Educating Rita
“Sometimes students end up being the best teachers.”
Rita, a witty 26-year-old hairdresser, wants to 'discover' herself, so she joins the Open University where she meets the disillusioned professor of literature, Dr. Frank Bryant. His marriage has failed, his new girlfriend is having an affair with his best friend and he can't get through the day without downing a bottle or two of whisky. What Frank needs is a challenge... and along comes Rita.
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Cast
28 people
Michael Caine
Dr. Frank Bryant
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Julie Walters
Rita Susan White
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Billy Elliot
Michael Williams
Brian
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Maureen Lipman
Trish
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The Pianist
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Jeananne Crowley
Julia
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Barry Lyndon
Dearbhla Molloy
Elaine
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Kim Fortune
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Pat Daly
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Philip Hurd-Wood
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Christopher Casson
Professor
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Lewis Gilbert Director · Willy Russell Screenplay Frank Watts Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $15M · United States release September 21, 1983 · Produced in United Kingdom
Box office
Worldwide gross
$14,600,000
Production
Acorn Pictures
Production
The Rank Organisation
Production
Columbia Pictures
Studio
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · June 16, 1983
Theatrical
United States · September 21, 1983
Theatrical
Australia
September 29, 1983 · Theatrical
France
February 8, 1984 · Theatrical
Greece
February 9, 1984 · Theatrical
Ireland
September 23, 1983 · Theatrical
Netherlands
October 13, 1983 · Theatrical
January 27, 2005 · TV · RTL 4
Sweden
October 8, 1983 · Theatrical
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