Getting It Right (film)
{{short description|1989 film by Randal Kleiser}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Getting It Right
| image = Getting It Right FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption =
| director = Randal Kleiser
| producer = Jonathan D. Krane
Randal Kleiser
| writer = Elizabeth Jane Howard
| narrator =
| starring = {{plainlist|
| music = Colin Towns
| cinematography = Clive Tickner
| editing = Chris Kelly
| distributor = M.C.E.G.
| released = {{Film date|1989|05|05|df=y}}
| runtime = 102 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
United States[https://www.allmovie.com/movie/getting-it-right-v19588 AllMovie]
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = $960,385
}}
Getting It Right is a 1989 British-American comedy-drama film starring Jesse Birdsall, Jane Horrocks, and Helena Bonham Carter.{{cite web|work=The New York Times|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=950DE2DA153DF936A35756C0A96F948260|title=Getting It Right (1989) Review/Film; An Innocent's Journey on the Rocky Road to Miss Right|authorlink=Vincent Canby|first=Vincent|last=Canby|date=5 May 1989}} 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.[https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/getting-it-right-1989 Roger Ebert][https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-05-19-8902020494-story.html `GETTING IT RIGHT` A SKILLFULLY DIRECTED, GENEROUS FILM - Chicago Tribune]
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.{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/19588/Getting-It-Right/credits|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053522/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/19588/Getting-It-Right/credits|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-09-21|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2013|title=Getting It Right (1989) Production Credits}}[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43YbuxDuNQo Getting It Right by Dusty Springfield - Topic on YouTube]
Box office
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0097424}}
- {{Mojo title|gettingitright}}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes|getting_it_right}}
{{Randal Kleiser}}
Category:1980s coming-of-age comedy-drama films
Category:British coming-of-age comedy-drama films
Category:1980s English-language films
Category:Films about virginity
Category:Films directed by Randal Kleiser
Category:British sex comedy-drama films
Category:Films based on British novels
Category:Films scored by Colin Towns
Category:1980s sex comedy-drama films