Themes: Sexual Awakening, First Love, Age Disparity Romance
Main Cast: Jesse Birdsall, Helena Bonham Carter, Peter Cook, Lynn Redgrave, Jane Horrocks
Release Year: 1989
Country: US/UK
Run Time: 101 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Based on Elizabeth Jane Howard's novel, Getting It Right this charming comedy follows the story of Gavin Lamb (Jesse Birdsall), a 31 year-old virgin who is terrified with women and still lives with his parents. Nevertheless, he becomes the subject of desire for a variety of women, including a single mother (Jane Horrocks), a wealthy pregnant girl (Helen Bonham Carter) and a middle-aged socialite (Lynn Redgrave). Gavin eventually finds love with one of the three women in this engaging, low-key romantic comedy. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide
John Gielgud - Sir Gordon Munday; Richard Huw - Harry; Pat Heywood - Mrs. Lamb; Judy Parfitt - Stella Munday; Bryan Pringle - Mr. Lamb; Cyril Conway - Manservant; Aimée Delamain - Mrs. Arbuthnot; Kevin Drinkwater - Winthrop; June C. Ellis - Mrs. Wagstaffe; Shirley Ann Field - Anne; Irene Marot - Sheila; Ben Miles - Spiro; Nan Munro - Lady Blackwater; Ian Redford - Bill; Richard Strange - Sheila's Friend; Elizabeth Jane Howard - Woman at Party; Richard Macdonald - Man at Opera; Noriko Aida - Maid; Janet Amsden - Mrs. Blake; John Cashmore - Opera Singer; Cut Double - Rock Band; Rupert Holliday Evans - Peter; Lula Ioannou - Salon Junior; Sarah Morgan - Salon Junior; Anne-Marie Owens - Opera Singer; Pauline Quirke - Muriel Sutton; Vivian Tierney - Opera Singer; Joey Andrews - Luke
Credit
Frank Walsh - Art Director, Jeff Gourson - Associate Producer, Gregory Hinton - Co-producer, Randal Kleiser - Co-producer, Jonathan D. Krane - Co-producer, Hazel Pethig - Costume Designer, Randal Kleiser - Director, Christian Kelly - Editor, Rusty Lemorande - Executive Producer, Colin Towns - Composer (Music Score), Steve Tyrell - Composer (Music Score), Sue Black - Makeup, Caroline Amies - Production Designer, Clive Tickner - Cinematographer, Elizabeth Jane Howard - Screenwriter, Elizabeth Jane Howard - Book Author
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.
Tag line:Gavin is 31... and a virgin. One wild night and three woman later, he's finally... Getting It Right
