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Calendar Girls

Calendar Girls film poster
Directed by Nigel Cole
Produced by Nick Barton,
Steve Clark-Hall,
Suzanne Mackie
Written by Tim Firth,
Juliette Towhidi
Starring Helen Mirren,
Julie Walters,
Linda Bassett,
Annette Crosbie,
Celia Imrie,
Penelope Wilton
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) 2003
Running time 108 minutes
Language English
IMDb profile

Calendar Girls is a British film of 2003, based on the true story of a group of Yorkshire women who produce a nude calendar to raise money for leukemia research, under the auspices of the Women's Institute. To date, the Calendar Girls have raised over one million pounds. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (430x640, 29 KB) http://www. ... Dame Helen Mirren, DBE (born Ilyena Vasilievna Mironov[1] on July 26, 1945) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning English stage, television and movie actress. ... Julie Walters as Molly Weasley in Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone Julia Mary Walters (born February 22, 1950) is a British actor of Irish Catholic extraction, mainly associated with comedy and character roles. ... Annette Crosbie, OBE (born 12 February 1934) is a Scottish character actress, best known for her many television appearances. ... Celie Imrie (born 15 July 1952 in Guildford England) is a British actress. ... Penelope Wilton (born June 3, 1946 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK) is a British actress. ... Universal Pictures is the main motion picture production/distribution arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of NBC Universal. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael Caine in Get Carter (1971). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A page from the Hindu calendar 1871-72. ... The Womens Institute (WI) is a membership organisation for women in England and Wales. ...


The film stars Helen Mirren and Julie Walters. It also features John Alderton, Annette Crosbie, Ciaran Hinds, Celia Imrie, Geraldine James and Penelope Wilton. Dame Helen Mirren, DBE (born Ilyena Vasilievna Mironov[1] on July 26, 1945) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning English stage, television and movie actress. ... Julie Walters as Molly Weasley in Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone Julia Mary Walters (born February 22, 1950) is a British actor of Irish Catholic extraction, mainly associated with comedy and character roles. ... John Alderton (born November 27, 1940), is a popular British actor. ... Annette Crosbie, OBE (born 12 February 1934) is a Scottish character actress, best known for her many television appearances. ... Ciarán Hinds (also credited as Ciaran Hinds, b. ... Celie Imrie (born 15 July 1952 in Guildford England) is a British actress. ... Geraldine James is a British actress who lives in London. ... Penelope Wilton (born June 3, 1946 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK) is a British actress. ...


The film is a "feel-good" comedy based on the emphatically "amateur" status of the eponymous Calendar Girls, in humorous contrast to the professional models who appear in most calendars and pinups. Comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humour with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ... Supermodel Daniella Sarahyba. ... This image of Betty Grable became the archetype of pin-ups during World War II A pin-up girl or pin-up model is a model whose mass-produced pictures see wide appeal as pop culture. ...


Tagline: They dropped everything for a good cause.


See also

This is a list of some of the more notable British films. ... This is a list of topics related to the United Kingdom. ...

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Calendar Girls True Story - Movie Calendar Girls Real Pictures (1111 words)
Unfortunately, this was not the case, yet the image of the sunflower remained as a reminder of John and a symbol of the group's fund raising for leukaemia and lymphomas.
In her BBC review of the film, real life calendar girl Tricia Stewart explained that the argument that arose between Annie and Chris in the film did not happen between any of the girls in real life.
Browse the two calendars, including the original WI Calendar and the new calendar featuring the women from the film with some of the original calendar girls.
Filmtracks: Calendar Girls (Patrick Doyle) (731 words)
Calendar Girls: (Patrick Doyle) Imagine how the calendar and the film would have been different had it not been for all of those tastefully placed flower arrangements!
The Nigel Cole film, Calendar Girls, based on the real life story of Women's Institute gang of gals over 40 posing nude for a calendar to raise money for a local hospital, is a feel-good story produced by Touchstone/Buena Vista (yup, the Disney folks), so you know it'll be innocuous.
The piano, performed by Brian Gascoigne, is at center stage in the score, propelling the rest of the ensemble with its rumbling, low rhythms and contemporary style.
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