... acclaimed author Nick Hornby addressed a similar fissure in his script for An Education, based on LynnBarber's coming-of-age memoir about a girl who suffers the consequences of mistaking affect for sophistication. It's easily the same accusation you could level at the "minds" who reinvented films like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre or The Last House on the Left, atmospheric...
Lone Scherfig's skilfully directed film of LynnBarber's poignant memoir of growing up in England in the 1960s contains some outstanding performances in the main roles. In particular Carey Mulligan is utterly convincing as the sixteen-year-old Jenny despite the fact that the actress was herself 23 when the movie was made. For a mature young adult to play a girl in her mid teens takes...
Sony Classics fired off their salvo of scripts up for award consideration. You can view a complete list of all known studio posted scripts for 2009 Script Award Consideration here. An Education - Undated, unspecified draft script By Nick Hornby (Adapted from the article ‘An Education’ by LynnBarber) – in pdf format In the [...]
... is not on in our nearest complex but ‘An Education ‘ is and it sounds interesting; Lynnbarber’s teen- age memories of being dazzled by an older man – and who wasn’t? Our day is really Monday but we have had so many celebrations on a November Monday when restaurants are often deserted or indeed closed so we are having it on Wednesday. It is another wet,...
Lone Scherfig’s skilfully directed film of LynnBarber’s poignant memoir of growing up in England in the 1960s contains some outstanding performances in the main roles. In particular Carey Mulligan is utterly convincing as the sixteen-year-old Jenny despite the fact that the actress was herself 23 when the movie was made. For a mature young [...]
An Education is based on the autobiographical memoir of LynnBarber. Set in 1950, the story centers around 16 year-old Jenny Miller (Carey Mulligan) and her relationship with a charismatic older David Goldman gentleman caller (Peter Sarsgaard) who turns her world upside down. What follows is a May/December romance that everyone sees happening, including Jenny, her [...]
