Starter for Ten (film)
Starter for 10, a film version of the book of the same title (sometimes written Starter for 10) premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2006, and released in the UK and Ireland on November 10, 2006. The screenplay is an adaptation by David Nicholls from his own novel. The film was released in the US and Canada in Spring 2007.
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Plot Summary
Plot
A period comedy
set in 1985, the story chronicles the misadventures of Brian Jackson, a student
in his first year at Bristol University. A somewhat obsessive collector of general
knowledge, Brian has been a fan since childhood of University Challenge. That
TV show's famous catchphrase - Your starter for 10 - gives the film its title.
Upon arriving at school, he seizes upon the opportunity to join Bristol's University
Challenge team. He promptly falls for his glamorous teammate Alice (Alice Eve),
though he may have more in common with a counterculturalist chum, Rebecca (Rebecca
Hall). Additionally, Brian finds himself caught between his new life, amongst
the posh university set, and his old, with his working-class family and friends
in the seaside town, Southend-on-sea.
Cast
James McAvoy as Brian
Jackson
Dominic Cooper as Spencer
James Corden as Tone
Simon Woods
as Josh
Catherine Tate as Julie Jackson
Elaine Tan as Lucy Chang
Alice
Eve as Alice Harbinson
Rebecca Hall as Rebecca Epstein
Charles Dance as
Michael Harbinson
Trivia
The soundtrack features
music from Kate Bush, The Cure, Psychedelic Furs, The Buzzcocks, Yazoo, Motörhead,
The Smiths, Echo & The Bunnymen, Tears for Fears, The Style Council and others.
In a clever bit of casting, Brian's working-class hometown mates are played
by Dominic Cooper and James Corden. The two actors starred as working-class schoolmates
in both the stage and film versions of The History Boys.
Despite being set
at Bristol University, the main quad and Gustave Tuck lecture theatre of University
College London were used as sets.
It is an HBO Films production in association
with BBC Films.
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