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Starter for 10 is a 2006 British comedy-drama film directed by Tom Vaughan from a screenplay by David Nicholls, adapted from his 2003 novel Starter for Ten. The film stars James McAvoy as a university student who wins a place on a University Challenge quiz team.
Mar 9, 2007 · Starter for 10: Directed by Tom Vaughan. With Joseph Friend, James Gaddas, Catherine Tate, Mark Gatiss. Set in 1985, working-class student Brian Jackson (McAvoy) navigates his first year at Bristol University.
- (25K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Tom Vaughan
- 2007-03-09
Feb 23, 2007 · Brian Jackson (James McAvoy), a working-class youth from Essex, gets a chance to prove himself when he is accepted to respected Bristol University.
- (81)
- Tom Vaughan
- PG-13
- James Mcavoy
Nov 10, 2006 · Set in the mid-Eighties, Starter for 10 is a comedy about a working-class boy stumbling romantically and academically through his first year of University.
- 96 min
Jan 17, 2007 · From Playtone and producers Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, and Pippa Harris, Starter For 10 is a romantic comedy set in the mid-80s about a working-class kid struggling to...
- 2 min
- 623.9K
- PicturehouseDF
Starter for 10 is directed by Tom Vaughan and adapted to screenplay by David Nicholls from his own novel of the same name. It stars James McAvoy, Alice Eve, Rebecca Hall, Dominic Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch, Catherine Tate and Elaine Tan.
A period comedy set in 1985, the story chronicles the misadventures of Brian Jackson (James McAvoy), a student in his first year at Bristol University. A somewhat obsessive collector of general knowledge, Brian has been a fan since childhood of University Challenge.
