BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen together for the first time as they reminisce over a long summer weekend in a house Joan once shared with Sir Laurence Olivier.
You're invited.
Director: Roger Michell
BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen together for the first time as they reminisce over a long summer weekend in a house Joan once shared with Sir Laurence Olivier.
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Maggie Smith
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Judi Dench
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Eileen Atkins
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Joan Plowright
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Robert Altman
Self (archive footage)
Frank Finlay
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John Gielgud
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Julian Glover
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Laurence Olivier
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Kim Philby
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Vanessa Redgrave
Self (archive footage)
With something like 30 BAFTA, 15 Oscar and twenty odd Golden Globe nominations between them, this congregation of British Dames was always going to be a good opportunity to mix together these four lively characters with a plethora of archive and the odd sup of champagne. What we get is a mess. There's loads of cross-talking, plenty of witty asides, dead air time, hearing aid malfunctions, aching limbs and reminiscences by the pound. It's the very meandering, unstructured, nature of this chat that quite engagingly illustrates just how extensively varied the careers of these women has been since they started treading the boards in the 1960s. There's also quite a degree of camaraderie between these actors that teases out some anecdotes from both the professional and the more personal aspects of their lives on stage and screen, and it's quite a testament to the researchers - and the standard…
Nothing Like a Dame is a 2018 documentary movie from the United Kingdom directed by Roger Michell, starring Maggie Smith, Judi Dench and Eileen Atkins. It was released on May 2, 2018. The running time is 1 h 20 min, in English. Audiences rate it 6.8/10 from 62 votes — mixed to positive.
“You're invited.”
Nothing Like a Dame was released on May 2, 2018.
Nothing Like a Dame was directed by Roger Michell.
The main cast includes Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Joan Plowright and Robert Altman.
Nothing Like a Dame runs 1 h 20 min.
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