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Calendar Girls

  • 20032003
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 48m
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Helen Mirren, Linda Bassett, Annette Crosbie, Georgie Glen, Celia Imrie, Geraldine James, and Julie Walters in Calendar Girls (2003)
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A Women's Institute chapter's fundraising effort for a local hospital by posing nude for a calendar becomes a media sensation.A Women's Institute chapter's fundraising effort for a local hospital by posing nude for a calendar becomes a media sensation.A Women's Institute chapter's fundraising effort for a local hospital by posing nude for a calendar becomes a media sensation.

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  • Director
    • Nigel Cole
  • Writers
    • Juliette Towhidi
    • Tim Firth
  • Stars
    • Helen Mirren
    • Julie Walters
    • Penelope Wilton
Top credits
  • Director
    • Nigel Cole
  • Writers
    • Juliette Towhidi
    • Tim Firth
  • Stars
    • Helen Mirren
    • Julie Walters
    • Penelope Wilton
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 146User reviews
    • 65Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 16 nominations

    Videos2

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    Trailer 2:31
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    Photos20

    Helen Mirren and Julie Walters in Calendar Girls (2003)
    (Left) Annie (Walters, left) and husband, John (John Alderton, right)
    Chris (Mirren, right) and her husband, Rod (Ciaran Hinds, left) celebrate the success of the calendar
    Helen Mirren and Julie Walters in Calendar Girls (2003)
    The women of Knapely (left to right, front row: Lesley Staples, Angela Curran, Julie Walters, Rosalind March, Penelope Wilton, Annette Crosbie. left to right, back row: Janet Howd, Celia Imrie, Georgie Glen, Linda Bassett) prepare to bare all for their photographer, Lawrence (Philip Glenister, right).
    Two of the original "calendar girls" - Tricia Stewart (left) and Angela Baker (right) take a walk with the stars who portray the characters based on their lives: Helen Mirren (center left) and Julie Walters (center right)
    Helen Mirren in Calendar Girls (2003)
    Nigel Cole in Calendar Girls (2003)
    Legendary actresses Helen Mirren (center left) and Julie Walters (center right) pose with the inspirations for their characters: two of the original "calendar girls," Tricia Stewart (left) and Angela Baker (right).
    Julie Walters (right) poses with Angela Baker (left).
    The members of the U.K.'s Women's Institute - Cora (Linda Bassett, left), Annie Clark (Julie Walters, second from left), Celia (Celia Imrie, third from left), Jessie (Annette Crosby, third from right), Chris Harper (Helen Mirren, second from right), and Ruth (Penelope Wilton, right), raise eyebrows - among other things - when they pose nude in their annual fundraising calendar
    Calendar Girls (2003)

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    Helen Mirren
    Helen Mirren
    • Chrisas Chris
    Julie Walters
    Julie Walters
    • Annieas Annie
    Penelope Wilton
    Penelope Wilton
    • Ruthas Ruth
    John Alderton
    John Alderton
    • Johnas John
    Linda Bassett
    Linda Bassett
    • Coraas Cora
    Annette Crosbie
    Annette Crosbie
    • Jessieas Jessie
    Philip Glenister
    Philip Glenister
    • Lawrenceas Lawrence
    Ciarán Hinds
    Ciarán Hinds
    • Rodas Rod
    • (as Ciaran Hinds)
    Celia Imrie
    Celia Imrie
    • Celiaas Celia
    Geraldine James
    Geraldine James
    • Marieas Marie
    George Costigan
    George Costigan
    • Eddieas Eddie
    Graham Crowden
    Graham Crowden
    • Richardas Richard
    John Fortune
    John Fortune
    • Frankas Frank
    Georgie Glen
    Georgie Glen
    • Kathyas Kathy
    Angela Curran
    • Mayas May
    Rosalind March
    • Trudyas Trudy
    John-Paul MacLeod
    John-Paul MacLeod
    • Jemas Jem
    • (as John-Paul Macleod)
    Marc Pickering
    Marc Pickering
    • Gazas Gaz
    • Director
      • Nigel Cole
    • Writers
      • Juliette Towhidi
      • Tim Firth
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    Storyline

