The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)
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.
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
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Judi Dench as Elizabeth |
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Ian Holm as Patrick |
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Joan Sims as Betty |
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June Whitfield as Annie |
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Olympia Dukakis as Dinah |
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Billie Whitelaw as Evelyn |
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Leslie Caron as Madeleine |
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Cleo Laine as Gwen |
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Romola Garai as Young Elizabeth |
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James Cosmo as McNab |
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Thelma Ruby as Vera |
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Millie Findlay as Joanna |
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Felicity Dean as Patricia |
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Nicholas Palliser as Edward (as Nicholas Pallister) |
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Valentine Pelka as Leslie |
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Carla MacKinnon as Carol |
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Dom Chapman as Paul |
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John Warnaby as Hibbert |
| Camera | Ed Rutherford | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | Jay Jay Odedra | Focus Puller |
| Camera | Joss Barratt | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Milly Donaghy | Camera Trainee |
| Directing | Gillies MacKinnon | Director |
| Sound | Andrea King | Foley Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Beverley Binda | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Julie Dartnell | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kate Benton | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Mark DeSimone | ADR Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lisa Westcott | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Jack Stew | Foley Artist |
| Art | Kate Lloyd-Spencer | Art Direction |
| Camera | Richard Greatrex | Director of Photography |
| Production | Simon Wright | Executive Producer |
| Art | Michael Pickwoad | Production Design |
| Production | Di Carling | Casting |
| Editing | Pia Di Ciaula | Editor |
| Production | Analisa Barreto | Co-Producer |
| Production | Deirdre Keir | Executive Producer |
| Production | Frank Doelger | Executive Producer |
| Production | Su Armstrong | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Frances Tempest | Costume Design |
| Writing | Alan Plater | Writer |
| Sound | John E. Keane | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Matthew Sharp | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Janine Modder | Production Manager |
