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Educating Rita is a 1983 British comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert with a screenplay by Willy Russell based on his 1980 stage play. The film stars Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams and Maureen Lipman. It won multiple major awards for best actor and best actress and was nominated for three Academy Awards.
Oct 28, 1983 · Educating Rita: Directed by Lewis Gilbert. With Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams, Maureen Lipman. An alcoholic professor has been hired by a working-class girl for higher education.
- (15K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Lewis Gilbert
- 1983-10-28
The movie stars Michael Caine as a British professor of literature and Julie Walters as the simple Cockney girl who comes to him for night-school lessons. She has problems: She is a working-class punk with an unimaginative husband.
Rita (Julie Walters), a married hair stylist in her 20s, wants to go back to school. She begins studying with Dr. Bryant (Michael Caine), a professor using alcohol to cope with his divorce.
- (17)
- Lewis Gilbert
- PG
- Michael Caine
A working-class girl seeks higher education and a disillusioned professor helps her. Read the plot summary and synopsis of this comedy-drama film starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters.
Apr 22, 2024 · Rita (Julie Walters), a married hair stylist in her 20s, wants to go back to school. She begins studying with Dr. Bryant (Michael Caine), a professor using a...
- 106 min
- 35
- Union Jackie
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.
