![]() ![]() The scene in France was filmed in Maynooth, County Kildare, and Pearse Station and Dublin Airport were used. The scene where Rita runs into her ex Denny and his new wife was filmed in the South Lotts area of Ringsend. 8 Hogan Avenue in Dublin 2, near Grand Canal Dock, was used for Rita's house in the film, and one in Burlington Road, Ballsbridge, for Bryant's. The rooms used by Bryant as his office and tutorial room were those of the College Historical Society and the University Philosophical Society, respectively and while the building was considerably refurnished, the production chose to leave portraits of Douglas Hyde and Isaac Butt and committee photographs in the former, and a bust of John Pentland Mahaffy in the latter. Trinity College Dublin, is used as the setting for the university, and University College Dublin, in Belfield, is used for Rita's summer school. ![]() However, it was shot entirely in and around Dublin, where minor adjustments were made to suggest the city is in the UK: in several street scenes, for example, British red telephone boxes appear. The film is set in an unnamed English university and port city: most of the working-class characters have Scouse accents. Julie Walters, in her feature film debut, reprised her role from the stage production. "Columbia wanted me to cast Dolly Parton as Rita". Lewis Gilbert says it was difficult to raise finance for the film. Marie Conmee as Customer in Hairdressers.Maureen Lipman as Trish, Rita's roommate.Maeve Germaine as Sandra, Rita's sister.Malcolm Douglas as Denny White, Rita's husband.Jeananne Crowley as Julia, Frank's girlfriend. ![]() The film ends as Frank, sent to Australia on a sabbatical, welcomes the possibilities of the change. Susan becomes disillusioned by a friend's attempted suicide and realises that her new social niche is rife with the same dishonesty and superficiality she had previously sought to escape. Frank initially has misgivings about Rita's ability to adapt to student culture, but is impressed by her verve and earnestness and is forced to re-examine his attitudes and position in life Susan finds Frank's tutelage opens doors to a bohemian lifestyle and a new self-confidence.įrank's bitterness and cynicism return as he notices Susan beginning to adopt the pretensions of the university culture he despises. Bryant's passion for literature is rekindled by Rita, whose technical ability for the subject is limited by her lack of education but whose enthusiasm Frank finds refreshing. Susan's assigned Open University tutor, Frank Bryant, is jaded and has long ago openly taken to the bottle, describing himself as "an appalling teacher". She seeks to better herself by signing up for and attending an Open University course in Literature. Susan (who initially calls herself Rita), a 26-year-old working-class hairdresser, is dissatisfied with the routine of her work and social life she is reluctant to have a child, fearing it will tie her to the same monotonous routine for life, and she yearns to escape to something more profound, without exactly knowing what that is. ![]() The British Film Institute ranked Educating Rita the 84th greatest British film of the 20th century. It won multiple major awards for best actor and best actress and was nominated for three Academy Awards.Ĭaine and Walters both won BAFTA and Golden Globe awards for best actor and actress. The film stars Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams and Maureen Lipman. 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. ![]()
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