do you go to concerts? Jenny: No. We don't believe in concerts. David: Oh, I assure you, they're real. Jenny: If people die the moment that they graduate, then surely it's the things we do beforehand that count. Jenny: I don't want to lose my virginity to a piece of fruit. Headmistress: [On Jenny's career opportunities] It doesn't have to be teaching. There's always the Civil Service. Jenny: If you never do anything, you never become anyone. Jack: Knowing a famous author is better than becoming one. It shows you're connected. Jenny: [ Jenny's thoughts on sex ] It's funny though, isn't it? All that poetry and all those songs, about something that lasts no time at all. Headmistress: Nobody does anything worth doing without a degree. Jenny: Nobody does anything worth doing WITH a degree. No woman anyway. Headmistress: So what I do isn't worth doing? Or what Miss Stubbs does, or Mrs. Wilson, or any of us here? Because none of us would be here without a degree. You do realize that, don't you? And yes, of course studying is hard and boring... Jenny: Boring! Headmistress: I'm sorry? Jenny: Studying is hard and boring. Teaching is hard and boring. So, what you're telling me is to be bored, and then bored, and finally bored again, but this time for the rest of my life? This whole stupid country is bored! There's no life in it, or color, or fun! It's probably just as well the Russians are going to drop a nuclear bomb on us any day now. So my choice is to do something hard and boring, or to marry my... Jew, and go to Paris and Rome and listen to jazz, and read, and eat good food in nice restaurants, and have fun! It's not enough to educate us anymore Ms. Walters. You've got to tell us why you're doing it. Jenny: [Reading from envelopes she found in David's car] Mr. and Mrs. David Goldman. Mr. and Mrs. David Goldman. Mr. and Mrs. David- you're married! David: Legally yes, but... Jenny: When were you going to tell me? David: Soon, it just never seemed like the right time. You seemed so happy, and I was happy... Jenny: You were living with your wife all this time, around the corner! Byron Avenue. It's no wonder we kept bumping into each other, is it? What number? David: 34. Don't be like this, come on. Jenny: I have nothing. I didn't take my exams. I... I left school. Where's it all gone now? Jack: We have to have this out. Well, if you won't do it, I will. I'm still your father. Jenny: You're my father again now, are you? And what were you when you encouraged me to throw my life away? Silly schoolgirls are always getting seduced by glamorous older men, but what about you two? Helen: Someone told me that in about 50 years, no one will speak Latin, probably. Not even Latin people. Jenny: The life I want, there is no shortcut. |
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