An Education Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Feb. 8, 2010

An Education

Release Date: Friday, October 9, 2009 Limited

Rosamund Pike, Emma Thompson, Peter Sarsgaard, Nick Hornby, Carey Mulligan, Sally Hawkins, Olivia Williams, Lone Scherfig, Amanda Posey, Finola Dwyer, Matthew Beard

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 35 m

4.3

66% WILL SEE

34% WON'T SEE

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Plot

What's the story about?

"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.

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in An Education.

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Sally Hawkins
A Boy Called Christmas, Wonka
Emma Thompson
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Last Christmas
Peter Sarsgaard
September 5, The Bride!
Carey Mulligan
Saltburn, The Great Gatsby
Rosamund Pike
Gone Girl, Pride & Prejudice
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Olivia Williams
The Sixth Sense, The Father
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Matthew Beard
Tupperware Party, Elizabeth Harvest

Crew Behind the Film

The An Education behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Lone Scherfig last directed The Kindness of Strangers and Their Finest. The film's writer Nick Hornby last wrote Brooklyn and Wild.

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

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

Additional Information

MPA 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

All Trailers

Official An Education movie trailers and clips.

Drama

An Education Theatrical Trailer

Production Details

What we know about the An Education movie production.

Key Facts

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

Production Updates

Jan 2009

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

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

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