Bibliograph

Educating Rita, Columbia Pictures ; Acorn Pictures presents a Lewis Gilbert film ; produced and directed by Lewis Gilbert ; screenplay by Willy Russell ; co-produced by William P. Cartlidge

Type

Label

Educating Rita, Columbia Pictures ; Acorn Pictures presents a Lewis Gilbert film ; produced and directed by Lewis Gilbert ; screenplay by Willy Russell ; co-produced by William P. Cartlidge

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG

Main title

Educating Rita

Oclc number

63202129

Responsibility statement

Columbia Pictures ; Acorn Pictures presents a Lewis Gilbert film ; produced and directed by Lewis Gilbert ; screenplay by Willy Russell ; co-produced by William P. Cartlidge

Runtime

111

Summary

Rita, a young working-class woman in Liverpool, desperately wants an education. She enrolls in literature tutorials at a British university to escape from her dreary life as a hairdresser, as well as a confining existence at home with a husband who wants her to choose motherhood over education. Her professor is Frank Bryant, a disillusioned, alcoholic English professor who encourages his students to forsake dead poetry and enjoy life. As Rita is transformed into a free spirit, Frank is forced to confront his own life

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

Contributor