The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (play)
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| Directed by | Ronald Neame |
| Produced by | James Cresson Robert Fryer |
| Written by | Jay Presson Allen |
| Based on | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark |
| Starring |
Maggie Smith Robert Stephens Pamela Franklin |
| Music by | Rod McKuen |
| Cinematography | Ted Moore |
| Edited by | Norman Savage |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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116 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.8 million |
| Box office | $3 million (rentals) (US) |
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a 1969 British drama film, based on the novel of the same name by Muriel Spark. Directed by Ronald Neame, it stars Maggie Smith in the title role as an unrestrained teacher at a girls' school in 1930s Edinburgh.
The novel was turned into a play by Jay Presson Allen that opened in London in 1966 with Vanessa Redgrave and on Broadway in 1968, with Zoe Caldwell in the title role, a performance for which she won a Tony Award. This production was a moderate success, running for just less than a year, but it has been a popular play since then, often staged by both professional and amateur companies.
Allen adapted her play into a film, which was directed by Ronald Neame. Maggie Smith won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the title role. There was also a notable performance from Pamela Franklin as Sandy, for which she won the National Board of Review award for Best Supporting Actress. It was entered in the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.Rod McKuen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song for "Jean", but lost to Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" from another 20th Century Fox film, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. "Jean" also became a huge hit for the singer Oliver in the autumn of 1969.
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