DVD
2 of 2 Copies Available
- CENTRAL: Audiovisual Collection
- EASTWOOD: Audiovisual Collection
An education
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN, EAS)
Edition
Widescreen version.
Languages
In English, with optional French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performers
Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Rosamund Pike, Dominic Cooper, Olivia Williams, Emma Thompson, Carey Mulligan.
Publication Information
Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2010]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature thematic material involving sexual content and for smoking.
Summary
In 1960s Britain, Jenny is a bright young school girl who longs for adulthood. When she meets David, a dashing older man, he introduces her to his vibrant world of glamorous friends, chic jazz clubs and her own sexual awakening. Will she let this affair ruin her dreams of attending Oxford, as her headmistress fears?
Notes
Based on a memoir by Lynn Barber.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
Special features: Deleted scenes; commentary with director Lone Scherfig and actors Carey Mulligan and Peter Sarsgaard; "The making of An education" featurette; "Walking the red carpet" featurette.
Subjects
- Teenage girls > England > London > Drama.
- May-December romances > Drama.
- Man-woman relationships > Drama.
- Swindlers and swindling > Drama.
- Dropouts > England > Drama.
- Fathers and daughters > Drama.
- Nineteen sixties > Drama.
- Coming-of-age films.
- Romance films.
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- England > Social life and customs > 20th century > Drama
- London (England) > Drama.
- University of Oxford > Drama.