The Student Prince (1997) (TV)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Simon Curtis

Writer:

Lee Hall (writer)

Release Date:

22 November 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Comedy

Plot:

The Queen's youngest son is off to university, mainly because "I'm hopeless at anything else". Barry...

Plot Keywords:

Royalty | Coming Of Age | College

Cast

Robson Green	...	Barry Grimes
Gavin Richards	...	Chief Superintendent
Peter Lovstrom	...	Police Driver
Tara Fitzgerald	...	Grace
Terence Rigby	...	Mr. Garter
Terence Budd	...	Sandy
Rupert Penry-Jones	...	The Prince
Christopher Staines	...	Adams
Graeme Garden	...	The Master
Mark Gough	...	Hargreaves
Jacqueline King	...	The Master's Wife
Stephen Moore	...	Dr. Rymans
Danielle Tilley	...	Serena
Judy Cornwell	...	Mrs. Quigley
Katherine Porter	...	Blue Stocking

Also Known As:

The Prince of Hearts (USA)

Runtime:

Finland:93 min | USA:89 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

For its American television broadcast on PBS, the title of the film was changed to "The Prince of Hearts" to avoid confusion with the famous Romberg-Donnelly 1924 operetta and 1954 Mario Lanza film "The Student Prince", neither of which have anything in common with this film other than the fact that the prince is sent to a university.

Quotes:

Chief Superintendent: Congratulations. You've got yourself a place at Cambridge University.
Barry Grimes: Sir?
Chief Superintendent: A promotion. Royal Protection Squad.
Barry Grimes: You call that a promotion?
Chief Superintendent: His Royal Highness starts at All Saints' College and we thought you'd be the ideal companion.
Barry Grimes: Do I have a choice?
Chief Superintendent: [sneers] What do you think this is - a free country?

Movie Connections:

References Blade Runner (1982)

Charming and Funny

In this comedic drama based loosely on Prince Edward at Cambridge, we find Geordie policeman-turned royal guard Barry Grimes (Robson Green) dealing with both his charge, a naïve prince (Rupert Penry-Jones), and an American Fulbright student (Tara Fitzgerald). Green is absolutely brilliant as the guard who gets more than he bargains for: both an appreciation of literature, and love. As Grace, Tara was great as the free-spirit who becomes the object of both Grimes and the Prince (BTW: Her accent was very good, with only the word "appreciate" giving her away). And that's what you'll do when you see this film: appreciate. With a Cyrano undercurrent and some very funny guard-Prince mentoring scenes, this is one you'll want to watch again and again. If Robson Green is not careful, with previous performances in "Reckless" and "Touching Evil", he will become as well-known (and loved) in America as he is in Britan.