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From acclaimed writer Nick Hornby (ABOUT A BOY, HIGH FIDELITY) comes this inspired coming-of-age film Rolling Stone magazine calls "a miracle of a movie." When Jenny (Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Carey Mulligan), a bright young school girl who longs for adulthood, meets David (Pe...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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New York, NY :
Sony Pictures Classics,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | From acclaimed writer Nick Hornby (ABOUT A BOY, HIGH FIDELITY) comes this inspired coming-of-age film Rolling Stone magazine calls "a miracle of a movie." When Jenny (Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Carey Mulligan), a bright young school girl who longs for adulthood, meets David (Peter Sarsgaard), a dashing older man, he introduces her to his vibrant world of glamorous friends, chic jazz clubs and her own sexual awakening. Will she let this affair ruin her dreams of attending Oxford, as her headmistress (Emma Thompson) fears? This captivating film sparkles with the wit, charm and style of 1960s Britain. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed January 05, 2017). Based on a memoir by Lynn Barber. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (101 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 01:40:21 |
| Awards: | Nominated 2010 Academy Awards, Best Motion Picture of the Year Nominated 2010 Academy Awards, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role Nominated 2010 Academy Awards, Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Nominated 2010 Golden Globes, Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Nominated 2010 BAFTA Awards, Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film Nominated 2010 BAFTA Awards David Lean Award for Direction, Best Director Nominated 2010 BAFTA Awards, Best Film Nominated 2010 BAFTA Awards, Best Screenplay - Adapted Nominated 2010 BAFTA Awards, Best Supporting Actor Nominated 2010 BAFTA Awards, Best Costume Design Nominated 2010 BAFTA Awards, Best Make Up & Hair Won 2010 BAFTA Awards, Best Leading Actress Won 2009 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award, World Cinema - Dramatic Won 2009 Sundance Film Festival Cinematography Award, World Cinema - Dramatic 3rd Place 2009 New York Film Critics Circle Awards, Best Actress |
| Production Credits: | Costume designer, Odile Dicks-Mireaux ; editor, Barney Pilling ; production designer, Andrew McAlpine ; music, Paul Englishby ; director of photography, John de Borman ; executive producers, James D. Stern, Douglas E. Hansen, Wendy Japhet, David M. Thompson, Jamie Laurenson, Nick Hornby. |