Privileged (1982 film)
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Privileged is a 1982 film, the first theatrical release from the Oxford Film Foundation
and was Hugh Grant
's screen debut playing Lord Adrian. The film is about a group of Oxford student partygoers with elements of a 'whodunnit', it was directed by Michael Hoffman with John Schlesinger
, produced by Rick Stevenson
and Mark Bentley with a classical score by Rachel Portman
and dance tracks by Oxford student band "Kudos Points" whose members included Charlie Mole
who went on to compose film scores in his own right from 1990. Privileged was also the first major screen debut for Imogen Stubbs
, Mark Williams
and James Wilby
.
The screenplay includes a play within a play since several of the characters are vying for a role in a student production of The Duchess of Malfi
.
Oxford University Film Foundation
The Oxford University Film Foundation was founded in 1981 by Michael Hoffman, Peter Schwabach and Rick Stevenson. Its first production was the 1982 feature film Privileged, starring Hugh Grant, James Wilby, Imogen Stubbs and Mark Williams...
and was Hugh Grant
Hugh Grant
Hugh John Mungo Grant is an English actor and film producer. He has received a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA, and an Honorary César. His films have earned more than $2.4 billion from 25 theatrical releases worldwide. Grant achieved international stardom after appearing in Richard Curtis's...
's screen debut playing Lord Adrian. The film is about a group of Oxford student partygoers with elements of a 'whodunnit', it was directed by Michael Hoffman with John Schlesinger
John Schlesinger
John Richard Schlesinger, CBE was an English film and stage director and actor.-Early life:Schlesinger was born in London into a middle-class Jewish family, the son of Winifred Henrietta and Bernard Edward Schlesinger, a physician...
, produced by Rick Stevenson
Rick Stevenson
Rick Stevenson is a writer, director, and producer from Seattle, Washington. In 2006, his film Expiration Date won both Audience and Jury Award for Best Film at the Omaha Film Festival and took Best Film honors at the American Indian Film Festival...
and Mark Bentley with a classical score by Rachel Portman
Rachel Portman
Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman, OBE is a British composer, best known for her film work. She was the first female composer to win an Academy Award in the category of Best Original Score...
and dance tracks by Oxford student band "Kudos Points" whose members included Charlie Mole
Charlie Mole
Charlie Mole is a British/French film and television score composer and songwriter. His scores include An Ideal Husband, Othello, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Diary of Anne Frank and the 2007 version of St...
who went on to compose film scores in his own right from 1990. Privileged was also the first major screen debut for Imogen Stubbs
Imogen Stubbs
Imogen Stubbs, Lady Nunn is an English actress and playwright.-Early life:Imogen Stubbs was born in Northumberland, lived briefly in Portsmouth, where her father was a naval officer, and then moved with her parents to London, where they lived on an elderly river barge on the Thames...
, Mark Williams
Mark Williams (actor)
Mark Williams is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter and presenter. He is best known as one of the stars of the popular BBC sketch show The Fast Show, as well as for his role as Arthur Weasley in the Harry Potter films....
and James Wilby
James Wilby
James Jonathon Wilby is an English film, television and theatre actor.-Early life and education:He was born in Rangoon, Burma to a corporate executive father...
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The screenplay includes a play within a play since several of the characters are vying for a role in a student production of The Duchess of Malfi
The Duchess of Malfi
The Duchess of Malfi is a macabre, tragic play written by the English dramatist John Webster in 1612–13. It was first performed privately at the Blackfriars Theatre, then before a more general audience at The Globe, in 1613-14...
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