Mrs. Henderson Presents Movie

Directed by
Stephen Frears

Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
David Rose idea
Kathy Rose idea
Martin Sherman written by

Release Date:
25 November 2005 (Denmark)

Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Drama

Cast :
Laura Henderson Dame Judi Dench
Vivian Van Damm Bob Hoskins
Bertie Will Young
Lord Cromer Christopher Guest
Maureen Kelly Reilly
Lady Conway Thelma Barlow
Doris Anna Brewster
Frances Rosalind Halstead
Vera Sarah Solemani
Peggy Natalia Tena
Eric Woodburn Thomas Allen
Ambrose Richard Syms

Original Sound Track :
1. Overture
2. Bored with Widowhood
3. Letting in the Sunshine - Will Young
4. Revuedeville
5. Persuading Tommy
6. Sweet Inspiration
7. Goody Goody - Camille O'Sullivan/Will Young
8. After the Ball
9. A Shilling for the Hour
10. Joyride
11. The Fall of France (La Marsellaise) - Sir Thomas Allen
12. Defiance
13. The Blitz (Bombing/The Grecian Frieze/Defiance)
14. Bombing
15. The Grecian Frieze - Will Young
16. Babies of the Blitz - he O'Brien Sisters
17. Blue Nightfall - Camille O'Sullivan
18. The Girl in the Fan
19. All The Things You Are - Will Young
20. Elegy
21. The Sails of the Windmill - Will Young/Camille O'Sullivan
22. Girl in the Little Green Hat - Will Young

Plot / Synopsis :
A recently widowed eccentric with money to burn and no intentions of settling down enlists the aide of a showbiz professional to transform a run-down theater in Soho into London's most innovative entertainment hot spot in director Stephen Frears' cinematic account of
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the groundbreaking Windmill Theater. The year is 1937 and, despite having recently lost her husband, 69-year-old Laura Henderson (Judy Dench) remains as ambitious and vital as ever. Aghast at her friend Lady Conway's (Thelma Barlow) suggestion that she take up a mundane hobby such as diamond collecting to pass the time, Mrs. Henderson instead shocks her well-to-do social circle by purchasing the ramshackle Windmill Theater in the heart of downtown Soho. Unafraid to take a risk in the venture, yet lacking the experience needed to run the theater, Mrs. Henderson brings in showbiz veteran Vivian Van Damm (Bob Hoskins) to line up an opening act that will set the stage ablaze. When the ever-curious Mrs. Henderson's intrusive spying begins to impede on Mr. Van Damm's creative progress, the frustrated theater manager has her banished from rehearsals. Though Van Damm's innovative idea to stage an unending stream of entertainment dubbed "Revudeville" proves a wild and profitable success, the Windmill begins to suffer when other local theaters quickly follow suit. Now faced with the prospect of seeing her once-lucrative endeavor fall by the wayside due to the unoriginality of the copycats who surround her, Mrs. Henderson decides to show audiences something they've never seen before by making the Windmill the first theater to feature nude female entertainers live on-stage

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