The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
It's never too late for an encore.
2000 | 84m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Gillies MacKinnon |
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| Writer: | Alan Plater |
| Staring: |
| After Elizabeth's husband dies, she begins to play her tenor saxophone again, and remembers when she was 15 and a member of the Blonde Bombshells, an all-girl (with one exception) swing band. Accompanied by the exception and urged on by her grand-daughter, Elizabeth hunts up all the old members of the band and urges them to perform, and in doing so, learns more than she knew about the band, its members, the roses on the drum set, and herself--the last of the Blonde Bombshells. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 26, 2000 |
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| Director: | Gillies MacKinnon |
| Writer: | Alan Plater |
| Genres: | Comedy, Music, TV Movie |
| Keywords | disguise, zeitgeist |
| Production Companies | BBC, HBO Films, Working Title Films, Universal Television |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 09, 2025 Entered: Apr 25, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Judi Dench | Elizabeth |
| Ian Holm | Patrick |
| Joan Sims | Betty |
| June Whitfield | Annie |
| Olympia Dukakis | Dinah |
| Billie Whitelaw | Evelyn |
| Leslie Caron | Madeleine |
| Cleo Laine | Gwen |
| Romola Garai | Young Elizabeth |
| James Cosmo | McNab |
| Thelma Ruby | Vera |
| Millie Findlay | Joanna |
| Felicity Dean | Patricia |
| Nicholas Palliser | Edward (as Nicholas Pallister) |
| Valentine Pelka | Leslie |
| Carla MacKinnon | Carol |
| Dom Chapman | Paul |
| John Warnaby | Hibbert |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Di Carling | Casting |
| Pia Di Ciaula | Editor |
| Alan Plater | Writer |
| John E. Keane | Original Music Composer |
| Kate Lloyd-Spencer | Art Direction |
| Frances Tempest | Costume Design |
| Joss Barratt | Still Photographer |
| Janine Modder | Additional Photography |
| Michael Pickwoad | Production Design |
| Milly Donaghy | Camera Trainee |
| Jay Jay Odedra | Focus Puller |
| Gillies MacKinnon | Director |
| Richard Greatrex | Director of Photography |
| Kate Benton | Makeup Artist |
| Beverley Binda | Makeup Artist |
| Julie Dartnell | Makeup Artist |
| Lisa Westcott | Makeup Artist |
| Andrea King | Foley Artist |
| Jack Stew | Foley Artist |
| Mark DeSimone | ADR Mixer |
| Ed Rutherford | Clapper Loader |
| Matthew Sharp | Second Assistant Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Analisa Barreto | Co-Producer |
| Simon Wright | Executive Producer |
| Deirdre Keir | Executive Producer |
| Su Armstrong | Producer |
| Frank Doelger | Executive Producer |
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