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Get Real

  • 1998
  • R
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
14K
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Get Real (1998)
A tenderly romantic coming-of-age story as two boys in a British school fall in love.
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A tenderly romantic coming-of-age story as two boys in a British school fall in love.A tenderly romantic coming-of-age story as two boys in a British school fall in love.A tenderly romantic coming-of-age story as two boys in a British school fall in love.

  • Director
    • Simon Shore
  • Writer
    • Patrick Wilde
  • Stars
    • Ben Silverstone
    • Brad Gorton
    • Charlotte Brittain
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    14K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Simon Shore
    • Writer
      • Patrick Wilde
    • Stars
      • Ben Silverstone
      • Brad Gorton
      • Charlotte Brittain
    • 159User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Top Cast31

    Ben Silverstone
    Ben Silverstone
    • Steven Carter
    Brad Gorton
    Brad Gorton
    • John Dixon
    Charlotte Brittain
    Charlotte Brittain
    • Linda
    Stacy Hart
    Stacy Hart
    • Jessica
    • (as Stacy A. Hart)
    Kate McEnery
    Kate McEnery
    • Wendy
    Patrick Nielsen
    • Mark
    Tim Harris
    • Kevin
    James D. White
    • Dave
    James Perkins
    • Young Steve
    Nicholas Hunter
    • Young Mark
    Jacquetta May
    • Steven's Mother
    David Lumsden
    • Steven's Father
    David Elliot
    • Glen
    Morgan Jones
    • Linda's Brother
    Richard Hawley
    • English Teacher
    Steven Mason
    • Cruising Man
    Charlotte Hanson
    • Glen's Wife
    Alina Hazeldine
    • Crying Baby
    • Director
      • Simon Shore
    • Writer
      • Patrick Wilde
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Film location of Basingstoke, Hampshire. Using the summer house in The War Memorial Park - depicted as a public toilet
    • Goofs
      In the scene in the school newspaper office, when Mark discovers the anonymous article "Get Real", he reads aloud from the article: "The assumption that your children are heterosexual may be causing them pain." The close-up on the computer screen shows that sentence as: "The assumption that your children are heterosexual may be destroying their lives."
    • Quotes
      • John Dixon: Fag?
      • Steven Carter: W-what?
      • John Dixon: I mean, uh...
      • [holds out cigarette]
      • Steven Carter: Oh. Um. Sure.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper: Entrapment/Three Seasons/The Winslow Boy/Idle Hands/Get Real (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Staying Out For The Summer
      Written by Nigel Clark, Andy Miller (as Andrew Miller) and Mathew Priest (as Matthew Priest)
      Performed by Dodgy
      A&M Records Ltd., London

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    Details

    • Release date
      • April 30, 1999 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ubícate
    • Filming locations
      • Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK(War Memorial Park. The Vyne School. Festival Place. Top of Town. Down Grange. Odeon Cinema)
    • Production companies
      • Distant Horizon
      • Graphite Film Production
      • British Screen
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    Box office

    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,152,979
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $54,254
      • May 2, 1999
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,176,597
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 48m(108 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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