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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
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Genre: Dramas
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... 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]
Starring: Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Pamela Franklin, Gordon Jackson
Starring: Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens, Pamela Franklin, Gordon Jackson, Celia Johnson, Jane Carr, Rona Anderson, Ann Way
Director: Ronald Neame
Director: Ronald Neame
Producer: Robert Fryer
Story: Muriel Sparks
Composer: Rod McKuen
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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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