Movie Details

Title

Starter for 10

Overview

In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching University Challenge, a college quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past.

Runtime

1 h 32 min

Release Date

13 September 2006

Actors

James McAvoy, Alice Eve, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Tate, Dominic Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch, James Corden, Mark Gatiss, Guy Henry, John Henshaw, Elaine Tan, Simon Woods, Charles Dance, Lindsay Duncan, Sule Rimi, Ian Bonar, Nicholas Gleaves, Joe Van Moyland, James Gaddas, Joseph Friend, Rasmus Hardiker, Robert Cawsey, Ben Willbond, Su Elliott, Reuben-Henry Biggs, Bethan Bevan, Tom Allen, Raj Ghatak, Kenneth Hadley, Gerard Monaco

Certification

PG-13

Genres

Drama, Comedy, Romance

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