# Help me ID this movie based on minimal information.

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**Created:** [April 15, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-movie-based-on-minimal-information/445399 "2008-04-15T04:09:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![uncle\_squeegee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b5e925/32.png) [@uncle\_squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uncle_squeegee)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-movie-based-on-minimal-information/445399/1 "2008-04-15T04:09:04Z")

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I saw it about 15 years ago (on VHS), but don’t remember if it was current then or older.

The main character is a schoolboy and is new to the school where the movie is set. I think it’s a boarding school, and everybody wears a uniform.  
It takes place in Britain, Australia, or New Zealand (everybody has accents but I don’t remember which one of those it was).  
One of the teachers has her class practice enunciation by repeating the sentence “I would like a piece of cake.” When demonstrating for the class, the teacher exaggerates the vowel sounds. This is the only scene I remember.

Not much to go on, but if anybody can pull the proverbial rabbit out of the hat, I’ll be grateful and put you in my will.  
Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-movie-based-on-minimal-information/445399/2 "2008-04-16T13:14:56Z")

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Any chance it’s [Sylvia (1985)](http://imdb.com/title/tt0090113/)?

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**Author:** ![uncle\_squeegee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b5e925/32.png) [@uncle\_squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/uncle_squeegee)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-movie-based-on-minimal-information/445399/3 "2008-04-16T14:58:31Z")

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Looks like a good possibility. I’ll see if I can find a copy.  
Thanks!