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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. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2006, and was ...
- $5.7 million
- Blake Neely
- 10 November 2006
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 · The unique setting of a quiz show makes the film wittier than your average romantic comedy. Brian Jackson (James McAvoy), a working-class youth from Essex, gets a chance to prove himself when he...
- (1.7K)
- Tom Vaughan
- PG-13
- James Mcavoy
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Starter for 10 - BBC Film. Released 10 November 2006. Sometimes it's not about the right answers. Set in the mid-Eighties, Starter for 10 is a comedy about a working-class boy...
- 96 min
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.
Feb 23, 2007 · A romantic comedy set in the mid-eighties about a working-class kid struggling to make his way in the rarefied world of an upper-class British university, Starter for 10 is a bittersweet tale about loyalty, class, falling in love and the difference between knowledge and wisdom.