Notes on a scandal, BBC Films ; DNA Films ; Scott Rudin Productions ; UK Film Council ; produced by Robert Fox, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Scott Rudin ; screenplay by Patrick Marber ; directed by Richard Eyre
Type
Label
Notes on a scandal, BBC Films ; DNA Films ; Scott Rudin Productions ; UK Film Council ; produced by Robert Fox, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Scott Rudin ; screenplay by Patrick Marber ; directed by Richard Eyre
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for language and some aberrant sexual content
Main title
Notes on a scandal
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
83599793
Responsibility statement
BBC Films ; DNA Films ; Scott Rudin Productions ; UK Film Council ; produced by Robert Fox, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Scott Rudin ; screenplay by Patrick Marber ; directed by Richard Eyre
Runtime
92
Summary
Barbara is a cynical schoolteacher who is close to retirement. Her only means of taking the edge off her desperate loneliness is writing in her journal. Sheba is a younger, attractive woman, who joins the faculty as an art teacher. Barbara watches her from afar and has nothing but caustic things to say in her diary. Barbara finds herself reaching out to Sheba. Sheba responds by inviting her to dinner at her house to meet Sheba's lecturer husband and their two children. Later, when Barbara discovers that Sheba is having a sexual relationship with a 15-year old student, Barbara realizes that knowledge of this secret gives her power over Sheba which she can use for her own purposes. Sheba becomes uneasy with Barbara's friendship. The tenuous relationship between the two women reaches a crisis point when Barbara's cat is dying and she asks Sheba to go with her to the vet. Sheba chooses to go with her family to see their son in a play instead. In revenge, Barbara sets in motion the scandal that will rock both their lives in ways they never imagined
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Davis, Philip, 1953-
- Dench, Judi, 1934-
- Macdonald, Andrew, 1966-
- Simpson, Andrew
- Marber, Patrick, 1964-
- Eyre, Richard, 1943-
- Kennedy, Emma
- Parkes, Shaun
- Reich, Allon
- Temple, Juno
- DNA Films
- Scott Rudin Productions (Firm)
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
- Skinner, Leon
- Nighy, Bill, 1949-
- Blanchett, Cate, 1969-
- Kumar, Syreeta
- BBC Films
- Fox, Robert, 1952-
- Rudin, Scott, 1958-
- Maloney, Michael, 1957-
- Empson, Tameka
- Georgeson, Tom
- UK Film Council
- Scanlan, Joanna
- Nottingham, Wendy
Genre
Subject
- High school teachers -- Drama
- Melodrama -- Feature
- Teacher-student relationships -- Drama
- Suspense films
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Loneliness in old age -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Melodrama
- DVDs
- Feature films
- Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
- Scandals -- Drama
- Thriller -- Feature
- Diaries -- Drama
Content
Mapped to
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor26
- Davis, Philip, 1953-
- Dench, Judi, 1934-
- Macdonald, Andrew, 1966-
- Simpson, Andrew
- Marber, Patrick, 1964-
- Eyre, Richard, 1943-
- Kennedy, Emma
- Parkes, Shaun
- Reich, Allon
- Temple, Juno
- DNA Films
- Scott Rudin Productions (Firm)
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
- Skinner, Leon
- Nighy, Bill, 1949-
- Blanchett, Cate, 1969-
- Kumar, Syreeta
- BBC Films
- Fox, Robert, 1952-
- Rudin, Scott, 1958-
- Maloney, Michael, 1957-
- Empson, Tameka
- Georgeson, Tom
- UK Film Council
- Scanlan, Joanna
- Nottingham, Wendy
- Genre7
- Subject14
- High school teachers -- Drama
- Melodrama -- Feature
- Teacher-student relationships -- Drama
- Suspense films
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- Loneliness in old age -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Melodrama
- DVDs
- Feature films
- Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
- Scandals -- Drama
- Thriller -- Feature
- Diaries -- Drama
- Content1
- Mapped to1