An Education

Release Date: Friday, October 9, 2009 Limited

Rosamund Pike, Emma Thompson, Sally Hawkins, Peter Sarsgaard, Amanda Posey, Matthew Beard, Carey Mulligan, Olivia Williams, Nick Hornby, Lone Scherfig, Finola Dwyer

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 35 m

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Plot

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Plot
"An Education" is the story of a teenage girl's coming-of-age set in 1961 London, a city caught between the drab, post-war 1950s and the glamorous, more liberated decade to come. Jenny (Carey Mulligan) stands on the brink of becoming a woman: a brilliantly witty and attractive 16-year-old whose suburban life is about to be blown apart by the utterly unsuitable 30-something David (Peter Sarsgaard). Urbane and witty, David manages to charm her conservative parents Jack (Alfred Molina) and Marjorie (Cara Seymour). David introduces Jenny to a glittering new world of classical concerts and late-night suppers with his attractive friend and business partner, Danny (Dominic Cooper) and Danny's girlfriend, the beautiful but vacuous Helen (Rosamund Pike). Just as Jenny's family's long-held dream of getting their brilliant daughter into Oxford seems within reach, Jenny is tempted by another kind of life.
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The film's director Lone Scherfig last directed The Kindness of Strangers and Their Finest. The film's writer Nick Hornby last wrote Brooklyn and Wild.

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Finola Dwyer
Amanda Posey

Additional Information

MPA Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for mature thematic material involving sexual content, and for smoking
Runtime
1 hr, 35 m
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Language
English

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  • Based on a memoir by Lynn Barber, which appeared in literary magazine Granta.

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Release Dates

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An Education was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, October 9, 2009 . There were 12 other movies released on the same date, including Couples Retreat, Free Style and The Damned United. As a limited release, An Education was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.



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Mon., Feb. 8, 2010

  • Added a running time of 95 minutes

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