Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
A free-thinking art professor teaches conservative 1950s Wellesley girls to question their traditional social roles.
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Cast & Crew
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Katherine Ann Watson -
Betty Warren -
Joan Brandwyn -
Giselle Levy -
Connie Baker -
Bill Dunbar -
Amanda Armstrong -
Nancy Abbey -
Paul Moore -
President Jocelyn Carr -
Mrs. Warren -
Dr. Edward Staunton -
Girl at the Station -
Housing Director -
Susan Delacorte
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Director:
Mike NewellWriters:
Lawrence Konner, Mark RosenthalAll Cast & Crew
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Trivia
The war story that Bill Dunbar tells during his Italian class is borrowed from the World War I novel "All Quiet On The Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque.
Quotes
Betty Warren:
All her life, she had wanted to teach at Wellesley College. So, when a position opened in the Art History department, she pursued it single-mindedly until she was hired. It was whispered that Katherine Watson, a first-year teacher from Oakland State...
Goofs
The film erroneously depicts Wellesley as the most conservative college in the nation. In fact, Wellesley was not politically conservative at this time and had already appointed to its faculty one of the first African-American sociology professors.
Crazy Credits
The end credits for the prominent cast and crew are set in front of vintage footage and advertisements showing women in the 1940s and 50s.
Soundtracks
How High the MoonWritten by Nancy Hamilton and Morgan Lewis
Performed by Les Paul and Mary Ford
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from EMI Film & Television Music
Storyline
Plot Summary
Genres
DramaDetails
Release Date:
19 December 2003Language
English, Italian
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
USABox Office
Budget:
$65,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend USA:
$11,528,498 21 December 2003
Gross USA:
$63,860,942
Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$141,337,989
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