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| ![The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie [1969]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519VQ21GG7L._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Ronald Neame
Actors: Maggie Smith, Gordon Jackson, Robert Stephens, Pamela Franklin, Celia Johnson
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Category: Video
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 599
Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: VHS Tape
Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 111 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
EAN: 5013738174450
ASIN: B00004CJRY
Theatrical Release Date: January 1969
Release Date: September 22, 1997
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The Excellence of Miss Jean Brodie July 15, 2004
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
This film is simply the 'creme de la creme'. Maggie Smith is superb as the teacher who fascinates and enchants her inner circle of students, 'the Brodie Set', and has the screen presence and acting talent to evoke entirely convincingly the character who declares 'give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life'. The film is witty and entertaining, and although not entirely true to the book, the quality of the acting, by the young girls in particular, more than compensates. Celia Johnson (better known for her starring role in 'Brief Encounter') is also excellent as the Headmistress Miss Mackay, whose aim in life is to rid her conservative school of the radical Miss Brodie. Among the changes in the film, however, is the foregrounding of Miss Brodie's interest in fascism and the effect that this has on the least intelligent of her set, Mary McGregor. Without giving the story away- and I would advice that people read the book so as to discover the true fate of Mary- the film's portrayal of Miss Brodie's destructive influence is perhaps somewhat exaggerated and disturbing. Nevertheless, the film as a whole is just as bewitching as Miss Brodie and a must-see for Maggie Smith fans.
Jean brilliant! December 10, 2003
D. Reid (Derry, Ireland)
8 out of 13 found this review helpful
This was one of the best films I've ever seen. I thought it would be a chick flick, it wasn't, it was bloody brilliant.
The Creme de la Creme March 7, 2002
hornejaimie@hotmail.com (UK)
21 out of 24 found this review helpful
This film is fabulous, mainly due to Maggie Smith's fantastic portrayal of Miss Jean Brodie. The film now is certainly a camp classic, Miss Brodie rules her class with stories of love, truth and composure. I've never seen such good posture, I thought Smith had swallowed a yard stick. All actors are superb, I especially loved Celia Johnson and Pamela Franklin as the sly Sandy, one of Miss Brodie's 'gels'. The film's insight into Marcia Blaine's School for Girls is a tour de force and recommended for anyone who wants to see an actress who truly is in her 'prime'!
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