Starter for 10 (2006)
92 min
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.
- Release date
- November 10, 2006
- Country of origin
- United States, United Kingdom
Trailer
Cast
- James McAvoy as Brian Jackson
- Alice Eve as Alice Harbinson
- Rebecca Hall as Rebecca Epstein
- Joseph Friend as Young Brian
- James Gaddas as Martin Jackson
- Catherine Tate as Julie Jackson
- Mark Gatiss as Bamber Gascoigne
- Robert Cawsey as University Challenge Competitor
- Rasmus Hardiker as University Challenge Competitor
- Guy Henry as Dr. Morrison
Crew
- Tom Vaughan · Director
- David Nicholls · Writer
- Gary Goetzman · Producer
- Tom Hanks · Producer
- Pippa Harris · Producer
- Blake Neely · Composer
- Ashley Rowe · Cinematographer
- Jon Harris · Editor
- Heather Persons · Editor
- Nina Gold · Casting director
- Sarah Greenwood · Production designer