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Post by talkingheads on Jun 2, 2018 20:23:45 GMT
Surprised not to see a thread about this (unless there is one and I missed it). Thoroughly enjoying it so far.
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Post by kathryn on Jun 2, 2018 20:31:02 GMT
Saw it in the cinema a few weeks ago - it’s utterly delightful!
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Post by peggs on Jun 2, 2018 20:51:22 GMT
Oh thanks for flagging, this is what happens when my mother steals (well, technically she bought it) the tv guide, had no idea this was on.
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Post by jaqs on Jun 2, 2018 21:17:24 GMT
I love how feisty they all still are and clearly very fond of each other. So fascinating to see all the clips too and hear the stories.
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Post by hulmeman on Jun 2, 2018 21:17:30 GMT
A priceless quartet.
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Post by learfan on Jun 2, 2018 21:20:14 GMT
Absolutely fantastic, national treasures all.
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Post by lynette on Jun 2, 2018 21:23:09 GMT
Wonderful women, how lucky we are to have experienced their careers in some way.
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Post by theatreian on Jun 2, 2018 21:34:24 GMT
Loved the line from Judi about the 18 year old asking her name and if she had a carer!!!
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Post by showgirl on Jun 2, 2018 21:37:10 GMT
I've been wanting to see this but it's very hard to track down as few cinemas seem to be showing it and of those who are, maybe only one performance a day - or a couple of times a week, even - and of course not at theatre-friendly times.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jun 2, 2018 21:46:31 GMT
It was a joyous 80 minutes but also tinged with a lot of sadness. It will sadly but quite rightly get repeated as part of their individual obituaries. It sums up an era of British theatre perfectly.
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Post by alece10 on Jun 2, 2018 21:55:47 GMT
It was wonderful and hilarious in parts
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Post by crowblack on Jun 2, 2018 22:08:24 GMT
it's very hard to track down It was on BBC2 this evening so is presumably on iplayer too. |
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Post by talkingheads on Jun 2, 2018 22:29:49 GMT
A wonderful, joyeous film. Seeing the bond, the closeness these women have is lovely and their wicked sense of humour absolutely made it. Yes, tinged with sadness certainly, Judi Dench's pause after they asked her to talk about Michael Williams was heartbreaking. I hope this gets released on DVD!
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Post by peggs on Jun 2, 2018 23:23:57 GMT
Not enough bandwidth earlier and now it's really far too late but i'm 13 minutes in and it's making me laugh so much I don't want to stop. Yes tinged with sadness already but fortunate to have been around for any part of their careers.
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Post by drowseychap on Jun 3, 2018 0:32:11 GMT
Great piece of tv I didn’t want it too end ... loved Maggie telling the photographer off ... so many good stories wonderful
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Post by showgirl on Jun 3, 2018 3:06:56 GMT
it's very hard to track down It was on BBC2 this evening so is presumably on iplayer too. Oh I see - thank you. That probably spells its death knell in cinemas anyway, then. |
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Post by kathryn on Jun 3, 2018 9:13:03 GMT
I think it was only ever going to do a very brief cinema excursion - in fact my local Odeon said it was ‘event cinema’ because they were only showing it once, and refused to let me use my Limitless card and charged extra to see it!
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Post by dizzieblonde on Jun 3, 2018 10:01:01 GMT
It was a fantastic documentary, and all 4 women are absolute towering legends of their craft, over the past 50-60 years. I actually didn't realise that Joan Plowright had the same macular degeneration condition that Judi Dench has (or that Maggie Smith's separate condition meant she was near blind in one eye - her comments that there were 'only 3 working eyes amongst us' and her offering around of her hearing aids, were hilarious, though! I wondered about the cinema screenings, in advance of the TV showing. Could this be in aid of qualifying the documentary for specific awards? I know the Oscars have incredibly rigid rules about documentary screenings, and I would have thought the showing on BBC2 would automatically disqualify it - unless it's been shown at a film festival somewhere beforehand (I don't think a UK cinema release is enough). Anyone know? Whatever the case, this goes straight to the top of my list of documentaries of the year. I hadn't seen any advance press about this, so stumbled upon it by accident - very happy I did! I cried with laughter at Judi's story about the hornet sting to her bum - the idiot young paramedic treating her like an incapable old woman (and not recognising Judi Dench - what is the world coming to?!), asking '...and do we have a carer?'; Judi: 'F*ck off, I've just done 8 weeks in The Winter's Tale at the Garrick' was legendary stuff!  |
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Post by alicechallice on Jun 3, 2018 10:01:37 GMT
I think it was only ever going to do a very brief cinema excursion - in fact my local Odeon said it was ‘event cinema’ because they were only showing it once, and refused to let me use my Limitless card and charged extra to see it! Yes, I think it was only ever meant to be on that first Weds night with the Q&A afterwards. But then the picturehouse here then put on a few morning/afternoon showings the following week, which luckily coincided with a week off from work. So I got to see it at a normal rate rather than the event one. |
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Post by wickedgrin on Jun 3, 2018 18:03:40 GMT
I just loved this, found them all completely delightful and could have easily spent hours in their company listening to the unedited version!
