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Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires her traditional students, including Betty and Joan, to challenge the lives they are expected to lead.
2003 · Directed by Mike Newell · 117 min · Drama · History · Romance · 10 frames
Tagline
They had everything. She showed them more.
Crew
- Screenplay: Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal
- Cinematography: Anastas N. Michos
- Edited by: Mick Audsley
- Music: Rachel Portman
- Production design: Jane Musky
- Produced by: Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Paul Schiff, Deborah Schindler
Cast
- Julia Roberts as Katherine Ann Watson
- Kirsten Dunst as Betty Warren
- Julia Stiles as Joan Brandwyn
- Maggie Gyllenhaal as Giselle Levy
- Ginnifer Goodwin as Connie Baker
- Dominic West as Bill Dunbar
- Juliet Stevenson as Amanda Armstrong
- Marcia Gay Harden as Nancy Abbey
- John Slattery as Paul Moore
- Marian Seldes as Jocelyn Carr
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Italian
- Studios: Revolution Studios, Red Om Films
- Budget: $72,300,000
- Box office: $141,337,989
- Themes: massachusetts, art school, inspiration, feminist, conservative, lgbt, post war, post world war ii, faculty, art history
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