Calendar Girls

Director: Nigel Cole

Overview

"Nigel Cole directs two of the most respected British actresses of their generation, Helen Mirren and Julie Walters, in the comedy Calendar Girls. That film makes its debut on DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrica

Product Details

Release Date:	08/14/2007
UPC:	0786936227932
Original Release:	2003
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	WALT DISNEY VIDEO
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:48:00
Sales rank:	2,804

Special Features

Closed Caption;"The Naked Truth" documentary; "Creating the Calendar" documentary; Deleted scenes

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Helen Mirren	Chris
Julie Walters	Annie
John Alderton	John
Linda Bassett	Cora
Annette Crosbie	Jessie
Philip Glenister	Lawrence
Celia Inrie	Celia
Geraldine James	Marie
Penelope Wilton	Ruth
George Costigan	Eddie
Graham Crowden	Richard
John Fortune	Frank
Georgie Glen	Kathy
Angela Curran	May
Rosalind March	Trudy
John-Paul MacLeod	Jem
Marc Pickering	Gaz
John Sharian	Danny
Belinda Everett	Maya
Harriet Thorpe	Brenda Mooney
Gillian Wright	Eddie's Woman
Ian Embleton	Andy
Janet Howd	Julia
Lesley Staples	Jenny
Richard Braine	Policeman
Maggie McCarthy	W.I. Administrator 1
Diana Marchment	W.I. Administrator 2
Celia Henebury	Check-In Stewardess
Ted Robbins	Bike Man
Arthur Kelly	Bookshop Owner
Alison Pargeter	Chemist's Assistant
Tim Barker	Holiday Speaker
Angus Barnett	Orchid Photographer
Frank Barrie	Lecherous Photographer
John Sparkes	Welsh Photographer
Merryn Owen	Student Photographer
Richard Ashton	Policeman 2
Shameer Madarbakus	Policeman 3
Elizabeth Bennett	W.I. Judge
Simon Ludders	Waiter
Darren Southworth	Sofa Salesman
Sharon Thomas	TV Reporter
Christa Ackroyd	News Presenter
Geoffrey Wilkinson	Seed Company Manager
Bob Flag	Alan Rathbone
Mark Hayford	Charity Chicken Worker
Geoffrey Banks	Lycra Cyclist 1
Wilfred Harrison	Lycra Cyclist 2
Adil Hussain	Jem's Friend
Waqas Altaf	Jem's Friend 2
Paul McLeary	Husband 1
Peter Lorenzelli	Husband 2
Jay Leno	Himself
Matt Malloy	Hotel Manager
Patton Oswalt	Larry
Craig Kirkwood	Bellboy
Frank Bello	Member of Anthrax
John Bush	Member of Anthrax
Scott Ian Rosenfeld	Member of Anthrax
Ashley Niles	Hotel Registration
Angela Baker	Highgyll W.I. Lady
Beryl Bamforth	Highgyll W.I. Lady
Christine Clancy	Highgyll W.I. Lady
Ros Fawcett	Highgyll W.I. Lady
Lynda Logan	Highgyll W.I. Lady
Tricia Stewart	Highgyll W.I. Lady
Ciar?n Hinds	Rod
Roy the Postman	Himself
Celia Imrie	Celia
Patrick Doyle	Composer

Technical Credits

Juliette Towhidi

Tim Firth

Juliette Towhidi	Screenwriter
Tim Firth	Screenwriter
Roy Alon	Stunts
Stuart Brisdon	Special Effects
Richard Stammers	Special Effects
Gail Stevens	Casting
Nick Barton	Producer
Suzanne Mackie	Producer
Nik Powell	Executive Producer
Steve Clark-Hall	Producer
Henry Badgett	Special Effects
Ricky Butt	Sound Effects
Tim Cavagin	Sound Effects
Colin Cooper	Sound Effects

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Opening Credits/ Calendar Girls [9:06]
2. The Award [9:21]
3. Calendar Conception [9:48]
4. Finding the Perfect Photographer [10:43]
5. Photo Session [10:48]
6. Selling the Calendar [10:38]
7. The Press [8:25]
8. Pressures of Fame [7:35]
9. The Girls Go to Hollywood! [2:12]
10. The "Biz" [10:08]
11. Coming Home/ End Credits [9:20]

Menu

Side #1 --
Play
Bonus Material
The Naked Truth
Creating the Calendar
Deleted Scenes
Late Delivery
A Father and Son Chat
The Media
In the Lounge (With Anthrax)
Play All
Register Your DVD
Leukaemia Research
Scene Selection
Sneak Peeks
Play All
Hidalgo
Miracle
Raising Helen
Soap Net
Hope & Faith
Set Up
Audio Options
English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound
Captions & Subtitles
Captions
English for the Hearing Impaired
Subtitles
Spanish
Subtitles: None

Editorial Reviews

Based on a real-life situation that made headlines worldwide (a development that is incorporated into the story), Calendar Girls is equal parts drama and comedy, woven seamlessly into a narrative fabric carefully stitched together by director Nigel Cole. It begins in a small English village where women while away their spare hours in a ladies club where floral arrangements and baking contests are the principal activities. When the husband of a well-liked member (Julie Walters) succumbs to cancer, her best friend (Helen Mirren) proposes a more worthy project: raising money to finance a cancer-care wing in the local hospital. Somewhat improbably, the middle-aged women decide to do this by selling calendars adorned with semi-nude pictures of themselves. Yes, this really happened, and Cole depicts the process in hilariously excruciating detail. He shows us that the ladies each have something to prove, if only to themselves; one initially reticent participant poses just to get back at her unfaithful husband, another to vindicate her supposedly unseemly interest in sexuality. The calendar's notoriety goes beyond the shores of Mother England, and a large chunk of the narrative is devoted to the ladies' whirlwind trip to Hollywood, their subsequent appearances on TV, and their overnight celebrity. The consequences of sudden fame, including bloated egos and unwelcome intrusions by strangers, conspire to unravel this close-knit group, and Cole and his uniformly excellent cast believably depict the inevitable personality conflicts. Ciaran Hinds is especially strong as Mirren's patient but increasingly exasperated husband. Like The Full Monty, to which it’s inevitably compared, Calendar Girls is a perfectly unassuming and delightful comedy.