The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a 1969 British drama film, based on the novel of the same name by Muriel Spark. The novel was turned into a play by Jay Presson Allen, which opened in London in 1966 with Vanessa Redgrave and on Broadway in 1968, with Zoe Caldwell in the title role, a performance for which she won a Tony Award. This production was a moderate success, running for just less than a year, but it has often been staged by both professional and amateur companies since then. Allen adapted her play into a film, which was directed by Ronald Neame. It is remembered for Maggie Smith's... performance in the title role, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. There was also a notable performance from Pamela Franklin as Sandy, for which she won the National Board of Review award for Best Supporting Actress. It was entered into the 1969 Cannes Film Festival. Rod McKuen was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song for "Jean", which became a huge hit for the singer Oliver in autumn 1969. The film was released on DVD in the UK by Acorn Media in July 2010 There were two married couples in the cast: Maggie Smith and Robert Stephens, and Gordon Jackson and Rona Anderson.
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