Film · 2006 · 96 min · PG-13 · Drama · Comedy · Romance
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.
Directed by Tom Vaughan
Starring James McAvoy, Alice Eve, Rebecca Hall, Catherine Tate, Dominic Cooper, Benedict Cumberbatch, James Corden, Mark Gatiss
Released in cinemas in the United States on 9 March 2007.
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Release dates in the United States
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9 March 2007
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Premiere or festival screening
15 October 2006 · Chicago International Film Festival
First cinema release anywhere
10 November 2006 (Ireland and the United Kingdom)
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