St Trinian's (film)

St Trinian's
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Oliver Parker Barnaby Thompson
Screenplay by	Piers Ashworth Nick Moorcroft
Based on	St. Trinian's School by Ronald Searle
Produced by	Oliver Parker Barnaby Thompson
Starring	Rupert Everett Colin Firth Gemma Arterton Lena Headey Jodie Whittaker Russell Brand Stephen Fry Celia Imrie Toby Jones Talulah Riley Mischa Barton
Cinematography	Gavin Finney
Edited by	Alex Mackie
Music by	Charlie Mole
Production companies	Ealing Studios Fragile Films UK Film Council
Distributed by	Entertainment Film Distributors
Release date	21 December 2007 (2007-12-21)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£7 million
Box office	$29.1 million

St Trinian's is a 2007 British comedy film and the sixth in a long-running series of British films based on the works of cartoonist Ronald Searle and set in St Trinian's School. The first five films form a series, starting with The Belles of St. Trinian's in 1954, with sequels in 1957, 1960, 1966 and a reboot in 1980. The release of 2007, 27 years after the last entry, and 53 years after the first film, is a rebooting of the franchise, rather than a direct sequel, with certain plot elements borrowed from the first film.

Whereas the earlier films concentrated on the adults, this film gives the school pupils greater prominence. St Trinian's is an anarchic school for uncontrollable girls run by eccentric headmistress Camilla Dagey Fritton (the reboot continues the tradition, established by Alastair Sim in the original film, of casting a male actor to play the female headmistress, with Rupert Everett inheriting the role).

St Trinian's received mixed reviews but remains one of the highest-grossing British independent films of the last thirty years.