The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

  • Director: Ronald Neame
  • Writer: Muriel Spark,Jay Presson Allen
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom
  • Language: English, Latin, French, Italian
  • Release date: February 25, 1969
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Die besten Jahre der Miss Jean Brodie
  • "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" is a comedy directed by Ronald Neame and starring Margaret Natalie Smith , Sir Robert Stephens and Celia Johnson .
    In 1970, at the 42nd Academy Awards, Margaret Natalie Smith won the best actress for the film. 

    Details

    • Release date February 25, 1969
    • Filming locations The Edinburgh Academy, Henderson Row, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
    • Production companies Twentieth Century-Fox Productions

    Box office

    Gross worldwide

    $30

    Movie reviews

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    • By Jaiden 2022-02-22 08:02:05

      Backstab

      The girls’ school uniforms are really nice and have a lively atmosphere. The girls are holding each other’s hands and dancing in pairs, with bows and ribbons flying on their heads. I also want to study in a girls’ school!

      The translation of the name is so accurate that it seems like a spoiler. I actually don’t like Miss Brody’s exaggerated and artificial drama (no disrespect for Granny Maggie), but I fully understand how the students will be fascinated by her-nothing It's easier than a...

    • By Jeffry 2022-02-22 08:02:05

      No one wrote such a good movie

      Don't you know how to evaluate such an atypical teacher film?

      This is actually not the female version of "Death Poetry Society" you imagined, did you expect it?

      Do you love or hate this Miss Brodie? The theme of this movie is about the fatal tragedy of idealists, or is the success of teachers because the students finally betray their teachers?

      All good movies have a common feature, which can show those things that people can't express in simple words. In other...

    • By Deshawn 2022-02-22 08:02:05

      Rationalist

      The heroine is a typical idealist, fascinated by history, can't distinguish reality, doesn't understand politics, but crazily worships the Nazis. Franco is a person who emphasizes superhumanism.
      She is in a mess in real life and doesn't look at people.
      She is a quirky old maiden who knows how to deal with things, and her choice of political direction ended in failure.

      She is an idealist who has been harmed by literature. She lives in her own fantasy. She fantasizes about...

    • By Ericka 2022-02-22 08:02:05

      Like the unspeakable...unfinished practice...

      This post contains obvious spoilers, please avoid those who hate spoilers.

       The film "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" mainly tells the story between an idealistic female teacher and her students in Edinburgh in the 1930s. (This sentence is quoted from ****, a well-known generalization)

       In my understanding, this is a story about spiritual growth, where cruelty and warmth go hand in hand.

       Miss Brodie has a fanatical love for education, her famous saying "Little...

    • By Chaya 2022-02-22 08:02:05

      Teacher's story

      Teacher’s Day was swiped, teachers and friends are happy holidays, and those who have been students are all grateful. No matter how hard-mouthed and hard-hearted, few dare to say that they have not met a teacher who really inspired or paid attention to themselves, but I think about it myself, What to do, there really is no...

      I have seen some of the films about teachers, and there are a few impressive ones. Except for this "Spring Wind Does Not Change Rain", there are...

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    • By Kay 2023-09-22 22:27:01

      Miss Jane Brody has both idealism and a spirit of resistance, but in the end, she couldn't really help her recognize herself and reality. The one who knew her best was the one who "betrayed" her students and her...

    • By Janice 2023-09-15 11:32:21

      As soon as the opening character's attitude came out, the performance was really...

    • By Andreanne 2023-09-11 17:39:38

      It is not a perfect image of a teacher, but it is more realistic and...

    • By Chanelle 2023-09-11 09:01:53

      It's a poignant betrayal that the writers arrange for Sandy to leave school in tears thinking of Miss Brodie's quote, but she's certainly a glimmer of hope at the end of the...

    • By Vella 2023-08-29 21:37:57

      I didn't betray you, I simply put an end to youyou are dangerous and unwholesome and children shoudn't be exposed to you!! So that light went...

    Movie plot

    The film is based on the great British novel of the same name in the 20th century. It tells the heroine Jane Brody, an enthusiastic and idealistic old maiden teacher who was inspired by her incomparable enthusiasm in the Edinburgh Girls’ School in the 1930s. A story about young girls’ interest in art, music, and politics   .
    Jane Brody ( Margaret Natalie Smith )'s fiancé was killed in World War I , and she has been single since then....
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    Behind the scenes gags

    Margaret Natalie Smith won the second Oscar with Neil Simon's California Suite 8 years later , becoming the first and only actor in British history who has won an Oscar for best supporting role.
    Margaret Natalie Smith’s husband Robert Stephens also starred in the film’s protagonist. She and her husband were once known as "Little Olivers" (the Olivers are Prince Laurence Olivier of Shakespeare and his wife Vivian Mary Hartley , the first...
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    Maggie Smith performance

    20 years backwards to Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar named Desire, 20 years forwards to herself in The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne, no single actress can possibly exceed her brilliant performance. Forward two decades to Vivian Mary Hartley in A Streetcar Named Desire , Twenty years back to her own in The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne , no one can surpass Maggie Smith's perfect portrayal of Miss Brody in this film.
    There is no doubt...
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    Film Interpretation

    "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" is a film adapted from the great British novel of the same name in the 20th century. Oscar queen Margaret Natalie Smith plays Jean Brodie, a middle school history teacher, a well-known figure in the history of literature and film.
    Prime" is understood here as "youth", and at the same time, it also contains the meaning of "primary". Miss Brody believes that she dedicated her youth to the students, but when...
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    Movie quotes

    • Miss Kerr: She always looks so... *extreme*.

    • [first lines]

      Gordon Lowther: Morning girls. Good Morning.

      Sandy: There's Miss Brodie!

    • Teddy Lloyd: The truth is that you bounced into bed with an artist, but you were horrified when you woke up with a man!