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Plot

Sarah Kernochan wrote and directed this nostalgic coming-of-age comedy-drama with some autobiographical touches. In 1963, budgetary problems at the East Coast boarding school Miss Godard's School for Girls, prompt a merger with a boy's academy. The girls are stunned at the prospect of going co-ed and devise a campaign to sabotage the plan. Screenwriter Kernochan, scripter of Sommersby and 9 1/2 Weeks, won an Oscar when she co-directed the 1972 documentary Marjoe, but this film marks her feature directorial debut creating comedy-drama. The upstate New York seen here is actually Toronto. The title created some confusion, since Kernochan's film received reviews the same month the 1998 New York Film Festival unspooled a new 35mm print of Sergei Eisenstein's silent classic Strike (1924).
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for teen sex-related material, language and substance misuse.
Genre(s):
Comedy
Run Time:
110min.
Theatrical Release Date:
03/08/2000
DVD Release Date:
06/13/2000
Distributor(s):
Independent Artists
Director(s):
Sarah Kernochan
Starring:
Lynn Redgrave , Gaby Hoffmann , Kirsten Dunst , Monica Keena , Merritt Wever
Themes:
Battle of the Sexes,Teachers and Students,Boarding School Life
Tone:
Bittersweet,Light,Understated,Affectionate,Humorous,Literate,Nostalgic
Keywords:
boarding-school,boys'-school,coming-of-age,girls-school,merger
Country of Origin:
USA (03-24-2000)
Language:
English