Educating Rita

Gilbert, Lewis, 1920- (Added Author). Russell, Willy. (Added Author). Caine, Michael. (Added Author). Walters, Julie, 1950- (Added Author). Acorn Pictures. (Added Author). Columbia Pictures (Added Author). Michael Caine, Julie Walters. (Cast).

Summary: Rita, a young working-class woman in Liverpool, desperately wants an education. She enrolls in literature tutorials at a British university to escape from her dreary life as a hairdresser, as well as a confining existence at home with a husband who wants her to choose motherhood over education. Her professor is Frank Bryant, a disillusioned, alcoholic English professor who encourages his students to forsake dead poetry and enjoy life. As Rita is transformed into a free spirit, Frank is forced to confront his own life.

Record details

ISBN: 0767882938
ISBN: 9780767882934
Physical Description: videorecording
1 videodisc (ca. 111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Columbia Pictures, [2006]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the stage play by Willy Russell. DVD release of the 1983 motion picture. Region 1, widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio); Dolby digital, mastered in High Definition.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Frank Watts ; editor, Garth Craven ; music composed, performed, and arranged by David Hentschel.
Participant or Performer Note:	Michael Caine, Julie Walters.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG.
System Details Note:	DVD.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned; English or French soundtracks; optional English or French subtitles.