https://citizendium.org/wiki/index.php?title=Educating_Rita_(movie)&feed=atom&action=historyEducating Rita (movie) - Revision history2024-03-28T09:42:47ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.5https://citizendium.org/wiki/index.php?title=Educating_Rita_(movie)&diff=744157&oldid=previmported>Tom Morris: New page: {{subpages}} '''Educating Rita''' is a 1983 movie starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and the screenplay is based on the play by [[Willy...2010-07-17T17:07:56Z<p>New page: {{subpages}} '''Educating Rita''' is a 1983 movie starring <a href="/wiki/Michael_Caine" title="Michael Caine">Michael Caine</a> and <a href="/wiki/index.php?title=Julie_Walters&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Julie Walters (page does not exist)">Julie Walters</a>. It was directed by <a href="/wiki/index.php?title=Lewis_Gilbert&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lewis Gilbert (page does not exist)">Lewis Gilbert</a> and the screenplay is based on the play by [[Willy...</p>
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'''Educating Rita''' is a 1983 movie starring [[Michael Caine]] and [[Julie Walters]]. It was directed by [[Lewis Gilbert]] and the screenplay is based on the play by [[Willy Russell]].<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
University literature lecturer Dr. Frank Bryant (Michael Caine) in a bid to earn some extra money agrees to take on some [[Open University]] students. He is shocked when the 26-year-old Rita White (Julie Walters) turns up: a feisty, brash, working class hairdresser who wants to "find herself" by studying literature. Rita is under pressure from her husband Denny to settle down and have children - but education seems to open up new horizons for Rita intellectually and socially.<br />
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But, for Frank, Rita's blossoming is a loss of what made her interesting in the first place: instead of being fresh and vibrant, she is turning into the same thing Frank finds so boring in his university-educated friends, colleagues and wife. Rita believes she can now "sing a better song"; Frank responds that she can "sing a different song", not necessarily a better one. This is enough to turn Frank - in despondence - back to alcohol.<br />
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At the end of the film, Rita has got what she wanted: an education and, with it, a choice of how to live. Frank has been forced to leave the University for Australia, but sees it as a new opportunity.</div>imported>Tom Morris