| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role Peter O'Toole |
| Best Music, Score of a Musical Picture (Original or Adaptation) Leslie Bricusse John Williams | |||
MGM
Directed by Herbert Ross
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros.)
Peter O'Toole gives one of his best performances as a middle aged schoolteacher who finds love with the most unlikely Petula Clark. They are opposites in every way: he is proper and well-educated, she an outspoken actress with a questionable past. They get to know each other in Greece, where they both happen to be touring ancient ruins, although for different reasons. They get married and she proceeds to turn heads at the stoic school for boys where he has hopes of becoming head schoolmaster. His dreams are thwarted by a hypocritical Lord with money who tries to blackmail him with her past. The plot makes a rather abrupt jump to WWII and the bombing of London, leading to tragedy. O'Toole's emotional speech to the school as an elderly man is perhaps the highlight of his long and illustrious career.
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