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In the early 1960's, 16-year-old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in a London suburb. She is smart, pretty, and working toward her goal of being accepted into Oxford. Her life will take a big turn when she meets David, a man twice her age. Now she must decide if she will pursue an education...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Education (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Sony Pictures Classics (Firm), BBC Films, Wildgaze Films, Finola Dwyer Produtions, Endgame Entertainment (Firm), Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Dwyer, Finola, Posey, Amanda, Hornby, Nick, Scherfig, Lone, 1959-, Sarsgaard, Peter, Molina, Alfred, 1953-, Pike, Rosamund, 1979-, Cooper, Dominic, 1978-, Williams, Olivia, 1968-, Thompson, Emma, Mulligan, Carey, 1985-, Englishby, Paul, Barber, Lynn, 1944-
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:English dialogue, French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2010]
Subjects:
Teenage girls > England > London > Drama.
University of Oxford > Drama.
Dropouts > England > Drama.
May-December romances > England > Drama.
Swindlers and swindling > England > London > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > England > London > Drama.
Coming-of-age films.
Romance films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
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Summary:In the early 1960's, 16-year-old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in a London suburb. She is smart, pretty, and working toward her goal of being accepted into Oxford. Her life will take a big turn when she meets David, a man twice her age. Now she must decide if she will pursue an education at Oxford, or if she will choose to learn all that a charismatic, older man can teach her.
Item Description:Based on the memoir by Lynn Barber.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
Special features: Commentary; featurette; deleted scenes; more.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1; NTSC; anamorphic widescreen (2.35) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Audience:MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature thematic material involving sexual content, and for smoking.
Production Credits:Director of photography, John de Borman ; editor, Barney Pilling ; music, Paul Englishby.
ISBN:143599308X
9781435993082