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    Middle aged Chris Harper (Dame Helen Mirren) and Annie Clarke (Dame Julie Walters) are best friends. They spend much of their time at their local Knapely, Yorkshire County chapter of the Women's Institute (WI), whose motto is "enlightenment, fun, and friendship". Although they like most of the women at the WI (the friendship part), they, but the perceived flaky Chris in particular, hold the way Marie (Geraldine James), the local President, runs the chapter with derision. They find much of what goes on there, especially the monthly presentations, banal and devoid of enlightenment and fun. Equally as banal was last year's fund-raising calendar, featuring local bridges, which raised a meager £75.60, with this year's proposed calendar, local churches, promising to be even more so. After Annie's husband John (John Alderton) dies from leukemia, Chris wants the WI to provide a memorial in his memory: a new sofa for the family room at the hospital. The one Chris wants to buy costs nine hundred ninety-nine pounds sterling, which she proposes to raise by changing the fund-raising calendar to one featuring tasteful photographs of nude Knapely WI members. She got the idea by seeing all around her the notion of the old adage that sex sells. Annie likes the idea as it is analogous to one of horticultural-loving John's last statements about plants being the most glorious in the latter stages of their life, after which they quickly go to seed. To get the project off the ground, they not only have to convince nine other WI members to pose (December to be a group photograph), but they have to find a photographer they trust that will treat this task as an art project. Conversely, they aren't sure if they and the calendar will meet with the same contempt from Marie, the national WI organization and their friends and family that they are so trying to change in the Knapely WI, and in the process not only not raise the necessary money, but, in fact lose money instead. or the project in any form may have its own consequences, especially for Chris. —Huggo
    • calendar
    • female empowerment
    • leukemia
    • women's institute
    • knapely yorkshire
    • 180 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • They dropped everything for a good cause.
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Drama
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated PG-13 for nudity, some language and drug-related material
    • Parents guide

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    • Trivia
      The real-life Women's Institute members (Angela Baker, Beryl Bamforth, Christine Clancy, Ros Fawcett, Lynda Logan and Tricia Stewart) on which this movie was based all appear as members of Highgyll W.I. in the scene in the marquee at Knapely Show where Rylstone and Highgyll are competing for cookery prizes.
    • Goofs
      When Jem Harper is on the cliff, throwing away the newspapers, you can clearly see in a close-up the safety rope.
    • Quotes

      Chris: A while ago I asked John Clarke to give us a talk here at Knapely WI. Annie asked me to read it to you here tonight, and this is what he wrote: "The flowers of Yorkshire are like the women of Yorkshire. Every stage of their growth has its own beauty, but the last phase is always the most glorious. Then very quickly they all go to seed."

      [laughter]

      Chris: "Which makes it ironic my favourite flower isn't even indigenous to the British Isles, let alone Yorkshire. I don't think there's anything on this planet that more trumpets life that the sunflower. For me that's because of the reason behind its name. Not because it looks like the sun but because it follows the sun. During the course of the day, the head tracks the journey of the sun across the sky. A satellite dish for sunshine. Wherever light is, no matter how weak, these flowers will find it. And that's such an admirable thing. And such a lesson in life."

    • Crazy credits
      The cast list is split into two halves. The first thirteen actors/characters (Helen Mirren/Chris to John Fortune/Frank) are followed by the main crew such as the producers, writer and director, with the remaining cast appearing after this.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Cheaper by the Dozen/The Company/Calendar Girls/Big Fish/The Fog of War (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Black Cat Blues
      Written by Bert Jansch

      Published by Sanctuary Music Publishing Ltd.

      Performed by Bert Jansch

      (p) 2002 Bert Jansch

      Licensed courtesy of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd.

    User reviews146

    Review
    Top review
    Warm, funny, satisfying
    I did not expect to enjoy this movie; from the few descriptions I'd seen I thought it would be a string of silly gags about nudity. I could not have been more wrong. The story involves some normal, believable characters dealing with grief and with the habitual narrowness of their lives in a creative way. I liked them and believed in them. At times some of the characters seem a bit to good to be true, but far more often I found myself thinking "yes, I know people like that." Their flaws and errors of judgment are handled well. When I first saw this movie I was totally unaware that it was based on a true story; that fact just put the cap on it. There's a little bit of saccharine, but a lot more unfiltered honey.
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    7
    • Steve G-2
    • Nov 11, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 1, 2004 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Takvim kızları
    • Filming locations
      • Kettlewell, North Yorkshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Touchstone Pictures
      • Harbour Pictures
      • Buena Vista International
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $10,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $31,041,759
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $151,393
      • Dec 21, 2003
    • Gross worldwide
      • $93,400,759
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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