Career Girls (1997)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Mike Leigh

Writer:

Mike Leigh (writer)

Release Date:

8 August 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

All Hannah wanted was a roommate... instead she got a best friend.

Plot:

2 young women reunite and rekindle their friendship after having said goodbye at their college graduation, six years earlier.

Plot Keywords:

College | Misfit | Roommate | Obesity | Eczema

Awards:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Katrin Cartlidge	...	Hannah Mills
Lynda Steadman	...	Annie
Kate Byers	...	Claire
Mark Benton	...	Ricky Burton
Andy Serkis	...	Mr. Evans
Joe Tucker	...	Adrian Spinks
Margo Stanley	...	Mrs. Burton, Ricky's Nan
Michael Healy	...	Lecturer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Goran Kostic	...	Student (uncredited)

Directed by
Mike Leigh

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mike Leigh		writer

Produced by
Simon Channing Williams	....	producer

Original Music by
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Tony Remy

Cinematography by
Dick Pope

Film Editing by
Robin Sales

Production Design by
Eve Stewart

Art Direction by
Helen Scott

Makeup Department
Christine Blundell	....	makeup designer
Marese Langan	....	assistant hair stylist
Marese Langan	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Georgina Lowe	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nick Heckstall-Smith	....	first assistant director
Zerlina Hughes	....	third assistant director
Josh Robertson	....	second assistant director
Hannah Titley	....	fourth assistant director

Art Department
Jim Booth	....	stand-by carpenter/painter
Russell Cole	....	stand-by prop
Dan Crandon	....	stand-by prop
Liz Griffiths	....	production buyer
Richard Mills	....	prop pick-up
Tom Read	....	dressing prop
Roadrunner	....	constructor
Nick Rose	....	property master

Sound Department
Orin Beaton	....	boom operator
Mick Boggis	....	sound re-recording mixer
Anuree De Silva	....	assistant dubbing editor
Diane Greaves	....	foley walker
Peter Maxwell	....	sound re-recording mixer
George Richards	....	sound
Julian Rodd	....	foley editor
Jack Stew	....	foley walker
Peter Joly	....	dubbing editor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Joss Barratt	....	still photographer
Lucy Bristow	....	focus puller
Frank Cox	....	best boy
Andy Duncan	....	generator operator
Martin Duncan	....	gaffer
Alan Graham	....	electrician
Andy Ormesher	....	rigger
Dick Pope	....	camera operator
Dan Shoring	....	clapper loader
Colin Strachan	....	camera grip
Nick Wall	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Zoe Porter	....	wardrobe assistant
Rhona Russell	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Mark Lane	....	second assistant editor
Clive Noakes	....	color timer
Jonathan Sales	....	first assistant editor
Victoria Stevens	....	trainee: FT2

Music Department
Marcus Lindsay	....	music engineer

Other crew
Chris Allies	....	title designer
Polly Duval	....	assistant production accountant
Graham Easton	....	completition bond
Piers Lawrence	....	trainee: FT2
Neil Lee	....	location manager
Bek Leigh	....	production runner
David Lewisohn	....	solicitor
Stephen Mayer	....	trainee: FT2
Robin Pim	....	assistant location manager
Deborah Reade	....	production coordinator
Roger Sampson	....	insurance
Melanie Scott	....	trainee: FT2
Heather Storr	....	script supervisor
Will Tyler	....	production accountant (as William Tyler)
Mark Westaway	....	solicitor

Production Companies

• Channel Four Films
• CiBy 2000
• Matrix Film & Television Partnership
• Thin Man Films

Distributors

• October Films (1997) (USA) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (1997) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Manuel Salvador (1997) (UK) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (1997) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Cinemussy (1997) (Spain) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (1997) (Luxembourg) (theatrical)
• Atalanta Filmes (1998) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Cinemania Films Group (1998) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2000) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (199?) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Fox Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Kinokuniya (2003) (Japan) (DVD)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• RCV Home Entertainment (1998) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Siren Visual Entertainment (2003) (Australia) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Mobile Mouthful  catering
• Sapex Scripts  post-production services

Also Known As:

Career Girls - uranaisia (Finland) [fi]
Dos chicas de hoy (Spain) [es]
Filles d'aujourd'hui (Canada: French title) [fr]
Két angol lány (Hungary) [hu]
Karriere Girls (Germany) [de]
Koritsia karieras (Greece) [el]
Ragazze (Italy) [it]
Raparigas de Sucesso (Portugal) [pt]
Simplemente amigas (Argentina) [es]
Wspóllokatorki (Poland) [pl]
Yaldot Carriera (Israel: Hebrew title) [iw]

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some sexuality.

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

UK | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Netherlands:AL | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

King's Cross Station, King's Cross, London, England, UK

Company:

Channel Four Films

Quotes:

Annie: I'll cook you some pasta, like the old days.
Hannah: Living in the pasta.

Movie Connections:

References "Play School" (1966)

Soundtrack:

The Walk

A bittersweet, funny tale of friendship

Mike Leigh's often improvised, raw films can be off-putting if you're unprepared. He has a real nack for finding performers who put their full souls into his films and the style of the acting in this film explodes with a vibrant, distinctive energy. A slice-of-life tale of two college friends who meet up years later and find coincidence and fate entwine in quite unpredictable ways, the film is all about the tensions beneath the surfaces and those things that so often go unsaid. Its a love story between friends much like "Muriels Wedding" and again without a sexual component. The two women undertake an exterior and interior journey and learn about the love that friendship quietly evolves. Cartlidge and Steadman are unique performers and the beautiful music score is by "Secrets and Lies" actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste.