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Starter for 10(2006)
Status: Released
Date: 2006-09-13
64%
442 Votes
Time: 1h 32m
Overview:
In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching University Challenge, a college quiz show. At Bristol he tries out for the Challenge team and falls under the spell of Alice, a lovely blond with an extensive sexual past.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom,
United States of America
ProductionCompanies: 
Scamp Film and Theatre Ltd.
Movie: Starter for 10
Top 10 Billed Cast
James McAvoy
Brian Jackson
Alice Eve
Alice Harbinson
Rebecca Hall
Rebecca Epstein
Catherine Tate
Julie Jackson
Dominic Cooper
Spencer
Benedict Cumberbatch
Patrick Watts
James Corden
Tone
Mark Gatiss
Bamber Gascoigne
Guy Henry
Dr. Morrison
John Henshaw
Des
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