Educating Rita (film)

Educating Rita
Educating Rita
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lewis Gilbert
Screenplay by	Willy Russell
Based on	Educating Rita; by Willy Russell
Produced by	Lewis Gilbert
Starring	Michael Caine; Julie Walters;
Cinematography	Frank Watts
Edited by	Garth Craven
Music by	David Hentschel
Production; company	Acorn Pictures
Distributed by	Rank Film Distributors
Release dates	3 May 1983 (London); 28 October 1983 (United States);
Running time	110 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£4 million
Box office	$14.6 million (US)

Educating Rita is a 1983 British comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert with a screenplay by Willy Russell based on his 1980 stage play. The film stars Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams and Maureen Lipman. It won multiple major awards for best actor and best actress and was nominated for three Academy Awards. Caine and Walters both won BAFTA and Golden Globe awards for best actor and actress. The British Film Institute ranked Educating Rita the 84th greatest British film of the 20th century.^[4]

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^ British Film Institute - Top 100 British Films (1999). Retrieved 27 October 2017