Educating Rita

Question: Where is Educating Rita meant to be set? I know that it is all filmed in Dublin but none of the characters are Irish - they are Liverpudlian or else have indistinguishable "posh" accents.

Gail Field

Chosen answer: It isn't meant to be set anywhere in particular.

jle

Answer: Liverpool.

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Mistakes

Continuity mistake: When Frank picks Rita up from the railway station, it is a cloudy day. As they drive away, it has suddenly become a very clear sunny afternoon. Furthermore, their places in the car have been taken by stunt doubles, with Michael Caine's stand-in sporting noticeably longer, darker and thicker hair. (01:02:35)

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Quotes

Dr. Frank Bryant: Found a culture, have you Rita? Found a better song to sing? No, you found a different song to sing, and on your lips it's shrill and hollow and tuneless.

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