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Starter for 10 is a 2006 British comedy-drama film directed by Tom Vaughan from a screenplay by David Nicholls, adapted from his 2003 novel Starter for Ten. The film stars James McAvoy as a university student who wins a place on a University Challenge quiz team.
Mar 9, 2007 · Set in 1985, a scholarship student at Bristol University tries out for the University Challenge team and falls for two women. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this film.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Tom Vaughan
- 2007-03-09
Feb 23, 2007 · Brian Jackson (James McAvoy), a working-class youth from Essex, gets a chance to prove himself when he is accepted to respected Bristol University.
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- Tom Vaughan
- PG-13
- James Mcavoy
Nov 10, 2006 · Set in the mid-Eighties, Starter for 10 is a comedy about a working-class boy stumbling romantically and academically through his first year of University.
- 96 min
Starter for 10 is a movie based on David Nicholls' novel about a scholarship boy who joins the University Challenge team and falls in love with a blonde. The film is set in 1985, during the Thatcher era, and features a lot of humor and romance.
PG-13 | Comedy, Drama, Romance. Trailer. Set in 1985, working-class student Brian Jackson (McAvoy) navigates his first year at Bristol University.
- 2 min
Feb 23, 2007 · A romantic comedy set in the mid-eighties about a working-class kid struggling to make his way in the rarefied world of an upper-class British university, Starter for 10 is a bittersweet tale about loyalty, class, falling in love and the difference between knowledge and wisdom.
