Starter for 10 is a British/American comedy-drama film directed by Tom Vaughan from a screenplay by David Nicholls, adapted from his own novel Starter for Ten. The film stars James McAvoy as Brian Jackson, a university student who wins a place on a University Challenge quiz team. It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2006, and was released in the UK and Ireland on November 10, 2006, and in Canada and the US on February 23, 2007. A period comedy set in 1985, the story chronicles the adventures of Brian Jackson , a student in his first year at Bristol University. A somewhat... geeky gifted accumulator of knowledge, Brian has been a fan since childhood of University Challenge. That TV show's famous catchphrase—"Your starter for 10"—gives the film its title. Soon after arriving at university, he seizes upon the opportunity to join Bristol's University Challenge team. He promptly falls for his glamorous team mate Alice , though he may be more compatible with a Jewish counterculturalist friend, Rebecca .
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| Release date: | September 13, 2006 |
| Directed by: | Tom Vaughan |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 92 Minutes |
| Producer: | Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, Pippa Harris |
| Editor: | Jon Harris, Heather Persons |
| Music by: | Blake Neely |
| Cinematography: | Ashley Rowe |
| Screenplay by: | David Nicholls |
| Estimated budget: | $8,287,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |