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Release Date:
12 September 2003 (Norway) moreTagline:
They dropped everything for a good cause. morePlot:
A Women's Institute chapter's fundraising effort for a local hospital by posing nude for a calendar becomes a media sensation. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 12 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(28 articles)
Hall Goes Naked For Stage Role (From WENN. 19 June 2009, 9:10 AM, PDT)
June Brown has varicose vein op
(From digitalspy. 3 June 2009, 6:18 AM, PDT)
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Go see it! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Helen Mirren | ... | Chris Harper | |
| Julie Walters | ... | Annie Clarke | |
| John Alderton | ... | John Clarke | |
| Linda Bassett | ... | Cora | |
| Annette Crosbie | ... | Jessie | |
| Philip Glenister | ... | Lawrence Sertain | |
| Ciarán Hinds | ... | Rod Harper | |
| Celia Imrie | ... | Celia | |
| Geraldine James | ... | Marie | |
| Penelope Wilton | ... | Ruth Reynoldson | |
| George Costigan | ... | Eddie Reynoldson | |
| Graham Crowden | ... | Richard | |
| John Fortune | ... | Frank | |
| Georgie Glen | ... | Kathy | |
| Angela Curran | ... | May Wilkinson |
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Rated PG-13 for nudity, some language and drug-related material.Parents Guide:
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108 minLanguage:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Iceland:L | UK:12 (video rating) (2003) | UK:12A (original rating) | Hungary:14 | Finland:K-3 | South Korea:15 | Taiwan:R-12 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:12 | Canada:PG | Germany:o.Al. (bw) | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:PG | Norway:A | Peru:PT | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:14 (canton of the Grisons) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #39650)Fun Stuff
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Anne Reid was offered a major role, but choose to do Roger Michell's The Mother (2003/I) instead. moreGoofs:
Continuity: The photographer of the calendar shoot used a 35mm camera, yet the proofs are contact prints of medium-format roll-film negatives. moreSoundtrack:
Comin' Home Baby moreFAQ
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I've been getting a little tired of the computer-enhanced extravaganzas that have been flung at viewers over the past few years. You know what I'm talking about--the movies that are short on plot, acting or both which are bolstered up by loud FX and revolutionary digital animation so that it becomes "special effects in search of a picture". I'm delighted to say that CALENDAR GIRLS has nothing of the kind. It's all about the plot, all about the women involved, and all about laughing so hard you cry--or maybe about being able to forget tears in deep laughter, if only for a moment.
The acting is superb. One hardly needs to mention Helen Mirren. I read one comment that pans her Yorkshire accent; well, I attended it with an Englishwoman who is very familiar with such an accent and she specifically told me that her accent never slipped, so I've no idea where that comment came from.
Having been involved with the world of cancer treatment recently (fortunately with a happier outcome for my mother, a survivor of breast cancer) this movie strikes close to home. It's completely accurate; it's not pretty and it's often degrading, no matter how much the oncological staff tries to make it easier. The movie is also accurate in the kind of sentiments it expresses about cancer. People who have been touched by that filthy disease will do ANYTHING to fight it. (I sat on a spin bike for twenty-four consecutive hours in aid of breast cancer less than two weeks ago, so I do know what I'm talking about.) Yes, a few liberties with the real story have been taken. So what? The result is a coherent progression that is more interested in human beings than plot details. And isn't that what it should be about?
I've heard this dismissed as a movie for "older people". I'm proud to be of that number--after all, at the age of thirty-five I'm ten years out of the target demographic at which Hollywood films are aimed. If by "older people" they mean people who want a movie to be about something important as opposed to the latest spectacular light show, I'm glad to be of that number. I'd recommend this to anyone who's interested in a movie that is both hysterically funny and deeply touching. It has re-inspired me in the battle against cancer, and if it does that to anyone else, it will have made a worthwhile difference.