Notes on a Scandal
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Richard Eyre
Cate Blanchett
John Speer
Miranda Pleasence
Tom Georgeson
Alice Bird
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Barbara Covett, the keeper of an acerbic diary, is a domineering and solitary teacher who rules with an iron fist over her classroom at a decaying state-run secondary school in London. Save for her cat, Portia, Barbara lives alone, without friends or confidantes--but her world changes when she meets the school's new attractive art teacher, Sheba Hart. Sheba appears to be the kindred spirit and loyal friend Barbara has always been seeking. But when she discovers that Sheba is having an incendiary affair with one of her young students, their budding relationship takes an ominous turn. Now, as Barbara threatens to expose Sheba's terrible secret to both her husband and the world, Barbara's own secrets and dark obsessions come tumbling to the fore, exposing the deceptions at the core of each of the women's lives.
Director
Richard Eyre
Cast
Cate Blanchett
John Speer
Miranda Pleasence
Tom Georgeson
Alice Bird
Jill Baker
Bill Nighy
Michael Maloney
Debra Gillett
Julia Mckenzie
Anne-marie Duff
Wendy Nottingham
Tameka Empson
Max Lewis
Catherine Drew
Judi Dench
Shaun Parkes
Derbhle Crotty
Syreeta Kumar
Adrian Scarborough
Juno Temple
Barry Mccarthy
Philip Davis
Emma Kennedy
Stephen Kennedy
Benedict Taylor
Diana Berriman
Andrew Simpson
Joanna Scanlan
Leon Skinner
Crew
Nwachukwu Aghanya
Colette Appleby
Grant Armstrong
Shaheen Baig
Philip Ball
Randall Balsmeyer
Sam Barnes
Keziah Barton-white
Ian Bee
Jason Bennett
Les Benson
Gary Birmingham
John Bloom
Steve Blythe
Ashley Bond
Paul Bond
Dan Bora
Paul Bowring
John Bradbury
Stuart Brisdon
Peter Burgis
Jayne Buxton
Jayne Buxton
Catherine Byrne
Francesca Castellano
Missy Coen
Ed Colyer
Stephen Conway
Douglas Cooper
Clive Coote
Martin Corbett
Martin Czembor
Hattie Dalton
John Davies
Joseph Debeasi
Andie Derrick
Nrinder Dhudwar
Chris Dibble
Lee Dichter
Neil Dickson
Michael Diliberti
Diana Dill
Sara Dony
Polly Duval
Thomas Elgood
Ian Ellis
John Ensby
Dan Erstad
Lucy Eyre
Eamonn Fitzgerald
Kevin Fitzpatrick
Polly Fletcher
Simon Fogg
Robert Fox
Vic Fraser
Philip Glass
Heidi Gower
Emily Graham
Jim Greenhorn
Isobel Griffiths
Trevor Gureckis
Mark Haddenham
Ruth Halliday
Howard Halsall
Tarn Harper
Jimmy Harris
Peter Harris
Martin Harrison
Jane Harwood
Tim Hatley
Tim Hatley
Emma Heath
Nigel Heath
Zoe Heller
Frederick Hibbert
Richard Hill
Daniel Hillsdon
Alex Hobbs
Peter Hodge
Vandra Howard
Eamonn Hughes
Rob Hunt
Simon Hutchings
Therese Hvattum
Gary Hymns
Jake Jackson
Helen Johnson
Helen Johnson
Lionel Johnson
Joshua Jones
Sam Jones
Jemma Kearney
Nathan Kelly
Tony Kernan
Rebecca Lafford
Jane Leonard
Russell Lodge
Maggie Lunn
Patrick Marber
David Martin
Tina Maskell
James Mather
Maxie Mcdonald
Stephen Mcdonald
Chris Menges
Barney Miller
Mark Milsome
Kate Morath
Redmond Morris
Hannah Moseley
Nico Muhly
Nico Muhly
Neil Murrum
Rachel Neale
Ichiho Nishiki
Cian O'clery
Harriet Orman
David Otzen
Tim Owens
Vanraaj Padhaal
Matt Parsons
Peter Pedrero
Emily Plant
Urszula Pontikos
Greg Press
Holly Pullinger
James P Queen
Mark Raggett
Jacob Ribicoff
Sara Richardson
Michael Riesman
Michael Riesman
Lee Robertson
Danny Roman
Scott Rudin
Christian Rutledge
Penny Ryder
Marie Sayej
Martin Scoones
Shruti Shah
Paul Sharpe
Mira Shin
Caroline Smith
Diana Smith
Michael Prestwood Smith
Derek Somaru
Stuart Stanley
Amanda Stevens
Chris Stoaling
Nigel Stone
Joseph Stracey
Eric Strausser
John Street
Graham Sutton
Robin Thistlethwaite
Mark Thomas
Andy Thompson
Derek Trigg
Antonia Van Drimmelen
Amanda Waddington
Helen Walker
Charlie Waller
Gavin Walters
Lee Walters
Joan Washington
Dennis Watson
Peter Watson
Jay Weeks
Jonathan Wells
Lisa Westcott
Lisa Westcott
Kem White
Ben Wilkinson
Kirsty Wilkinson
Ben Wilson
Dave Wren
Allison Wyldeck
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Actress
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Score
Best Supporting Actress
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 2006 award for Best Supporting Actress (Cate Blanchett) by the Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA).
Limited Release in United States December 27, 2006
Released in United States Winter December 27, 2006
Released in United States on Video April 17, 2007
Released in United States February 2007
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Out of Competition) February 8-18, 2007.
Based on the novel "What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal" written by Zoe Heller; published by Henry Holt August, 2003.
Project was included on the 2005 Black List.
Limited Release in United States December 27, 2006 (major markets)
Released in United States Winter December 27, 2006
Released in United States on Video April 17, 2007
Released in United States February 2007 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Out of Competition) February 8-18, 2007.)
Winner of the Teddy Ballot Volkswagen Audience Award at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival.
