St Trinian's (2007 film)

St Trinian's
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Oliver Parker Barnaby Thompson
Produced by	Oliver Parker Barnaby Thompson
Screenplay by	Piers Ashworth Nick Moorcroft
Based on	St. Trinian's School by Ronald Searle
Starring	Rupert Everett Colin Firth Russell Brand Talulah Riley Lena Headey Gemma Arterton
Music by	Charlie Mole
Cinematography	Gavin Finney
Edited by	Alex Mackie
Production company	Ealing Studios Fragile Films UK Film Council
Distributed by	Entertainment Film Distributors
Release date	21 December 2007 (2007-12-21) (United Kingdom) 9 October 2009 (2009-10-09) (United States)
Running time	97 minutes 100 minutes (European cut)
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£7 million (US$11.4 million)
Box office	$29,066,483

St Trinian's is a 2007 British comedy film and the sixth in a long-running series of British films based on the works of cartoonist Ronald Searle. The first five films form a series, starting with The Belles of St Trinian's in 1954, with sequels in 1957, 1960, 1966, and 1980. The 2007 release, coming 27 years after the last entry and 53 years after the first film, is a rebooting of the franchise, rather than a direct sequel, with certain plot elements borrowed from the first film.

Whereas the earlier films concentrated on the adults, this film gives the school pupils greater prominence. St Trinian's is an anarchic school for uncontrollable girls run by eccentric headmistress Camilla Dagey Fritton (the reboot continues the tradition, established by Alastair Sim in the original film, of casting a male actor to play the female headmistress, with Rupert Everett inheriting the role). St Trinian's received mixed reviews.

Annabelle Fritton (Talulah Riley), an uptight daddy’s girl, unwillingly transfers to St Trinian’s from the distinguished Cheltenham Ladies’ College at her father’s (Rupert Everett) request. Annabelle is clearly different and doesn’t fit in, telling her father, Carnaby Fritton, that the school is "like Hogwarts for pikeys". She is taken around the school by Kelly Jones (Gemma Arterton), the head girl, who introduces her to the various cliques within the school. On her first night at St Trinian’s, Annabelle is pranked by the girls, resulting in a video of her running around the school naked being broadcast live on the internet. She calls her father to pick her up, but he pretends to have bad phone reception so he can stay at a bar. Annabelle is drafted to the hockey team when she hits her phone with her hockey stick, smashing a statue. The girls of St Trinian’s are involved in business with Flash Harry (Russell Brand), who pays them to make cheap vodka. Flash is shown to be romantically interested in Kelly, who initially turns him down.