An Education Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Feb. 8, 2010

An Education

Release Date: Friday, October 9, 2009 Limited

Director: Lone Scherfig

Starring: Sally Hawkins • Emma Thompson • Peter Sarsgaard • Carey Mulligan • Rosamund Pike

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 35 m

4.33 / 5.0

64% WILL SEE 36% WON'T SEE

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: "An Education" is the story of a teenage girl's coming-of-age set in 1961 London, a city caught between the drab, post-war 1950s and the glamorous, more liberated decade to come. Jenny (Carey Mulligan) stands on the brink of becoming a woman: a brilliantly witty and attractive 16-year-old whose suburban life is about to be blown apart by the utterly unsuitable 30-something David (Peter Sarsgaard). Urbane and witty, David manages to charm her conservative parents Jack (Alfred Molina) and Marjorie (Cara Seymour). David introduces Jenny to a glittering new world of classical concerts and late-night suppers with his attractive friend and business partner, Danny (Dominic Cooper) and Danny's girlfriend, the beautiful but vacuous Helen (Rosamund Pike). Just as Jenny's family's long-held dream of getting their brilliant daughter into Oxford seems within reach, Jenny is tempted by another kind of life.

Drama

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Who stars in An Education – Cast List

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Sally Hawkins
Wonka, Bring Her Back
Emma Thompson
The Sheep Detectives, Dead of Winter
Peter Sarsgaard
The Bride!, Bone Tomahawk
Carey Mulligan
Drive, The Great Gatsby
Rosamund Pike
Now You See Me: Now You Don’t, Hallow Road
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Olivia Williams
The Seventh Son, The Father
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Matthew Beard
Elizabeth Harvest, Tupperware Party

Who is making An Education – Crew List

A look at An Education behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Lone Scherfig last helmed The Kindness of Strangers and Their Finest. The film's writer Nick Hornby last penned Brooklyn and Wild.

Director: Lone Scherfig
Screenwriter: Nick Hornby
Producers: Finola Dwyer
Amanda Posey

Studios: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Company: BBC Films
Endgame Entertainment

Production – What we know about the An Education

Key Facts

Based on a memoir by Lynn Barber, which appeared in literary magazine Granta.

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Jan 2009

Completed

Changed An Education movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for mature thematic material involving sexual content, and for smoking
Runtime: 1 hr, 35 m
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

An Education Trailers and Clips

An Education

Theatrical Trailer

An Education Release Date: When was the film released?

An Education was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, October 9 , 2009. There were 12 12 other movies released on the same date, including Couples Retreat, Bronson and The Damned United. As a limited release, An Education was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.