Calendar Girls (2003)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Nigel Cole

Writers:

Tim Firth (written by)
Juliette Towhidi (written by)

Release Date:

12 September 2003 (Norway)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

They dropped everything for a good cause.

Plot:

A Women's Institute chapter's fundraising effort for a local hospital by posing nude for a calendar becomes a media sensation.

Plot Keywords:

Calendar | Yorkshire | Leukemia | Hospital | Posing Nude

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 12 nominations

Cast

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

Also Known As:

Kalender Girls (Austria) (Germany) [de]
Kalenderflickorna (Finland: Swedish title) (Sweden) [sv]
As Garotas do Calendário (Brazil) (festival title) [pt]
Calendar Girls (France) [fr]
Chicas de calendario (Argentina) [es]
Dziewczyny z kalendarza (Poland) [pl]
Felül semmi (Hungary) [hu]
Fetele din calendar (Romania) [ro]
Kalendritüdrukud (Estonia) [et]
Kalenteritytöt (Finland) [fi]
Las chicas del calendario (Spain) [es]
Ta koritsia tou imerologiou (Greece) [el]
Takvim kizlari (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for nudity, some language and drug-related material.

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

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)

Filming Locations:

Buckden, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

Trivia:

Anne Reid was offered a major role, but choose to do Roger Michell's The Mother (2003/I) instead.

Goofs:

Continuity: When leaving the hotel for the first time before they get into the limo to go to sign autographs, one of the women takes a camera from the photographer and then, between shots, the camera changes from right hand to left and the right again.

Quotes:

[Jem has been arrested by the police for possession of cannabis]
Rod: They're not charging him.
Annie: Why? Is it not illegal then?
Rod: Well, cannabis is, but they tend not to worry too much about oregano.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in 'Calendar Girls': Creating the Calendar (2004) (V)

Soundtrack:

Find Another Way

Pass the Bacon

Greetings again from the darkness. Director Nigel Cole delivers a charming, touching, funny story with a message. Based on the true story of a few society women in England who decide to do a quasi-nude calendar to raise money for a cancer center. The well-known story itself holds few surprises, but the cast is so wonderful and the dialogue so crisp that one can't help but enjoy the film. Helen Mirren ("Gosford Park") and Julie Walters ("Educating Rita") lead the mostly female cast who bare it all ... sort of. As much as I liked the film, I do believe the two leads should have flipped roles to make this even more effective. Also, the pacing is true British, as many of the lines are missed due to U.S. audience out-loud laughter. Be forewarned if you see it in a full theatre ... you will miss a few lines. A wonderful movie for all ages and both sexes!