Educating Rita

Starring: Michael Caine Director: Lewis Gilbert  Rated:

DVD Features:

Audio:

• Dolby Digital Stereo - English
• Dolby Digital Stereo - French

Additional Release Material:

• Trailers

Interactive Features:

• Interactive Menus
• Scene Selection

Product Description:

Dr. Frank Bryant (Michael Caine) is an alcoholic professor of literature headed for dire straits. Rita is a frustrated young housewife filled with wanderlust. When the two meet as student and teacher, no lecture hall can contain their attraction for one another. As Rita engages her teacher in a fuzzy romance, she matures and discovers a new side of herself, but in the end she must choose either her marriage or the magnetic Dr. Bryant.

EDUCATING RITA reunites director Lewis Gilbert with star Michael Caine--they previously worked together in the 1966 drama ALFIE--and once again their collaboration is staggering. Bryant's shortcomings as a drunk and a womanizer are detestable, yet still Gilbert allows viewers to empathize with his character. In EDUCATING RITA, Gilbert once again demonstrates that he is not only a master of commanding the camera but a master at deconstructing the human heart as well.

Plot Synopsis:

In a determined effort to escape her working class background, a young hairdresser hires a tutor to instruct her in the classics. She ends up giving her disillusioned, oft- inebriated professor a lesson in making the most of life. The film is a charming PYGMALION-like comedy.

Plot Keywords:

Comedy | Drama | Recommended | Self-Discovery | Theatrical Release

Production Notes:

• Director Lewis Gilbert teamed up with playwright Willy Russell again in 1989's SHIRLEY VALENTINE.
• The film was originally rated R by the MPAA, but received a PG rating on appeal.

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