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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
1 videodisc (approximately 111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Rita, a young working-class woman in Liverpool, desperately wants an education. She enrolls in literature tutorials at a British university to escape from her dreary life as a hairdresser, as well as a confining existence at home with a husband who wants her to choose motherhood over education. Her professor is Frank Bryant, a disillusioned, alcoholic English professor who encourages his students to forsake dead poetry and enjoy life. As Rita is transformed into a free spirit, Frank is forced to confront his own life.
Columbia Pictures ; [presented by] Acorn Pictures ; produced and directed by Lewis Gilbert ; screenplay by Willy Russell.
Based on the stage play by Willy Russell.
DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby Digital stereo; mastered in high definition.
English or French soundtracks; optional English or French subtitles.
Director of photography, Frank Watts ; editor, Garth Craven ; music composed, performed, and arranged by David Hentschel.