STARTER FOR TEN (FILM)

'''Starter for Ten''', a film version of the book of the same title (sometimes written ''Starter for 10'') premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2006, and released in the UK and Ireland on November 10 2006. The screenplay is an adaptation by David Nicholls from his own novel. The film will be released in the US and Canada in Spring 2007.

Contents

Summary

Credits

Cast

External links

Summary

A period comedy set in 1985, the story chronicles the misadventures of Brian Jackson (James McAvoy), a student in his first year at Bristol University. A somewhat obsessive collector of general knowledge, Brian has been a fan since childhood of University Challenge. Upon arriving at school, he seizes upon the opportunity to join Bristol's University Challenge team. He promptly falls for his glamorous teammate Alice (Alice Eve), though he may have more in common with a counterculturalist chum, Rebecca (Rebecca Hall). Additionally, Brian finds himself caught between his new life, amongst the posh university set, and his old, with his working-class family and friends in the seaside town, Southend-on-sea.
The soundtrack features music from Kate Bush, The Cure, Psychedelic Furs, The Buzzcocks, Yazoo, Motörhead, The Smiths, Echo & The Bunnymen, Tears for Fears, The Style Council and others.
In a clever bit of casting, Brian's working-class hometown mates are played by Dominic Cooper and James Corden. The two actors starred as working-class schoolmates in both the stage and film versions of ''The History Boys''.
Despite being set at Bristol University, the main quad and Gustave Tuck lecture theatre of University College London were used as sets.
It is an HBO Films production in association with BBC Films.

Credits

★ Director - Tom Vaughan

★ Screenplay - David Nicholls

★ Producers - Pippa Harris, Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman

★ Executive Producers - Sam Mendes, Steven Shareshian

★ Director of Photography - Ashley Rowe

★ Production Designer - Charlotte Morris

★ Editor - Jon Harris, Heather Persons

★ Make up Designer - Jenny Shircore

★ Co-producer - Mary Richards

★ Music by - Blake Neely

★ Casting by - Nina Gold

Cast

★ Brian Jackson - James McAvoy

★ Alice Harbinson - Alice Eve

★ Rebecca Epstein - Rebecca Hall

★ Spencer - Dominic Cooper

★ Tone - James Corden

★ Julie Jackson - Catherine Tate

★ Patrick Watts - Benedict Cumberbatch

★ Lucy Chang - Elaine Tan

★ Michael Harbinson - Charles Dance

★ Rose Harbinson - Lindsay Duncan

★ Des - John Henshaw

★ Bamber Gascoigne - Mark Gatiss

External links

★ Official Site (UK)

★ Official Site (US)

★ ''Starter for Ten'' at Icon Film Distribution

★ ''Starter for Ten'' at the Internet Movie Database

★ I was a bit of a prat, by the book's author, Guardian, 31st October 2006

★ Official Myspace

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