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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)

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Reviews Counted: 11 Fresh: 10  Rotten:1 Average Rating: 6.9/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins

Synopsis: Adaptation of Muriel Spark's novel and Jay Presson Allen's stage play, about Jean Brodie, a flamboyant, unconventional school teacher in 1930's Edinburgh, Scotland, who flies in the face of the ultra-conservativism of the head mistress and Board of Governors at the Marcia Blaine School... Adaptation of Muriel Spark's novel and Jay Presson Allen's stage play, about Jean Brodie, a flamboyant, unconventional school teacher in 1930's Edinburgh, Scotland, who flies in the face of the ultra-conservativism of the head mistress and Board of Governors at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls, as she tries to instill in her pupils the truth and beauty in art, history, literature, and sensuality. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Pamela Franklin, Gordon Jackson, Celia Johnson

Director: Ronald Neame
Producer: Robert Fryer
Story: Muriel Sparks
Composer: Rod McKuen

DVD Info

Release:

Jun 7, 2004

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Stereo - English
  • Mono - Spanish
  • Mono - French

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Ronald Neame - Director, Pamela Franklin - Star
  • Trailers - 1. Trailer
  • 2. Teaser Trailer
  • 3. "Fox Studio Classics"

Text/Image Galleries:

  • Still Gallery

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...stripped of [star Maggie Smith's] presence, there's no doubt that the film would be a complete bore.

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07/21/04
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Christopher Null
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03/12/04
Rebecca Murray
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3/5

Some memorable performances don't quite make Jean Brodie feel like real cinema.

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08/15/03
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