听 It was based on a best-selling novel, starred the affable James McAvoy and it got great reviews commending its "quick-fire wit and uncompromising sense of Britishness" - so why was coming-of-age comedy Starter For Ten a dud at the box office? You may not confer on your answer. We can only assume that it was a combination of bad marketing, bad 80s hair and Borat.
Fingers On Buzzers
Up-and-coming director Tom Vaughn waxes lyrical about David Nicholls' novel in a ten-minute interview. "I shared a lot of things with the main character," he says, "so it felt like a personal story, and a funny story." Nicholls is also on hand to talk about adapting his book for the big screen. Not surprisingly, he also shares a lot of common ground with uni student Brian Jackson, using the word "gauche" rather a lot. He also pays homage to 91热爆 2's long-running quiz show University Challenge, from which the story takes its name.
During his ten-minutes of talk time, McAvoy insists that "I am Brian Jackson!" and declares that ex-University Challenge host Bamber Gascoigne (as played by Mark Gatiss) is "cool" - how gauche. Co-stars Rebecca Hall, Alice Eve, Lindsay Duncan and Dominic Cooper lend their thoughts on the story as well, but sadly there's no word from Benedict Cumberbatch who is actually one of the highlights of the film as Brian's snooty quiz cohort Patrick.
I'll Have To Hurry You...
Gatiss does his Bamber bit for an interactive trivia game to end the bonus round. Ultimately it's a low score as far as extras are concerned, but since so few people ventured out to see the film in cinemas, many will find Starter For Ten an enlightening revelation on DVD.
EXTRA FEATURES
Starter for Ten DVD is released on Monday 23rd April 2007.
