Notes on a scandal

Resource Information

The work Notes on a scandal represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Wadleigh Memorial Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Notes on a scandal

Statement of responsibility

Fox Searchlight Pictures and DNA Films presents in association with the UK Film Council and BBC Films, a Scott Rudin and Robert Fox production ; produced by Scott Rudin and Robert Fox ; screenplay by Patrick Marber ; directed by Richard Eyre ; presented in association with Ingenious Film Partners 2 LLP

Creator

• Notes on a scandal (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Dench, Judi, 1934-
• Blanchett, Cate, 1969-
• Eyre, Richard, 1943-
• UK Film Council
• Fox, Robert, 1952-
• Heller, Zoë
• Marber, Patrick, 1964-
• Ingenious Film Partners 2 (Firm)
• Nighy, Bill, 1949-
• Fox Searchlight Pictures
• Rudin, Scott, 1958-
• DNA Films
• Simpson, Andrew, 1989-
• BBC Films

Actor

• Nighy, Bill, 1949-
• Dench, Judi, 1934-
• Blanchett, Cate, 1969-
• Simpson, Andrew, 1989-

Director

• Eyre, Richard, 1943-

Producer

• Fox, Robert, 1952-
• Rudin, Scott, 1958-

Screenwriter

• Marber, Patrick, 1964-

Subject

• LGBTQ+ films
• Loneliness in old age -- Drama
• Man-woman relationship -- Drama
• Melodrama
• Heller, Zoë -- Film adaptations
• High school teachers -- Drama
• LGBTQ
• Lesbians -- Drama
• Melodrama
• Melodrama -- Feature
• Scandals -- Drama
• Suspense films
• Teacher-student relationships -- Drama
• Thriller -- Feature
• Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Videodiscs
• Women teachers -- Drama
• Women teachers -- Sexual behavior -- Drama
• Child sexual abuse by teachers -- Drama
• DVD-Video discs
• Feature films

Genre

• LGBTQ+ films
• DVD-Video discs
• Drama
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• LGBTQ
• Melodrama
• Suspense films
• Thriller
• Thrillers (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Videodiscs

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng
• spa
• eng

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

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Chris Menges ; editors, John Bloom, Antonia Van Drimmelen ; music, Philip Glass ; costume designer, Tim Hatley ; productions designer, Tim Hatley

Dewey number

791.4372

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for language and some aberrant sexual content

Language note

English, French or Spanish dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1995.9.S87

LC item number

N6847 2007

PerformerNote

Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Andrew Simpson

Runtime

92

Target audience

general

Technique

live action