Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 12/27/06 (Limited) 01/05/07 (St. Louis) Home Video 04/17/07 MPAA Rating Rated R for language and some aberrant sexual content Running Time 1 hour 31 minutes Genre Drama Director Richard Eyre Writer Patrick Marber Cast Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Andrew Simpson, Phil Davis, Michael Maloney, Juno Temple, Max Lewis Studio 20th Century Fox |
NOTES ON A SCANDAL
SYNOPSIS
two women caught up in a drama of need and
betrayal are at the heart of this psychological
thriller, NOTES ON A SCANDAL. The twists and turns
of the story are noted in the acerbic diary of Barbara
Covett (Dame Judi Dench), a domineering and
solitary teacher who rules with an iron fist over her
classroom at a decaying state-run secondary
school in London. Save for her cat, Portia, Barbara
lives alone, without friends or confidantes - but her
world changes when she meets the school's new
art teacher, Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchett). Sheba
appears to be the kindred spirit and loyal friend
Barbara has always been seeking. But when she
discovers that Sheba is having an incendiary affair
with one of her young students (Andrew Simpson),
their budding relationship takes an ominous turn.
Now, as Barbara threatens to expose Sheba's
terrible secret to both her husband (Bill Nighy) and
the world, Barbara's own secrets and dark
obsessions come tumbling to the fore, exposing the
deceptions at the core of each of the women's lives.
-- © 20th Century
two women caught up in a drama of need and
betrayal are at the heart of this psychological
thriller, NOTES ON A SCANDAL. The twists and turns
of the story are noted in the acerbic diary of Barbara
Covett (Dame Judi Dench), a domineering and
solitary teacher who rules with an iron fist over her
classroom at a decaying state-run secondary
school in London. Save for her cat, Portia, Barbara
lives alone, without friends or confidantes - but her
world changes when she meets the school's new
art teacher, Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchett). Sheba
appears to be the kindred spirit and loyal friend
Barbara has always been seeking. But when she
discovers that Sheba is having an incendiary affair
with one of her young students (Andrew Simpson),
their budding relationship takes an ominous turn.
Now, as Barbara threatens to expose Sheba's
terrible secret to both her husband (Bill Nighy) and
the world, Barbara's own secrets and dark
obsessions come tumbling to the fore, exposing the
deceptions at the core of each of the women's lives.
-- © 20th Century
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