Starter for Ten (film)
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Starter for Ten, a film version of the book of the same title (sometimes written Starter for 10) premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2006, and released in the UK and Ireland on November 10, 2006. The screenplay is an adaptation by David Nicholls from his own novel. The film will be released in the US and Canada in Spring 2007.
The soundtrack features music from Kate Bush, The Cure, Psychedelic Furs, The Buzzcocks, Yazoo, Motörhead, The Smiths, Echo & The Bunnymen, Tears For Fears, The Style Council and others.
Despite being set at Bristol University, the main quad and Gustave Tuck lecture theatre of University College London were used as sets.
It is an HBO Films production in association with BBC Films
[edit] Credits
- Director - Tom Vaughan
- Screenplay - David Nicholls
- Producers - Pippa Harris, Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman
- Executive Producers - Sam Mendes, Steven Shareshian
- Director of Photography - Ashley Rowe
- Production Designer - Charlotte Morris
- Editor - Jon Harris, Heather Persons
- Make up Designer - Jenny Shircore
- Co-producer - Mary Richards
- Music by - Blake Neely
- Casting by - Nina Gold
[edit] Cast
- Brian Jackson - James McAvoy
- Alice Harbinson - Alice Eve
- Rebecca Epstein - Rebecca Hall
- Spencer - Dominic Cooper
- Tone - James Corden
- Julie Jackson - Catherine Tate
- Patrick Watts - Benedict Cumberbatch
- Lucy Chang - Elaine Tan
- Michael Harbinson - Charles Dance
- Rose Harbinson - Lindsay Duncan
- Des - John Henshaw
- Bamber Gascoigne - Mark Gatiss
[edit] External links
- Official Site
- Starter for Ten at Icon Film Distribution
- Starter for Ten at the Internet Movie Database
- I was a bit of a prat, by the book's author, Guardian, 31st October 2006