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Calendar Girls [DVD] [2003]
 
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Calendar Girls [DVD] [2003]

Helen Mirren , Julie Walters , Nigel Cole    Suitable for 12 years and over   DVD
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Helen Mirren, Julie Walters, Penelope Wilton, John Alderton, Linda Bassett
  • Directors: Nigel Cole
  • Writers: Juliette Towhidi, Tim Firth
  • Producers: Nick Barton, Steve Clark-Hall, Suzanne Mackie
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 9 Feb 2004
  • Run Time: 108 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000X7KBE
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,262 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

In the sensible yet elegant hands of actresses Helen Mirren and Julie Walters, Calendar Girls walks a fine line between sappiness and snickering and ends up both wonderfully funny and gently touching. When her best friend Annie (Walters) loses her husband, Chris (Mirren) cooks up a scheme to commemorate him: they and their friends--all fiftysomething women--will make a nude calendar to raise money for the hospital where he died. The calendar becomes hugely popular, but the success may drive a wedge between the two women's friendship. Based on a true story, Calendar Girls carefully balances the stories of several women as it follows the calendar's media explosion, becoming a surprisingly moving fable of loss, determination and the perils of fame. And let's face it--Helen Mirren is one of the wittiest and sexiest women alive, clothes on or not. --Bret Fetzer

DVD Description

Calendar Girls is a humorous and inspiring dramatisation of the true story of the Yorkshire Women’s Institute members who stripped for a charity calendar to raise funds for a local leukaemia unit, where a friends husband was treated until his death. Julie Walters plays Annie, whose husband dies of leukaemia and Helen Mirren plays her best friend Chris, the genius and driving force behind the calendar. The film also features roles from the hilarious Celia Imrie, Annette Crosbie, Penelope Wilton and Linda Bassett.

The film follows the loss of Annie’s husband, John, the spark of the calendar idea, their white wine fuelled photoshoot, the ensuing media frenzy as the world wakes up to Yorkshire’s very own calendar girls and the effects of their new found media fame on their friendships and families.


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111 of 116 people found the following review helpful
By Joseph Haschka HALL OF FAME TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
In 1999, eleven members of the District Women's Institute in Rylstone, North Yorkshire, England posed starkers on a year 2000 calendar printed up to collect funds to benefit leukemia research after the death of John Baker, Assistant National Park Officer for the Yorkshire Dales and husband of WI member Angela, of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1998. What made the venture unusual was that the models were all just local ladies in their 40s, 50s, and 60s. In the UK, 88,000 copies were eventually sold, and 250,000 in the States. CALENDAR GIRLS, based on this story, has been characterized by a principal as about 75% accurate in the re-telling, with the remainder being scriptwriter's embellishment for comedic or dramatic effect. The original idea for the calendar was suggested by Angela's friend, Tricia Stewart.

In the film adaptation, Helen Mirren plays Chris Harper (based on real-life Tricia Stewart) and Julie Walters and John Alderton play Annie and John Clark respectively (based on Angela and John Baker). The calendar saga, from conception to realization and international fame, is centered in the fictional village of Knapley. Harper originally gets the idea after 1) finding a soft porn magazine hidden in her teenage son's room and 2) noticing a girlie calendar on the wall of a village shop. The plan is to produce and sell 500 copies of the calendar to raise the 900 pounds necessary to buy a new sofa for the Relatives' Waiting Room in the local hospital in which John Clark died of his disease. Not only must Chris and Annie surmount the understandable reluctance of their friends and fellow WI members to pose nude (not "naked"), but also convince the chairwomen of the District and National WI that the reputation of the organization won't be sullied.

There is, of course, some nudity in the film, but, as on the calendar itself, it's discreetly done. The naughty bits are strategically hidden by sticky buns, flowering plants, and such. But enough of Helen Mirren is seen for the viewer to realize that physical beauty and maturity of "that certain age" are not mutually incompatible.

Though the script touches on such sober subjects as teenage drug use and spousal infidelity, the film as a whole is delightfully witty, charming, warm, and poignant. And then there are the beautiful Yorkshire towns and fells in which the movie was shot. Is this one of the year's best films? No. Is it a great cinematic achievement? No again. But, I'm giving it five stars anyway because, as an entertainment vehicle, it's everything I ask for when I go to a motion picture show. I sat and watched with a silly smile on my face for almost the entire run time, and left the cinema in no way unsatisfied. What more could one reasonably want?

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Film excellence 21 Jan 2006
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Format:DVD
Waited to see this DVD and wasn't disappointed. Watch the bonus bit about the background and the photographer's point of view before you see the movie as I hadn't realised it was a true story until the end. It was an amazing mix of emotion, joy, humour, drama. Wonderful casting of many gorgeous actresses who portrayed the ordinary women who made the calendar. Their husbands were also well cast. Yorkshire scenery was delightful. Helen Mirren excelled with her northern accent & Julie Walters delivered as usual. All acting faultless. A delight.
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
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Calendar girls is a typically Britsh film and has echoes of Full Monty running through it. However it is the excellent cast of British actresses, Julie Walters, Helen Mirren, Annette Crosbie to name but a few that really make this movie something special. You will be surprised by the number of faces that you recognise in this film, like John Alderton, and not all of them in major roles.

It has that understated quality that makes it very believable and draws the audience into the story, triggering emotions along with the experiences of the characters. There are films that have made me laugh and some that have made me cry, this is the first that did both at the same time. There are a number of human issues dealt with in the film without overt drama but in a warm and very genuine manner.

And there is most definitely humour. Definitely a British classic and one for the collection!

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Most Recent Customer Reviews
calendar girls dvd
Brilliant film . Saw it when it first came out.My mam didn't. We saw the play at the theatre so bought this for my mam to be able to compare the two. Well worth the money .
Published 1 month ago by Frantic fantic
love this film
really good film, its sad in places but overall funny, i love all the girls in it, always puts a smile on my face, great price to.
Published 10 months ago by pippen
Sad story, but delighful ending
First watched the film shortly after release, and really enjoyed it.
Bought DVD and STILL found the experience totally enjoyable, with some very funny pieces that had stood... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr. T. S. W. Hazan
Modern day classic
This is a great film, with all your fave female stars, and has an amusing and emotional storyline that will have you laughing one scene and then reaching for your hankies during... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Anon
Fun, but goes to seed towards the end
There's some shrewdly observed comedy of the English village in this film. It develops well with some good laughs. Read more
Published 24 months ago by William Cohen
Great Film
Great film, laughed pretty much all of the way through it. Although the end could have been made slightly shorter.
Published on 1 Feb 2010 by L. Roberts
Calender Girls
No problems with this product, it was bought as a present and i am told it plays absolutely fine. .
Published on 9 Jan 2010 by P. S. Turner
Classic movie at the right price
Just what the doctor ordered. Recently saw the stageplay which was excellent and inspired me to get the DVD.
Published on 1 Jun 2009 by Bernie D
what committment and love
A moving but entertaining film, a true story helping a cause (Leukaemia Research) that is really saving lives. Read more
Published on 24 May 2009 by Miss Janette Geddes
Brilliant film!
The film has its funny parts even though it is set around a serious illness. It is a brilliant, funny and sensitive film. I would recommend anyone to watch it.
Published on 24 Mar 2009 by M. L. Cook
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