Nothing Like a Dame
BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen together for the first time as they reminisce over a long summer weekend in a house Joan once shared with Sir Laurence Olivier.
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Robert Altman
Roger Michell
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With something like 30 BAFTA, 15 Oscar and twenty odd Golden Globe nominations between them, this congregation of British Dames was always going to be a good opportunity to mix together these four lively characters with a plethora of archive and the odd sup of champagne. What we get is a mess. There's loads of cross-talking, plenty of witty asides, dead air time, hearing aid malfunctions, aching limbs and reminiscences by the pound. It's the very meandering, unstructured, nature of this chat that quite engagingly illustrates just how extensively varied the careers of these women has been since they started treading the boards in the 1960s. There's also quite a degree of camaraderie between these actors that teases out some anecdotes from both the professional and the more personal aspects of their lives on stage and screen, and it's quite a testament to the researchers - and the standards and variety of British television across the years - that they have managed to track down such a vast array of supporting broadcasts. Thankfully this doesn't dwell so much on their more commercial big screen appearances, but rather emphasises the roles they've played from Cleopatra to "Sally Bowles" via an whole gamut of substantial Shakespearian (et al) portrayals that have ensured they earn their place at this entertaining table in the home of the late Lord Olivier. Sure, it could do with a bit more judicious use of the editor's razor blade, but left as it is - it's a natural and friendly opportunity for us to eavesdrop.
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The directors of Nothing Like a Dame are Robert Altman and Roger Michell.
The cast of Nothing Like a Dame includes Vanessa Redgrave as Self (archive footage), John Gielgud as Self (archive footage), Julian Glover as Self (archive footage), Judi Dench as Self, Rory Kinnear as Self (archive footage) (uncredited), Robert Morley as Self (archive footage) (uncredited), Joan Plowright as Self, Anthony Hopkins as Self (archive footage) (uncredited), Laurence Olivier as Self (archive footage), Alan Bates as Self (archive footage) (uncredited), Frank Finlay as Self (archive footage), Terry Wogan as Self (archive footage) (uncredited), and more.
The duration of Nothing Like a Dame is 1h 20 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Nothing Like a Dame trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
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Nothing Like a Dame was released on 02 May 2018.
Nothing Like a Dame is listed under Documentary on Fanbiz.
Nothing Like a Dame has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 7.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "With something like 30 BAFTA, 15 Oscar and twenty odd Golden Globe nominations between them, this congregation of British Dames was always going to be a good opportunity to mix..."
