Calendar Girls is a 2003 British comedy film directed by Nigel Cole. The film stars Helen Mirren and Julie Walters, with Linda Bassett, Annette Crosbie, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton, Geraldine James and Philip Glenister playing key supporting roles. It is based on a true story of a group of middle-aged Yorkshire women who produced a nude calendar to raise money for Leukaemia Research. The women appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in Los Angeles.
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Calendar Girls is a 2003 British comedy film directed by Nigel Cole. The film stars Helen Mirren and Julie Walters, with Linda Bassett, Annette Crosbie, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton, Geraldine James and Philip Glenister playing key supporting roles. It is based on a true story of a group of middle-aged Yorkshire women who produced a nude calendar to raise money for Leukaemia Research under the auspices of the Women’s Institutes. It garnered generally positive reactions by film critics, who compared it to British comedy movie The Full Monty. At a budget of USD 10 million it also became a major commercial success, eventually grossing USD 93. 4 million worldwide following its theatrical release in the United States. It was awarded the British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Film, and spawned ALFS Award, Empire Award and Satellite Award nominations for Mirren. The photos for the 2000 Alternative WI Calendar were taken by professional photographer Terry Logan, a former professional photographer who was married to one of the models. To date, they have raised over £3 million for the UK’s leading blood cancer charity, Lymphoma & To date the original calendar took off off off the market and was released in April 2000. The calendar was inspired by the death of Angela Baker’s husband, John Baker, who died from lymphoma at the age of 54 in 1998. During his illness, friends began the aim of purchasing a sofa for the visitors’ lounge in hospital where John was treated.
The women appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in Los Angeles. American television host JayLeno appears as himself in the film during the ladies’ visit to California; they also encounter the American heavy metal band Anthrax while relaxing by the pool. The film’s fellow calendar girls include Georgie Glen, Angela Curran, Rosalind March, Lesley Staples and Janet Howd as Kathy, May, Truday, Julia and Jenny respectively. It also cast Graham Crowden as Jessie’s husband Richard, Belinda Everett as Cora’s daughter Maya, Marc Pickering as Jem Harper’s friend Gaz and Harriet Thorpe as WI president Brenda Mooney. In addition actors and actresses Richard Braine, Ted Robbins, Alison Pargeter, Angus Barnett, John Sparkes, Elizabeth Bennett, Christa Ackroyd, Matt Malloy, Patton Oswalt and John Fortune appear in short roles. The original calendar was released on 12 April 2000, as it was named The Alternative WI calendar. It has since been released on the 12th anniversary of John Baker’s death, and has raised more than £2 million for Lymph cancer & To Date, the UK’s leading cancer research charity, the Alternative WI. The pictures were taken on 12 January 2000, and were taken in the village of Knapely, Yorkshire, by a professional photographer, Terry Logan. The first edition of the calendar sold out in less than two hours. The second edition is expected to sell out in just over two weeks.
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