So many highlights - as mentioned above Judi's heartbreaking pause before discussing acting with her late husband Michael Williams.
On being asked "what would your advice be to your younger self?" Maggie said " I probably wouldn't be listening but if in doubt - don't!" Then Judi heartbreaking again replying " I would say try not to be so susceptible to falling in love".
Also Joan with an anecdote about her late husband Sir Lawrence (who was clearly a terror) talking about acting saying " You find a way to make it happen and appear spontaneous, and that's the difference between actual truth and illusion".
Just wonderful.
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Post by lynette on Jun 3, 2018 18:41:59 GMT
I wonder what they didn’t show us in this film, saving some for a future film....
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Post by dizzieblonde on Jun 3, 2018 20:19:36 GMT
I wonder what they didn’t show us in this film, saving some for a future film.... Hopefully there's an extended cut for the DVD (if they release one). I'd enjoy watching hours of them just talking and laughing! |
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Post by talkingheads on Jun 3, 2018 21:30:59 GMT
I wonder what they didn’t show us in this film, saving some for a future film.... Hopefully there's an extended cut for the DVD (if they release one). I'd enjoy watching hours of them just talking and laughing! It's up for pre order on Amazon. Released on 25th June, no information on special features yet though. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2018 8:44:35 GMT
Also Joan with an anecdote about her late husband Sir Lawrence (who was clearly a terror) talking about acting saying " You find a way to make it happen and appear spontaneous, and that's the difference between actual truth and illusion". Maggie: Don't worry Joan, we all found him tricky. |
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Post by crowblack on Jun 8, 2018 9:19:36 GMT
I enjoyed this, but wish it had gone deeper into the art/craft - it could have been anecdotes about teachers they all remembered from school from that point of view. It's a shame the interviewer didn't pursue lines like the one who said how heartening it was that, though she wasn't beautiful she was sexy- can you imagine a male actor's qualities and work prospects being reduced to that either/or? And Judi Dench's comment about Cleopatra being the better part (it is, but I'd have liked more on that because her Antony, Hopkins, clearly downed tools in that NT production!).
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Post by lynette on Jun 8, 2018 12:05:51 GMT
Hopefully there's an extended cut for the DVD (if they release one). I'd enjoy watching hours of them just talking and laughing! It's up for pre order on Amazon. Released on 25th June, no information on special features yet though. Thank you for the heads up. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2018 7:41:36 GMT
Just caught up with this (although it almost fell into the ‘Recorded but Deleted’ category were it not for the fact that I then read the positive comments on here) and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Loved the daftness of some of the idle chatter- hearing aids not working, for example, and loved the photographs and extracts of black and white film and stage performances from yesteryear.
I did wonder, if they meet on ‘a regular basis’ as the blurb in my TV mag led me to believe, how often some of these anecdotes have been shared. Endlessly, I’d imagine, like like any old group of friends meeting up...
I’m not sure I believe Dame Mags when she says she’s never watched Downton, but it gives her a superior enough air to let everyone think that she’s far too busy, or she would never watch such drivel. Reminded me of her good friend Kenneth Williams who was ashamed of making all those Carry On films which he also thought were beneath him.
Judi came out the best, I think, with her giggles, her bum sting story, and showing the real her when asked about Michael Williams. And I felt sorry for her when Mags decided to bollock the photographer; Judi looked mortified. Embarrassed...
But there was a quirky oddness about it too- the revelation, when the camera pulls back, that they’re not sitting around some gorgeous white-clothed farmhouse table, but some church trestle table ‘dressed’ with jugs of water crammed with herbs and flowers. I suppose they meant to shoot it all outside, but the weather looked appalling.
Great to have so much packed into one programme.
Thanks for the recommendation.
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Post by peelee on Jun 10, 2018 11:59:30 GMT
I saw Nothing Like A Dame at a local Picturehouse cinema a few weeks ago. The version shown recently on BBC TV ran 77 minutes. I've just checked and what I and some others in the cinema audience saw lasted 84 minutes. As the credits had got rolling most of our local audience got up and left, which meant they missed the additional minutes that I think might get offered as part of a DVD that eventually goes on sale. A few of the films I've seen these past two or three years have continued to show action, photos and often additional comment once the closing credits get underway, yet still some people leave thinking that the film closes with the first credits that come up on screen.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2018 18:46:52 GMT
My goodness. Olivier in full blackface. That should have come with a trigger warning.
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Post by alicechallice on Jun 10, 2018 22:03:08 GMT
I saw Nothing Like A Dame at a local Picturehouse cinema a few weeks ago. The version shown recently on BBC TV ran 77 minutes. I've just checked and what I and some others in the cinema audience saw lasted 84 minutes. As the credits had got rolling most of our local audience got up and left, which meant they missed the additional minutes that I think might get offered as part of a DVD that eventually goes on sale. A few of the films I've seen these past two or three years have continued to show action, photos and often additional comment once the closing credits get underway, yet still some people leave thinking that the film closes with the first credits that come up on screen. What were the additional bits? Was there something after them all playing the "Dame Judi Dench" game? |
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