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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a 1969 British drama film directed by Ronald Neame from a screenplay written by Jay Presson Allen, adapted from her own stage play, which was in turn based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Muriel Spark.
Eccentric well-meaning Scottish schoolteacher Jean Brodie's extravagantly romantic ideas about life--and love--overly impress her young pupils and bring her into direct conflict with her school's conservative headmistress Miss MacKay.
- (9.9K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Ronald Neame
- 1969-02-25
84% Tomatometer 19 Reviews. 85% Audience Score 2,500+ Ratings. Jean Brodie (Maggie Smith) is a free-spirited teacher at a Scottish girls' school during the 1930s. She encourages her young...
- (19)
- Ronald Neame
- PG
- Maggie Smith
As the amazing narrative of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) unfolds, those words take on a chilling new meaning. It is the thirties and Jean Brodie, a teacher in her prime, takes in her new class at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Ronald Neame, Ted Sturgis
- Maggie Smith
Celia Johnson ("Brief Encounter"), suddenly old, her small, once pretty face hidden behind a lattice of righteous wrinkles, is the headmistress and Miss Brodie's prime enemy.
Full Cast & Crew. Reviews. A headstrong young teacher in a private school in 1930s Edinburgh ignores the curriculum and influences her impressionable 12-year-old charges with her over-romanticized worldview.
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Based on the novel by Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie stars Maggie Smith in the title role. Smith won an Academy Award for her delicately textured portrayal of an eccentric teacher at an exclusive Scottish girl's school.
