Goodbye, Mr. Chips

– Academy Award-honoree Peter O'Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster ..

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Movie
Rating:
7.00 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 32 Minutes
Release Year:
1969
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)

Academy Award-honoree Peter O'Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster who learns to show his compassion through the help of an outgoing showgirl. O'Toole, who received his fourth Oscar-nomination for this performance, is joined by '60s pop star Petula Clark and fellow Oscar-nominee Michael Redgrave.

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Producing Country:
USA
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) - Trailer

Release Date:

25 Nov 1969

Language:

English, Latin

MPAA Content-Rating:
G – General Audiences

All ages admitted. Nothing that would offend parents for viewing by children.

Director:

Herbert Ross

Writer:

James Hilton (novel), Terence Rattigan (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Peter O'Toole, Petula Clark, Michael Redgrave, George Baker

Plot:

Arthur Chipping is an academic teaching at Brookfield Boys School outside of London in the 1920's. Although he does what he considers best for his students, they don't much like him, nicknaming him "Ditchy", short for "dull as ditch water". His life changes when he meets Katherine Bridges, a music hall actress and a woman with a questionable past. She affectionately calls him Mr. Chips. Despite their differences, they fall in love. He in particular realizes that in striking a relationship, they will have many obstacles to overcome. He doesn't particularly like the world in which she is involved, including her friends and her profession, and she doesn't exactly fit the mold of a teacher's wife. Still, they decide to get married. She forgoes her career to be Mrs. Chips, living on campus as the housewife of a teacher at a proper boy's school. It is a world in which she will have to learn the rules, or at least bend them to her sensibilities, although she vows never to embarrass him. Katherine's arrival at Brookfield may change Chips' standing at the school. Further changes ensue for the Chips' and Brookfield with the onset of World War II.

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 3 nominations.

Production:

MGM

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%