Getting It Right is a 1989 British-American comedy-drama film starring Jesse Birdsall, Jane Horrocks, and Helena Bonham Carter.[2] The tagline is: "Gavin is 31... and a virgin. One wild night and three women later, he's finally... Getting It Right."
| Getting It Right | |
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| Directed by | Randal Kleiser |
| Written by | Elizabeth Jane Howard |
| Produced by | Jonathan D. Krane Randal Kleiser |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Clive Tickner |
| Edited by | Chris Kelly |
| Music by | Colin Towns |
| Distributed by | M.C.E.G. |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom United States[1] |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $960,385 |
Plot
editThe film concerns the late coming of age of protagonist Gavin Lamb (Birdsall), a painfully shy 31-year-old virgin still living at home with his parents and who works as a hairdresser in a West End salon. The socially awkward Gavin forges sudden romantic connections with three very different women: a sultry millionairess (Redgrave), an idiosyncratic recluse (Bonham Carter), and a single mother (Horrocks) who is a junior hairdresser at his salon.[3][4]
Cast
edit- Jesse Birdsall as Gavin Lamb
- Jane Horrocks as Jenny
- Helena Bonham Carter as Lady Minerva Munday
- Pat Heywood as Mrs. Lamb
- Bryan Pringle as Mr. Lamb
- Lynn Redgrave as Joan
- Richard Huw as Harry
- John Gielgud as Sir Gordon Munday
- Judy Parfitt as Lady Stella Munday
- Peter Cook as Mr. Adrian
- Shirley Anne Field as Anne
- Ian Redford as Bill
- Kevin Drinkwater as Winthrop
- Rupert Holliday-Evans as Peter
- June Ellis as Mrs. Wagstaffe
Theme
editThe film's theme song, also titled "Getting it Right", was sung by Dusty Springfield.[5][6]
Box office
editIt made £88,787 in the UK.[7]
References
edit- ^ AllMovie
- ^ Canby, Vincent (5 May 1989). "Getting It Right (1989) Review/Film; An Innocent's Journey on the Rocky Road to Miss Right". The New York Times.
- ^ Roger Ebert
- ^ `GETTING IT RIGHT` A SKILLFULLY DIRECTED, GENEROUS FILM - Chicago Tribune
- ^ "Getting It Right (1989) Production Credits". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.
- ^ Getting It Right by Dusty Springfield - Topic on YouTube
- ^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 23.