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Tamara Drewe (2010)

R  111 min  -  Comedy | Drama | Romance   -  14 July 2010 (France)
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A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.

Director:

Stephen Frears

Writers:

Posy Simmonds (graphic novel), Moira Buffini (screenplay)
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gemma Arterton ...
Roger Allam ...
Bill Camp Bill Camp ...
Glen McCreavy
Dominic Cooper ...
Luke Evans ...
Tamsin Greig ...
Beth Hardiment
Jessica Barden ...
Jody Long
Charlotte Christie Charlotte Christie ...
Casey Shaw
James Naughtie James Naughtie ...
Interviewer
John Bett John Bett ...
Diggory
Josie Taylor ...
Zoe
Bronagh Gallagher ...
Eustacia
Pippa Haywood Pippa Haywood ...
Tess
Susan Wooldridge Susan Wooldridge ...
Penny Upminster
Amanda Lawrence Amanda Lawrence ...
Mary
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Storyline

Once the ugly duckling in the Dorset village of Ewedown, Tamara Drewe returns to sell her late mother's house, now a glamorous journalist with a life-changing nose job. She awakens feelings in sexy old flame, Andy, the decent odd job man at pretentious author Nicholas Hardiment's writers' school and in Nicholas himself, a serial philanderer who cheats on his loyal wife Beth. But Tamara has a new man in her life, Ben, an obnoxious rock drummer whose marriage proposal she accepts, to the dismay of local girl - and Ben's biggest fan - Jody. Jody's efforts to sabotage the engagement lead to Tamara, on the rebound and finding Andy in the arms of another, allowing Nicholas to have his wicked way with her, and also allowing it to be photographed and sent to a distraught Beth. Beth's secret admirer, American writer Glen, confronts Nicholas out in the fields, but Ben's dog Boss has got loose and has caused a local farmer's cattle to stampede towards them... Written by don @ minifie-1  

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Plot Keywords:

Writer | Drummer | House | Nose Job | Childhood Home  | See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some sexuality See all certifications »

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Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Неотразимая Тамара See more »

Filming Locations:

Dorset, England, UK See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

£615,553 (UK) (12 September 2010) (358 Screens)

Gross:

$560,101 (USA) (13 March 2011)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | France: (Cannes Film Festival)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital  | SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

In addition to being loosely based on a novel by Thomas Hardy, including a character who is writing a book about Hardy, and having a photograph of Hardy prominently displayed in one scene, the location filming was done in Dorset, where most of Hardy's novels are set - "Wessex" being a thinly fictionalized Dorset. The small ad for the writers' retreat that appears at the beginning of the film is also headed with the title of the novel: "Far from the Madding Crowd". See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Jody is sending her second email, the screen shows "Message Sent" before she hits a key to send the message. See more »

Connections

References "Newsnight" (1980) See more »

Soundtracks

"This is a low"
Written by Benjamin Todd and Nathan Cooper
Performed by SWIPE
Published by Copyright Control See more »