An Education

An Education
Theatrical release poster
Directed byLone Scherfig
Screenplay byNick Hornby
Based onAn Education
by Lynn Barber
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJohn de Borman
Edited byBarney Pilling
Music byPaul Englishby
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 18 January 2009 (2009-01-18) (Sundance)
  • 30 October 2009 (2009-10-30) (United Kingdom)
  • 5 February 2010 (2010-02-05) (United States)
Running time
100 minutes
Countries
  • United Kingdom[3]
  • United States[3]
LanguageEnglish
Budget$7.5 million[1]
Box office$26.1 million[1]

An Education is a 2009 coming-of-age drama film based on a memoir of the same name by British journalist Lynn Barber. The film was directed by Lone Scherfig from a screenplay by Nick Hornby. It stars Carey Mulligan as Jenny, a bright schoolgirl, and Peter Sarsgaard as David, the charming conman who seduces her. The film was nominated for 3 Academy Awards in 2010: Best Picture,[4] Best Adapted Screenplay for Nick Hornby, and Best Actress for Carey Mulligan.[5]

An Education premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.[6] It screened on 10 September 2009 at the Toronto International Film Festival[7] and was featured at the Telluride by the Sea Film Festival in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on 19 September 2009.[8] The film was shown on 9 October 2009, at the Mill Valley Film Festival. It was released in the US on 16 October 2009 and in the UK on 30 October 2009.

  1. ^ a b c "An Education (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  2. ^ "An Education (2008)". BBFC. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b "An Education". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Nominees & Winners for the 82nd Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  5. ^ "Colin Firth, Helen Mirren and Carey Mulligan lead British hopes at this year's Oscars" Archived 3 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Hello. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  6. ^ "Sundance unveils competition lineup". Variety. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  7. ^ Lambert, Christine (2009). "An Education premiere at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival". DigitalHit.com. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  8. ^ "Telluride by the Sea" Archived 25 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine. SeaCoastOnline.com. Retrieved 31 March 2011.

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