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- Best Comedy Film in The
British Comedy Awards
- Bordeaux Film Festival
Best Screenplay
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| THE
STORY |
| Chris
and Annie are the best of friends – very different, but
very close. Living in a small village in the Yorkshire Dales,
their peaceful lives are shattered when Annie’s husband
dies of leukaemia. An active member of the local Women’s
Institute, Chris enlists the support of her fellow members in
a fund-raising initiative for the local hospital. Her seemingly
traditional idea is to produce a calendar, with a different woman
photographed for each month. Each one will be engaged in a classic
WI task, such as jam making, flower pressing and knitting. Sounds
traditional enough, but her idea has a radical twist - the women
will be in the nude. Before they know it, the women are hitting
the headlines at home and abroad. Whisked off to Hollywood on
a whirlwind publicity tour, they take their turn on the talk
shows and in magazine photo-shoots. Amidst the hype and glamour,
the friendship between Chris and Annie is put to the test. |
"We
are going to need considerably bigger buns...."
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- Touchstone Pictures
- Written by Tim Firth &
Juliette Towhidi
- Produced by Nick Barton &
Suzanne Mackie for Harbour Films
- Director of Photography -
Ashley Rowe
- Directed by Nigel Cole
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| THE
CAST |
- Helen Mirren - Chris
 Julie Walters - Annie
- John Alderton - John
- Linda Bassett - Cora
- Annette Crosby - Jessie
- Celia Imrie - Celia
- Geraldine James - Marie
- Penelope Wilton - Ruth
- Philip Glenister - Lawrence
- Ciaran Hinds - Rod
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| REVIEWS |
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... I am delighted to be able
to tell you how much I thoroughly enjoyed it ...
 Jonathan
Ross
The
Guardian
Hollywood Reporter
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| TIM
FIRTH writes |
- ..A few years ago my best
friend's mother took off with her sister on a Medieval-style
pilgrimage across mainland Europe to see Cliff Richard in concert.
In my desk diary I wrote, '50-year-old-version of Thelma and
Louise'.
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