Educating Rita
Sometimes students end up being the best teachers.
Overview
Rita, a witty 26-year-old hairdresser, wants to 'discover' herself, so she joins the Open University where she meets the disillusioned professor of literature, Dr. Frank Bryant. His marriage has failed, his new girlfriend is having an affair with his best friend and he can't get through the day without downing a bottle or two of whisky. What Frank needs is a challenge... and along comes Rita.
- Production
- Acorn Pictures, The Rank Organisation
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Cast
Michael Caine
Dr. Frank Bryant
Julie Walters
Rita Susan White
Michael Williams
Brian
Maureen Lipman
Trish
Jeananne Crowley
Julia
Malcolm Douglas
Denny
Godfrey Quigley
Rita's Father
Dearbhla Molloy
Elaine
Christopher Casson
Professor
Hilary Reynolds
Lesley
Jack Walsh
Price
Gabrielle Reidy
Barbara
Des Nealon
Invigilator
Oliver Maguire
Tutor
Alan Stanford
Bistro Manager
Maeve Germaine
Sandra
Crew
- Director
- Lewis Gilbert
- Writers
- Willy Russell
- Producers
- Lewis Gilbert
- Cinematography
- Frank Watts
- Composer
- David Hentschel
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CinemaSerf
June 8, 2023
As with "Blood Brothers", Willy Russell has created another wonderfully evocative scenario for a bored, alcoholic "Professor Bryant" (Michael Caine) who finds himself tutoring aspiring working-class "Rita" (Julie Walters). She is the product of a state education system that has given her the rudiments but she needs more; she wants to be able to make her own choices - and they don't necessarily include settling down with her husband and having babies. Initially she is as daunted as she is inspire…