Georgy Girl (1966)

Director:

Silvio Narizzano

Writers:

Margaret Forster (novel)
Margaret Forster (screenplay)

Release Date:

17 October 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

The wildest thing to hit the world since the mini-skirt!

Plot:

A homely but vivacious young woman dodges the amorous attentions of her father's middle-aged employer...

Plot Keywords:

Widower | Upper Class | Social Service | Promiscuity | Older Man Younger Woman

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 13 nominations

Cast

James Mason	...	James Leamington
Alan Bates	...	Jos Jones
Lynn Redgrave	...	Georgy
Charlotte Rampling	...	Meredith
Bill Owen	...	Ted
Clare Kelly	...	Doris
Rachel Kempson	...	Ellen Leamington
Denise Coffey	...	Peg
Peggy Thorpe-Bates	...	Hospital Sister
Dandy Nichols	...	Hospital Nurse
Dorothy Alison	...	Health Visitor
Terence Soall	...	Salesman
Jolyan Booth	...	Registry Office Clerk

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Canada:14A (Ontario) | UK:15 (video rating) (1988) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 (DVD rating) (2005) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:Approved

Filming Locations:

449 Edgware Road, Maida Vale, London, England, UK

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Vanessa Redgrave backed out of the role of Georgy just before shooting started. Lynn Redgrave (her sister) picked it up.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the early scene at the piano where Georgy's father has brought her a dress to wear to a birthday party, she's wearing glasses when he starts to say, "Oh, please yourself," but not wearing them before he finishes the line.

Quotes:

Meredith: I'll tell you what this pregnancy's taught me: It's taught me to look like the back end of a bus and sit around every night with nothing to do!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Beastie Boys: Video Anthology (2000) (V)

Soundtrack:

Whole Lotta Woman

Its Alan Bates film.

It was wonderfully interesting reading the reviews; even the ones I disagree with. All the performances are wonderful and as for the Seekers title song it will always give me goose bumps. I think its this movie that really introduced Alan Bates, at any rate I certainly sat up and noticed. I love his performance in this film. He is a rogue that you cannot help but fall in love with. I love the way the film opens especially the pulse of a London that has sadly long gone. Lyn Redgraves big production number is a real hoot and I agree with the comments about James Mason. What a gifted actor he was. Bates is however the real reason why I love the movie. I confess I had an enormous crush on Bates in this role and that scene when you see his bum as he gets out of the bath well, enough said. Lyn Redgrave, James Mason and the remarkable Rampling are all marvelous.