Calendar girls [videorecording] / Touchstone Pictures presents a Harbour Pictures production ; produced by Nick Barton & Suzanne Mackie ; written by Tim Firth and Juliette Towhidi ; directed by Nigel Cole.
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FilmPublisher number: 32412 | Touchstone Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French Summary language: Spanish Publication details: [United States] : Touchstone Home Entertainment ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2004], c2003.Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 108 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 078884900X
- Director of photography, Ashley Rowe ; editor, Michael Parker ; music, Patrick Doyle ; costume designer, Frances Tempest ; production designer, Martin Childs ; visual effects supervisor, Richard Stammers ; special effects supervisor, Stuart Brisdon.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Nigel Cole directs the feel-good comedy Calendar Girls, based on the true story of a group of working-class British housewives who became overnight celebrities by posing for a nude calendar in order to raise more than $500,000 pounds for a new leukemia unit. The film follows the adventures of best friends Chris Harper (Helen Mirren) and Annie Clarke (Julie Walters), both members of the charitable Rylstone Women's Institute in North Yorkshire. After Annie's husband John (John Alderton) succumbs to leukemia, the friends are motivated to take some action. They convince the group to craft a tastefully nude calendar featuring the usual ladies' activities of gardening and baking, as photographed by the young amateur Lawrence (Philip Glenister). Despite the disapproval of the Institute's leader Marie (Geraldine James), the calendar quickly becomes a best-seller and leads the group to Hollywood. Ciaran Hinds appears as Chris' husband Rod Harper. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
Originally released as a motion picture in 2003.
Special features: "The naked truth" documentary, "Creating the calendar" documentary, deleted scenes.
Director of photography, Ashley Rowe ; editor, Michael Parker ; music, Patrick Doyle ; costume designer, Frances Tempest ; production designer, Martin Childs ; visual effects supervisor, Richard Stammers ; special effects supervisor, Stuart Brisdon.
Helen Mirren, Julie Walters, Linda Bassett, Annette Crosbie, Celia Imrie.
When Chris' best friend Annie loses her husband, Chris derives a scheme to memorialize him. The two women, along with some of their friends - all fiftysomething women - will make a nude calendar to raise money for the hospital where he died. The calendar becomes hugely popular. Based on actual events.
MPAA rating: PG-13; for nudity, some language and drug-related material.
DVD, Region 1, Dolby 5.1.
Includes English and French language tracks, with optional Spanish subtitles. Closed captioned in English.