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"St. Trinian's" exclusive clip

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St. Trinian's was a popular British film franchise of the '50's and '60's. Last year this girl's boarding school comedy got a remake (our review here), starring Colin Firth and Rupert Everett. The project, which was co-produced by Everett, is finally getting a limited U.S. release date, and we have an exclusive clip to share with you.

Check it out after the break!

Here's the setup: St Trinian's, the infamous school for 'young ladies' is once again facing dire financial crisis. The banks are threatening headmistress Camilla Fritton (Everett in drag) with closure. Her unorthodox doctrine of free expression and self empowerment is also under threat from new Education Minister Geoffrey Thwaits (Colin Firth), an old flame of Camilla's who is determined to bring discipline and order to the anarchic school.

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    • Submitted by
    AfterElton.com Staff
    on Tue, 2009-08-25 10:33.
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    Ashley's picture

    Love This Movie

    Submitted by
    Ashley (702 points) (162 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-08-25 10:54.

    I had the chance to watch St Trinians on my flight to London last year and thought it was quite funny. I didn't know much about the movie expect for the fact that Rupert Everett dresses in drag and Colin Firth was in it. I ended up watching the movie on the way back from London because I liked it so much. I also picked up the soundtrack to the movie and love listening to it.

    There is a second movie being filmed right now for St. Trinians with the same cast and David Tennent is in it too.

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    scorpio54's picture

    Weak.

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    scorpio54 (302 points) (71 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-08-25 11:16.
    Really? I thought it was a feeble update of the originals. They're obviously dated now, but I still think the original four St.Trinians movies of the 1950s & 60s are significantly better (and available in a DVD box set for anyone who might be interested). They were pretty racy for their time - some countries even banned the first one - whereas this was totally safe and unambitious, The anarchic schoolgirls were largely absent, IMHO.
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    Ashley's picture

    The Original

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    Ashley (702 points) (162 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-08-25 11:39.

    I never got to see the original so that's probably way I thought the new movie was good. I'll have to watch the other movies to see what it was all about.

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    David Ehrenstein's picture

    The Movie That Started It All --

    Submitted by
    David Ehrenstein (7805 points) (1725 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-08-25 11:19.
    is a marvelous 50's comedy called The Happiest Days of Your Life -- starring Alistair Sim and Margaret Rutherford. It was about a boys and girls schools being bulleted together for financial reasons. St. Trinian's was the girls school. The success of the film led to the St. Trinian's series, which is tons more vulgar -- almost to a Carry On level.
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    Jimmy Donahue's picture

    The Original

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    Jimmy Donahue (331 points) (101 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-08-25 14:13.

    St Trinians, like the Addams Family, is based on a series of cartoons, centered around the girls, who are quite horrid in a lovably endearing manner.

    http://www.amazon.com/St-Trinians-Entire-Appalling-Business/dp/1585679585/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251227132&sr=1-1 

    I love the original movie, but not so much the sequels. I'd heard horrible things about this re-make. From what I have seen, Everett seems to be playing a man in a dress reather than a realized character. More 'Monty Python,' less Divine in 'Hairspray.' 

    But having not seen it, I can't agree or disagree. I do think I'll pass. 

    Regardless... if this movie sparks a new interest in St Trinians, who am I to argue?

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