DVD

An education / Sony Pictures Classics ; BBC Films presents a Finola Dwyer Productions/Wildgaze Films production in association with Endgame Entertainment ; a film by Lone Sherfig ; screenplay by Nick Hornby ; produced by Finola Dwyer & Amanda Posey ; directed by Lone Scherfig.

Scherfig, Lone, 1959- (Added Author). De Borman, John. (Added Author). Stern, James D. (Added Author). Hansen, Douglas E. (Doug) (Added Author). Japhet, Wendy. (Added Author). Thompson, David, 1950- (Added Author). Laurenson, Jamie. (Added Author). Hornby, Nick. (Added Author). Dwyer, Finola. (Added Author). Posey, Amanda. (Added Author). Sarsgaard, Peter. (Added Author). Molina, Alfred, 1953- (Added Author). Pike, Rosamund, 1979- (Added Author). Cooper, Dominic, 1978- (Added Author). Williams, Olivia, 1968- (Added Author). Seymour, Cara. (Added Author). Hawkins, Sally. (Added Author). Kendrick, Ellie, 1990- (Added Author). Fairbank-Hynes, Amanda. (Added Author). Beard, Matthew, 1989- (Added Author). Thompson, Emma. (Added Author). Mulligan, Carey, 1985- (Added Author). Dicks-Mireaux, Odile. (Added Author). Pilling, Barney. (Added Author). McAlpine, Andrew. (Added Author). Englishby, Paul. (Added Author). Barber, Lynn, 1944- (Added Author). Sony Pictures Classics (Firm) (Added Author). BBC Films. (Added Author). Finola Dwyer Productions. (Added Author). Wildgaze Films. (Added Author). Endgame Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Rosamund Pike, Dominic Cooper, Olivia Williams, Cara Seymour, Sally Hawkins, Ellie Kendrick, Amanda Fairbank-Hynes, Matthew Beard, Emma Thompson, Carey Mulligan. (Cast).

Summary:

In the early 1960's, 16-year-old Jenny Mellor lives with her parents in a London suburb. She is smart, pretty, and working toward her goal of being accepted into Oxford. Her life will take a big turn when she meets David, a man twice her age. Now she must decide if she will pursue an education at Oxford, or if she will choose to learn all that a charismatic older man can teach her.

Record details

ISBN: 143599308X
ISBN: 9781435993082
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2010]
Copyright: ©2010

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on a memoir by Lynn Barber. Originally released as a motion picture in 2009. Special features: Commentary with director Lone Scherfig and actors Carey Mulligan and Peter Sarsgaard; "The making of An education" featurette; :Walking the red carpet" featurette; Deleted scenes.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Costume designer, Odile Dicks-Mireaux ; editor, Barney Pilling ; production designer, Andrew McAlpine ; music, Paul Englishby ; director of photography, John de Borman ; executive producers, James D. Stern, Douglas E. Hansen, Wendy Japhet, David M. Thompson, Jamie Laurenson, Nick Hornby.
Participant or Performer Note:	Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Rosamund Pike, Dominic Cooper, Olivia Williams, Cara Seymour, Sally Hawkins, Ellie Kendrick, Amanda Fairbank-Hynes, Matthew Beard, Emma Thompson, Carey Mulligan.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature thematic material involving sexual content and for smoking.
System Details Note:	DVD; region 1, NTSC; anamorphic widescreen (2.35) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Language Note:	English dialogue with optional French or English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Awards Note:	Film awards for British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Best Leading Actress (Mulligan), 2010; Winner: Audience award, Sundance Film Festival, 2009.