Getting It Right (film)

Getting It Right
Getting It Right
Directed by	Randal Kleiser
Written by	Elizabeth Jane Howard
Produced by	Jonathan D. Krane; Randal Kleiser
Starring	Jesse Birdsall; Helena Bonham Carter; Peter Cook; John Gielgud; Jane Horrocks; Lynn Redgrave;
Cinematography	Clive Tickner
Edited by	Chris Kelly
Music by	Colin Towns
Distributed by	M.C.E.G.
Release date	5 May 1989;
Running time	102 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; United States
Language	English
Box office	$960,385

Getting It Right is a 1989 British-American comedy-drama film starring Jesse Birdsall, Jane Horrocks, and Helena Bonham Carter.^[2] The tagline is: "Gavin is 31... and a virgin. One wild night and three women later, he's finally... Getting It Right."

Plot

The film concerns the late coming of age of protagonist Gavin Lamb (Birdsall), a painfully shy 31-year-old virgin still living at home with his parents and who works as a hairdresser in a West End salon. The socially awkward Gavin forges sudden romantic connections with three very different women: a sultry millionairess (Redgrave), an idiosyncratic recluse (Bonham Carter), and a single mother (Horrocks) who is a junior hairdresser at his salon.^[3]^[4]

Cast

Jesse Birdsall as Gavin Lamb
Jane Horrocks as Jenny
Helena Bonham Carter as Lady Minerva Munday
Pat Heywood as Mrs. Lamb
Bryan Pringle as Mr. Lamb
Lynn Redgrave as Joan
Richard Huw as Harry
John Gielgud as Sir Gordon Munday
Judy Parfitt as Lady Stella Munday
Peter Cook as Mr. Adrian
Shirley Anne Field as Anne
Ian Redford as Bill
Kevin Drinkwater as Winthrop
Rupert Holliday-Evans as Peter
June Ellis as Mrs. Wagstaffe

Theme

The film's theme song, also titled "Getting it Right", was sung by Dusty Springfield.^[5]^[6]

Box office

It made £88,787 in the UK.^[7]

References

^ AllMovie
^ Canby, Vincent (5 May 1989). "Getting It Right (1989) Review/Film; An Innocent's Journey on the Rocky Road to Miss Right". The New York Times.
^ Roger Ebert
^ `GETTING IT RIGHT` A SKILLFULLY DIRECTED, GENEROUS FILM - Chicago Tribune
^ "Getting It Right (1989) Production Credits". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.
^ Getting It Right by Dusty Springfield - Topic on YouTube
^ "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

External links

[1] AllMovie

[2] Canby, Vincent (5 May 1989). "Getting It Right (1989) Review/Film; An Innocent's Journey on the Rocky Road to Miss Right". The New York Times.

[3] Roger Ebert

[4] `GETTING IT RIGHT` A SKILLFULLY DIRECTED, GENEROUS FILM - Chicago Tribune

[5] "Getting It Right (1989) Production Credits". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.

[6] Getting It Right by Dusty Springfield - Topic on YouTube

[org-7] "Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s - An Information Briefing" (PDF). British Film Institute. 2005. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2020.

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