St Trinian’s

Comedy- All

97 minutes
Tampa Theater
711 Franklin Street, downtown Tampa
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St. Trinian’s, once a bastion of upper class education and erudition, now faces foreclosure and a visit from the reform-minded Education Minister Geoffrey Thwaites (Colin Firth).

This might be the time to buckle down and right the ship, but not if you’re the boozy headmistress, Camilla Fritton (played in drag by Rupert Everett, who also plays her twin brother, the devilish art dealer Carnaby Fritton). Rumor has it that Everett loosely based his female character on Camilla Parker Bowles.

Sure, Camilla and Geoffrey may have been lovers at university, but they’re now locked in a battle of wills – a battle each is determined to win. The school’s girls,understandably nervous that their rowdy doctrine of free expression and self-indulgence are at stake, decide to take matters into their own hands. Their black market vodka still, run by twin 10 year olds, just isn’t bringing in enough cash. That may, of course, be due to their distributor, the hapless Flash Harry (Russell Brand).

There’s only one way to save St. Trinian’s – steal thefamous “Girl With A Pearl Earring” painting from the National Gallery.

This laugh-out loud romp – a cross between Bad News Bears and Fawlty Towers, features some of Britain’s most famous actors, including Stephen Fry, Anna Chancellor (Duckface in 4 Weddings and a Funeral), and newcomers Celia Temple and Gemma Atherton.

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