Hunky Dory is a British independent musical film about the trials of an idealistic drama teacher as she tries to put on the end of year show. It was written by Laurence Coriat and directed by Welsh director Marc Evans and stars Minnie Driver, Aneurin Barnard, Kimberley Nixon and Robert Pugh. It premièred at the 55th BFI London Film Festival on 25 October 2011, and was officially released on 2 March 2012 in the UK.
Set in a Welsh comprehensive during the long hot summer of 1976, a keen drama teacher Vivienne (Minnie Driver) fights sweltering heat and general teenage apathy to put on an end of year rock and roll musical version of Shakespeare's The Tempest, that David Bowie would be proud of. To engage her students, she uses hits of the time, performed by a fresh young cast led by Davey (Aneurin Barnard).
Directed by:Marc Evans.
Produced by:Jonathan Finn,Dan Lupovitz.
Written by:Laurence Coriat.
Starring:Minnie Driver,Aneurin Barnard,Kimberley Nixon,Robert Pugh,Steve Speirs.
Music by:Joby Talbot.
Cinematography:Charlotte Bruus Christensen.
Studio:Aegis Film Fund,Mulligan and Nesbitt Productions,Prescience.
Distributed by:United Kingdom:Entertainment One.
North America:Universal Pictures.
International:20th Century Fox.
Release date:25 October 2011 (London Film Festival),2 March 2012 (United Kingdom).
Running time:110 minutes.
Country:United Kingdom.
Language:English.
Storyline:
Minnie Driver plays Viv, a fiery high school drama teacher determined to fire up her hormonal, apathetic students by putting on the best end-of-the-year show the school has ever seen… a glam rock-infused musical version of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. But as the Welsh summer begins to heat up, can she compete with the typical teenage distractions of sex and drugs with some great rock and roll.
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