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St Trinian's is a 2007 British comedy film and the sixth in a long-running series of British films based on the works of cartoonist Ronald Searle set in St Trinian's School. The first five films form a series, starting with The Belles of St Trinian's in 1954, with sequels in 1957, 1960, 1966 and 1980. The release of 2007, 27 years after the last entry, and 53 years after the first film, is a rebooting of the franchise, rather than a direct sequel, with certain plot elements borrowed from the first film.
| St Trinian's | |
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| Directed by | Oliver Parker Barnaby Thompson |
| Produced by | Oliver Parker Barnaby Thompson |
| Screenplay by | Piers Ashworth Nick Moorcroft |
| Based on | St. Trinian's School by Ronald Searle |
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| Music by | Charlie Mole |
| Cinematography | Gavin Finney |
| Edited by | Alex Mackie |
Production company | Ealing Studios Fragile Films UK Film Council |
| Distributed by | Entertainment Film Distributors |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £7 million |
| Box office | $29.1 million |
Whereas the earlier films concentrated on the adults, this film gives the school pupils greater prominence. St Trinian's is an anarchic school for uncontrollable girls run by eccentric headmistress Camilla Dagey Fritton (the reboot continues the tradition, established by Alastair Sim in the original film, of casting a male actor to play the female headmistress, with Rupert Everett inheriting the role).
St Trinian's received mixed reviews but remains one of the highest grossing British independent films of the last thirty years.
Screenplay
Annabelle Fritton, an uptight daddy’s girl, unwillingly transfers to St Trinian's from the distinguished Cheltenham Ladies’ College at the request of her father, Carnaby Fritton. Annabelle is clearly different and doesn’t fit in, telling her father that the school is "like Hogwarts for pikeys". She is taken around the school by Kelly Jones, the head girl, who introduces her to the various cliques within the school.
On her first night, Annabelle is pranked by the girls, resulting in a video of her running around the school naked being broadcast live on the internet. She calls her father to pick her up, but he pretends to have bad phone reception so he can stay at a bar. Annabelle is drafted to the hockey team when she hits her phone with her hockey stick, smashing a statue. The girls of St Trinian's are involved in business with spiv Flash Harry, who pays them to make cheap vodka. Flash is shown to be romantically interested in Kelly, who initially turns him down.
The Cheltenham Ladies' College hockey team arrive at St Trinian's, along with Education Minister Geoffrey Thwaites. Thwaites is shown to have romantic history with the headmistress of St Trinian's, Camilla Fritton. Annabelle is forced to face her former bullies, including captain Verity Thwaites. The hockey match is violent, ending in Kelly shooting a winning goal for St Trinian's, which is followed by a brawl between the two schools. As the match is being played, Thwaites inspects the school, finding the illegal vodka-making business and the chatline being run by the Posh Totty clique.
The following morning, a banker arrives at the school and serves Camilla with a foreclosure notice, as the school owes the bank in excess of £500,000 and has ignored six previous final demands. A subsequent meeting between Camilla and Carnaby is watched by the girls using hidden cameras, in which Carnaby confesses his distaste towards his daughter. Annabelle is clearly upset, despite Camilla defending her. Carnaby encourages Camilla to turn the school into a boutique hotel, telling her that "when this school closes down, you'll have lost everything. More importantly, so will I."
Kelly and Flash work with the students to devise a plan to save the school. They must get into the final of School Challenge, a TV quiz show held in the National Gallery in London, as a cover for stealing Vermeer’s "Girl With a Pearl Earring". Chelsea, Peaches and Chloe (the Posh Totty clique) are chosen as the School Challenge Team. By cheating in every round, they make it to the grand final. As the final is being filmed, Kelly, Taylor and Andrea manage to steal the painting, with help from the Geeks, as well as Annabelle and Camilla.
Camilla paints an exact copy of the painting and has Flash, posing as a German art dealer, sell it to Carnaby in a black market deal. The school then receives a further £50,000 reward for returning the real painting to the National Gallery. The loans are able to be repaid and the school is saved.
- Gemma Arterton as Kelly Opossum Jones, the Head Girl
- Rupert Everett as Miss Camilla Dagey Fritton, St Trinian's Headmistress
- Everett also plays Carnaby Fritton, Camilla's brother and Annabelle's father
- Colin Firth as Geoffrey Thwaites, the Education Minister
- Russell Brand as Flash Harry, the spiv
- Tamsin Egerton as Chelsea Parker, Posh Totty #1
- Antonia Bernath as Chloe, Posh Totty #2
- Amara Karan as Peaches, Posh Totty #3
- Paloma Faith as Andrea, the Emo
- Juno Temple as Celia, the "Trustafarian" one
- Kathryn Drysdale as Taylor, the Chav
- Lily Cole as Polly, the Geek
- Cloe and Holly Mackie as Tara & Tania, the Twins
- Lena Headey as Miss Dickinson, the English Teacher
- Fenella Woolgar as Miss Cleaver, the Sports Teacher
- Theo Cross as the Art Teacher
- Caterina Murino as Miss Maupassant, the Foreign Languages Teacher
- Jodie Whittaker as Beverly, the receptionist
- Toby Jones as St Trinian's Bursar
- Talulah Riley as Annabelle Fritton
- Celia Imrie as St Trinian's Matron
- Stephen Fry as Himself, the School Challenge presenter
- Anna Chancellor as Miss Bagstock, Cheltenham's Headmistress
- Lucy Punch as Verity Thwaites, the Minister's daughter, and Cheltenham's school bully
- Mischa Barton as JJ French, the PR Guru, and previous Head Girl
- Steve Furst as Bank Manager
- Dolly the Dog as Mr Darcy, the school's dog
The members of Girls Aloud (Nicola Roberts, Kimberley Walsh, Sarah Harding, Nadine Coyle and Cheryl Fernandez-Versini) all make cameo appearances as the members of St Trinian's school band, and cameos in the film itself. Zöe Salmon also makes a cameo as an emo girl, while Nathaniel Parker, the director's real life brother, makes a short appearance as the Chairman of the National Gallery. Newscaster Jeremy Thompson also briefly appears, as himself.
The film’s score was composed by Charlie Mole.
Soundtrack
| St. Trinian's | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | ||||
| Released | 10 December 2007 | |||
| Genre | Pop, Dance-pop | |||
| Label | Universal Music Group | |||
| St. Trinian's original soundtrack chronology | ||||
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| Singles from St. Trinian's: The Soundtrack | ||||
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| BBC Music | (negative) |
| Digital Spy | (positive) |
| InTheNews.co.uk | (3/10) |
The film's soundtrack was released on 10 December 2007, via Universal Music Group. The album featured two original songs by British pop group Girls Aloud, including the single, "Theme to St. Trinian's". A music video for the song was released to promote the film and soundtrack.
The film's cast also recorded the theme, as well as a cover of Shampoo's "Trouble". A music video of the cast performing "Trouble" was also released. Rupert Everett and Colin Firth, who star in the film, recorded the John Paul Young song "Love Is in the Air". A number of popular singles or current album tracks by artists, such as Mark Ronson, Lily Allen, Noisettes, Gabriella Cilmi, and Sugababes, were included on the soundtrack.
- Track listing
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