The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000) (TV)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Gillies MacKinnon

Writer:

Alan Plater (writer)

Release Date:

26 August 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

It's never too late for an encore.

Plot:

A woman tries to reunite the swing band she played with during WWII.

Plot Keywords:

Swing Band | Cross Dressing | WWII | Scotland | Drag

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Judi Dench	...	Elizabeth
Ian Holm	...	Patrick
Leslie Caron	...	Madeleine
Olympia Dukakis	...	Dinah
Cleo Laine	...	Gwen
Joan Sims	...	Betty
Billie Whitelaw	...	Evelyn
June Whitfield	...	Annie
Thelma Ruby	...	Vera
Millie Findlay	...	Joanna (Elizabeth's granddaughter)
Felicity Dean	...	Patricia
Nicholas Palliser	...	Edward (as Nicholas Pallister)
Valentine Pelka	...	Leslie
Carla MacKinnon	...	Carol
Dom Chapman	...	Paul (street musician)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some strong language.

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Australia:M | Singapore:PG | UK:15 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

The film contains the last acting performance of Joan Sims.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the girls are walking across the rubble after the bombings we see one of the girls in a red coat wearing trainers.

Quotes:

Evelyn: Any news on Gwen?
Dinah: If she doesn't show, we'll kill her. You'll see to it, right babe?
Betty: There's a fellow comes in the bar, he's in that line of work.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Unforgettable Joan Sims (2002) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Opus One

Absolutely delightful

I'm so glad I happened to see this video at the store. I was looking for some happy movies and this one turned out to be a true gem. I loved that the movie, a love story of sorts, wasn't about some beautiful twenty-somethings; rather, it's a story of some beautiful sixty-somethings, who used used to be twenty-somethings. It's a good, well written, and wonderfully acted story with fabulous WWII band music thrown in as well. It's also got a delightful surprise in it for Scottish castle lovers. It left me smiling and ready to watch it again, which I did a couple more times before I turned it in. I highly recommend it.