Starter for 10 (2006)

PG-1309/13/2006Drama, Comedy, Romance1h 32m
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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.

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    James McAvoy

    Brian Jackson

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    Alice Eve

    Alice Harbinson

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    Rebecca Hall

    Rebecca Epstein

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    Catherine Tate

    Julie Jackson

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    Dominic Cooper

    Spencer

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    Benedict Cumberbatch

    Patrick Watts

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    James Corden

    Tone

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    Mark Gatiss

    Bamber Gascoigne

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    Guy Henry

    Dr. Morrison

Sometimes it's not about knowing the right answer. Starter for 10 is directed by Tom Vaughan and adapted to screenplay by David Nicholls from his own novel of the same name. It stars James McAvoy, Alice Eve, Rebecca Hall, Dominic Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch, Catherine Tate and Elaine Tan. Music is by Blake Neely and cinematography by Ashley Rowe. Set in 1985 England, working-class student Brian Jackson (McAvoy) navigates his first year at Bristol University - which lends him the opportunity to feature on his favourite ever TV Quiz Show - University Challenge. I have never read the bo...

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