Privileged (1982)
September 1, 1982Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Hugh Grant
Lord Adrian
James Wilby
Jamie
Imogen Stubbs
Imogen
Mark Williams
Wilf
Robert Woolley
Edward Blake
Diana Katis
Anne
Victoria Studd
Lucy
Simon Shackleton
Justin
Neville Watchurst
Julian
Michael Hoffman
Alan / Director / Writer
Mark Saban
Geoff
Jonathan Cullen
Martin (as Jon Cullen)
Alexander Marengo
Simon (as Alex Marengo)
Jennifer Waldman
Waitress
Stefan Bednarczyk
Pianist
John Warnaby
Treasurer
Andy Paterson
Producer
Peter Schwabach
President
Rick Stevenson
Producer
Ted Coleman
Barman
Fiona Cunningham-Reid
Director of Photography
Rupert Walters
Writer
Jason Cooper
ProductionDesigner
David Woollcombe
Writer
Rachel Portman
Original Music Composer
Derek Goldman
Editor
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Privileged is a 1982 film notable for being the first theatrical release from the Oxford Film Foundation and the screen debut of Hugh Grant, Imogen Stubbs, Mark Williams, and James Wilby. Directed by Michael Hoffman with John Schlesinger, produced by Rick Stevenson (as Richard Stevenson), the film is about a group of Oxford student partygoers, with elements of a whodunit.
The classical score is by Rachel Portman in her film debut at the age of 22, and the film also uses dance tracks by Oxford student band "Kudos Points" whose members included Charlie Mole (who went on to compose film scores in his own right).
The screenplay includes a play within a play as several of the characters are vying for a role in a student production of The Duchess of Malfi.