Starter for 10
Starter for 10 is a 2006 British comedy-drama film directed by Tom Vaughan from a screenplay by David Nicholls, adapted from his 2003 novel Starter for Ten. The film stars James McAvoy as a university student who wins a place on a University Challenge quiz team. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2006, and was released in the UK and Ireland on 10 November 2006, and in Canada and the US on 23 February 2007.
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| Based on | Starter for Ten by David Nicholls
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| Cinematography | Ashley Rowe
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| Edited by | Heather Persons
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| Distributed by | Icon Film Distribution
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| Running time | 92 minutes
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| Country | United Kingdom
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| Language | English
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| Box office | $1,736,394
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Brian Jackson: Wow, thanks Spence.
Spencer: God, it's only a tape - don't get all gay about it!
- Stars 3 actors who would go on to play Marvel characters. James McAvoy starred in X Men First Class as the young Charles Xavior, Dominic Cooper plays Howard Stark in Captain America and Agent Carter and Benedict Cumberbatch will shortly star as Doctor Strange. Also Rebecca Hall would co-star in Iron Man 3.
- James McAvoy and Benedict Cumberbatch would later co-star together in Atonement (2007)
- James Corden and Dominic Cooper starred together previously in the critically acclaimed play and film The History Boys.
- Rebecca Hall and Benedict Cumberbatch went on to star opposite each other in Ford Madox Ford's Parade's End.
- Lindsay Duncan, Guy Henry, and Simon Woods appeared together in the TV show Rome (2005)
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