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
TMDB lists no release dates for India yet. The first cinema release anywhere was on 10 November 2006 in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
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10 November 2006 (Ireland and the United Kingdom)
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