An Education
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Lone Scherfig
Ashley Taylor-rhys
Luis Soto
Tom Rees-roberts
Peter Sarsgaard
Dominic Cooper
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
When a bright young schoolgirl who longs for adulthood 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?
Director
Lone Scherfig
Cast
Ashley Taylor-rhys
Luis Soto
Tom Rees-roberts
Peter Sarsgaard
Dominic Cooper
Nick Sampson
Carey Mulligan
Amanda Fairbank-hynes
Paul Wilkinson
Phil Wilkinson
Matthew Beard
Alfred Molina
Rosamund Pike
William Melling
Arne Somogyi
Ben Castles
Connor Catchpole
Olivia Williams
Bel Parker
Beth Rowley
Olenka Wrzesniewski
Bryony Wadsworth
Mark Edwards
Sally Hawkins
Ellie Kendrick
James Norton
Emma Thompson
Kate Duchêne
Cara Seymour
Crew
Hugo Adams
Niv Adiri
Eleanor Alberga
Basil Anastasi
Bon Appetit
Sara Armstrong
Gerry Atkinson
Aurelie Avram
Guillame Babinet
Lynn Barber
Ben Barker
Greg Barrett
Craig Barwick
Count Basie
Hana Beer
Barbara Belle
Sergio Bernuzzi
Marc Beros
Lucy Bevan
Martin Bloye
Brian Bovingdon
Tom Bowes
Ben Bradley
Philippa Broadhurst
Chris Brown
Kerry Brown
Kerry Brown
Lee Bryant
Rebecca Budds
Gareth Bull
Gareth Bull
Alfie Burgess
Chris Burgess
Bernard Butler
Jamie Campbell
Matt Cannings
Dan Carling
Tony Carter
Meghan Cassidy
Gilles Castera
Ben Castles
Paul Cathie
Ray Charles
Lucy Chilton
Martin Chitty
John Claude
Patricia Colin
Mickael Conan
Floyd Cramer
Floyd Cramer
Ellen Crawshaw
Clive D'cruze
Gene D'cruze
John De Borman
Sean Desmond
Chris Dibble
Odile Dicks-mireaux
Gillian Dodders
Bob Dorough
Bertrand Doudet
Jean Drejac
Jean-francois Drigeard
Polly Duval
Finola Dwyer
Graham Easton
Billy Edwards
Edward Elgar
Paul Englishby
Ralph Erwin
Glyn Evans
Percy Faith
Olivier Fauchier
Andrew Felton
Angus Finlayson
Charlotte Fleck
Ian Ford
Rachael Forde
Danny Freemantle
Glenn Freemantle
Bill Fury
Bill Fury
Manuel Gaspar
Paul Gatley
Rob Gavigan
Joe Geary
Richard George
Bella Georgiou
Lizzie Yianni Georgiou
Elliott Gilhooly
Clare Glass
Max Glickman
Leigh Gold
Mandy Gold
Merritt Gold
Jon Henry Gordon
Ian Grant
Richard Grant
Juliette Gréco
Isobel Griffiths
Douglas E. Hansen
Michael Harkins
Nina Hartstone
Phil Haughton
Charles Heidet
Zach Henderson
James Hendy
Dave Holliday
Nick Hornsby
Nick Hornsby
Pierre Hue
Natalie Humphries
Mick Hurrell
Amy Jackson
Wendy Japhet
Steve Joberns
Buddy Johnson
Lewis Jones
Amanda Keable
Andrea King
Christelle Lahaye
Hannah Lamb
Jamie Laurenson
Brenda Lee
Anita Leonard
Caroline Levy
Justin Lewis
Dash Lilley
Tess Loe
Anna Lynch-robinson
Nicola Magee
Ameneh Mahloudji
John Malham
Charles Manning
Anthony Mawer
Andrew Mcalpine
Geoff Mccracken
Bennett Mcghee
Ciara Mcgowan
Malcolm Mclean
Adam Mendez
Adam Mendez
Brian Miller
Simon Mills
Tom Mulberge
Ben Munro
Clive Noakes
Kate O'farrell
Caroline O'reilly
Kevin O'shea
Camise Oldfield
Timothy Orpen
Chris Palmer
Lowman Pauling
Anthony Payne
James Perry
Barney Pilling
Nyree Pinder
Amanda Posey
Louis Prima
Bobby Prince
Kevin Proctor
Colin Rae
James Rainer
Teddy Randazzo
Maurice Joseph Ravel
Stan Rhodes
Andrew Rickard
Michael Rickard
Paul Rickard
Gregor Riddell
Valerie Rosewell
Florence Roumieu
Romuald Rousseau
Beth Rowley
Beth Rowley
Marc Saclier
Kle Savidge
Tom Sayers
Alice Searby
Ronnie Self
Nicholas Sharlow
Ben Smith
Brian Stagg
Max Steiner
Camilla Stephenson
James D. Stern
Jack Stew
Terry Stinson
Richard Straker
Richard Straker
Neil Swain
Eve Swannell
Ian Tansey
Anna Louise Thomas
Keziah Thomas
David M. Thompson
Mel Torme
Claire Tovey
Charlotte Trinder
Ben Tucker
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the 2009 award for Best Actress (Carey Mulligan) by the National Board of Review (NBR).
Winner of the 2009 award for Best Actress (Carey Mulligan) by the Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA).
Winner of the 2009 award for Best Actress (Carey Mulligan) by the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA).
Winner of the 2009 award for Best British Actress (Carey Mulligan) by the London Critics' Circle.
Winner of the 2009 Orange Award for Best Leading Actress (Carey Mullian) by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).
Winner of the 2009 Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film by Film Independent (FIND).
Winner of two 2009 awards including Best Actress (Carey Mulligan) and Most Promising Performer (Carey Mulligan) by the Chicago Film Critics Association (CFCA).
Winner of two awards including the Dramatic World Cinema Audience Award and the Dramatic World Cinema Cinematography Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
Released in United States Fall October 9, 2009
Limited Release in United States October 9, 2009
Released in United States on Video March 30, 2010
Released in United States September 2000
Released in United States January 2009
Released in United States February 2009
Released in United States October 2009
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale Special Gala) February 5-15, 2009.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Audience Award Winners) October 1-16, 2009.
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (Gala Presentation) October 8-22, 2009.
Shown at London Film Festival (Galas & Special Screenings) October 14-29, 2009.
Based on the memoir "An Education" written by Lynn Barber and published in Granta Magazine on July 3, 2003.
Orlando Bloom was previously attached to star.
Sony Pictures Classics acquired worldwide distribution rights at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival for a reported sum of $3 million.
Released in United States Fall October 9, 2009
Limited Release in United States October 9, 2009 (NY, LA)
Released in United States on Video March 30, 2010
Released in United States September 2000 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival September 4-7, 20009.)
Released in United States January 2009 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema Dramatic Competition) January 15-25, 2009.)
Released in United States February 2009 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale Special Gala) February 5-15, 2009.)
Released in United States October 2009 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Audience Award Winners) October 1-16, 2009.)
Released in United States October 2009 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival (Gala Presentation) October 8-22, 2009.)
Released in United States October 2009 (Shown at London Film Festival (Galas & Special Screenings) October 14-29, 2009.)
Nominated for two 2009 awards including Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (Carey Mulligan) and Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).
