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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Nigel Cole
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Annie
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John
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| Annette Crosbie | ... | ||
| Philip Glenister | ... |
Lawrence
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| Ciarán Hinds | ... |
Rod
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| Celia Imrie | ... | ||
| Geraldine James | ... | ||
| Penelope Wilton | ... |
Ruth
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| George Costigan | ... |
Eddie
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| John Fortune | ... |
Frank
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Angela Curran | ... |
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Middle aged Chris Harper and Annie Clarke 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, 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 passes away 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 £999, which she proposes to raise by changing the fund-raising calendar to one ... Written by Huggo
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calendar | leukemia | women's institute | knapely yorkshire | fund raising |Taglines:
Drop everything this holiday season. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for nudity, some language and drug-related material | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
16 October 2003 (Israel) See more »Also Known As:
Chicas de calendario See more »Box Office
Budget:
$10,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£1,762,505 (UK) (12 September 2003)Gross:
$31,011,616 (USA) (9 April 2004)Company Credits
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Ruth: Which one of us are you talking to, Eddie? The one who makes a tart of herself by taking her clothes off or me?
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Written by Smokey Robinson (as William Robinson) and Bobby Rogers (as Robert Rogers)
Published by Jobete Music Co. Inc. / EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
Performed by The Temptations
Courtesy of Motown Records / Universal-Island Records Limited
Licensed by kind permission from The Universal Film & TV Licensing Division
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The real-life Women's Institute members (Angela Baker, Beryl Bamforth, Christine Clancy, Ros Fawcett, Lynda Logan and Tricia Stewart) on which Calendar Girls is 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. See more »Goofs
When Chris and the girls get off the bus, in front of the church back home after their trip to Hollywood, Chris is wearing stiletto type heels. She stays behind and walks down the street with her husband, but she is now wearing thicker heeled boots. She returns to the WI meeting, and when she is leaving the meeting with Annie, she is back in stiletto heels. See more »Quotes
Eddie Reynoldson: You are looking lovely...Ruth: Which one of us are you talking to, Eddie? The one who makes a tart of herself by taking her clothes off or me?
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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. See more »Soundtracks
The Way You Do the Things You DoWritten by Smokey Robinson (as William Robinson) and Bobby Rogers (as Robert Rogers)
Published by Jobete Music Co. Inc. / EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
Performed by The Temptations
Courtesy of Motown Records / Universal-Island Records Limited
Licensed by kind permission from The Universal Film & TV Licensing Division
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Although I prefer the older films of the forties and fifties, I was quite touched by this one. Beautifully filmed in the "ee by gum" country of Northern England ( and with the sun, to boot ), this was a real pleasure for the eyes. I went to school in Lancashire so many of the sights were familiar to me ( though this was Yorkshire ) but the countryside is similar and apparently less wet than Lancashire, being to the east of the Pennines. The theme of the film was an interesting one and shows that you don't have to be young to be sexy - I found all our ladies very sexy and the calender had very good taste - it was delightfully erotic and not pornographic at all. The film reminded me of Billy Elliot ( also made in Ee by gum country ) but I liked that less and Full Monty which I found far less interesting. Like French Cinema, British Cinema nowadays doesn't produce many lively and interesting films - that prize falls to the Americans - but just once in a while, a little gem is produced ( other examples are Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral ). calendar Girls was just such a gem and I was very happy to discover it. I was also pleased to see Annette Crosbie from "One Foot In The Grave" whom I adore as an actress as I do Julie Walters whom I found most attractive in Educating Rita and who seems even lovlier in Calendar Girls. Bravo !