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Starter for 10 (2006)

Starter for 10 (2006)

PG-13 92 minutes EN Drama , Comedy , Romance
In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching University Challenge, a college quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past.
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James McAvoy
Brian Jackson
Alice Eve
Alice Harbinson
Rebecca Hall
Rebecca Epstein
Catherine Tate
Julie Jackson
Benedict Cumberbatch
Patrick Watts
Mark Gatiss
Bamber Gascoigne
Guy Henry
Dr. Morrison
Elaine Tan
Lucy Chang

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Music Supervisor
Art Direction
Music Editor
Supervising Sound Editor
Costume Design
Supervising Art Director
Still Photographer
Production companies: Scion Films, BBC Film, HBO Films, Neal Street Productions, Playtone, Scamp Film and Theatre Ltd.
Production countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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PG-13 (Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Films given this rating may contain sexual content, brief or partial nudity, some strong language and innuendo, humor, mature themes, political themes, terror and/or intense action violence. However, bloodshed is rarely present. This is the minimum rating at which drug content is present.)

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