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Last Of The Blonde Bombshells

Gillies MacKinnon (Director), Olympia Dukakis (Actor), Leslie Caron (Actor) Format: DVD

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Genre	Drama
Format	DVD
Contributor	Gillies MacKinnon, Olympia Dukakis, Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Leslie Caron
Language	English
Runtime	1 hour and 23 minutes

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From the producers of "Notting Hill" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral" an all-star cast including Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian Holm, Olympia Dukakis Leslie Caron and Dame Cleo Laine return to the stage for one more night of music and glory in this hilarious comedy. One has lost her marbles, another is dead. A third is in prison, a fourth the worse for liquor. A fifth has sworn off the devil's music and the sixth -Elizabeth - is daydreaming about reforming the band. As a teenager in war years, Elizabeth was a sax player with the Blonde Bombshells, until a scandal blew the band apart. But now, some five decades later, encouraged by Patrick, an old rogue from her youth and no less of a rogue today, she sets off in search with a dream of recreating their former glories. Time may be her greatest enemy, but when it comes up against Elizabeth, time hasn't got a chance.

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Language ‏ : ‎ English

Product dimensions ‏ : ‎ 1.4 x 13.5 x 17 cm; 80 Grams

Item Model Number ‏ : ‎ VVE2026

Director ‏ : ‎ Gillies MacKinnon

Media Format ‏ : ‎ DVD

Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 23 minutes

Release date ‏ : ‎ 1 April 2020

Actors ‏ : ‎ Olympia Dukakis, Leslie Caron, Judi Dench, Ian Holm

Studio ‏ : ‎ ViaVision

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B084B7JDVY

Country of origin ‏ : ‎ Australia

Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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saxoclariman
minus one star for resorting to musical deception
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 November 2021
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Anyone who's played a sax will instantly hear that the alleged performances on a tenor sax turn out to be a soundtrack playing alto sax... the reason being from what I've read.... the producers knew that alto sax tones have highest public approval ratings. Still D does a good job. Was a pressie - recipient happy. Me less so. it's slow and corny, but hey....good music from the era.
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MICHAEL WILLIS
THE LAST OF THE BLONDE BOMBSHELLS DVD
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 October 2014
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The Last of the Blonde Bombshells is a 2000 British-American television film directed by Gillies MacKinnon. The script by Alan Plater focuses on the efforts of a recently widowed woman to reunite the members of the World War II-era swing band with which she played saxophone.

It features Carry On actress Joan Sims in her final acting performance before her death in 2001, and Romola Garai in her first professional role.[1]

The film was a joint project of BBC Films and HBO. It premiered in the US on 26 August and in the UK on 3 September.
After her husband's death, Elizabeth decides to return to her musical roots and begins busking with young guitarist Paul in a plaza overlooking a London ice rink, much to the dismay of her daughter Patricia and son Edward. One day she is spotted by Patrick, who attempted to avoid enlistment during World War II by dressing as a woman and playing drums with the Blonde Bombshells, a supposedly all-female band with which Elizabeth performed when she was only fifteen years old.

The two reminisce, prompting them to begin searching for other band members for a reunion concert at a school dance organized by Elizabeth's granddaughter Joanna. At first they have little success - one has died, another is suffering from dementia, a third is serving time - but eventually they locate piano player Betty working in a seaside saloon, singer Gwen performing in a nightclub, trombonist Annie dedicated to the Salvation Army, and trumpeter Dinah, an alcoholic living in a secluded manor in Scotland.

Early rehearsals prove to be disastrous, but encouraged by Joanna and determined to shine in the limelight one more time, the group steadily improves. On the night of the dance, they are joined by double bass player Madeleine, who had left the band to join the French Resistance and finally was tracked down by Joanna. Embraced by the younger generation, they relive their former glory.

The present-day story is interspersed with flashbacks to the band in its wartime heyday that capture the music and atmosphere of the period.
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ladybgood
Judy Dench just takes it away with a convincing sax performance
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 April 2018
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I have watched this several times and it makes me laugh.

The attempted reunion of a Ladies Swing band who last played during WWII is more or less successful when they gather enough of the former members for one last gig.

The familiar faces of the cast alongside the lovely serene Judy Dench make this a classic quiet British comedy. Good script with some very sutting and witty lines from Judy Dench, delivered as though she was ad-libbing!

For a wet night indoors curled up on the sofa with a hot chocolate
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Lovely Film
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 August 2021
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I bought this as I wanted to see Joan Simms in her last film and this was a gentle nostalgic family film, lots of stars and delightful to watch without all of the current murder, mayhem and animation on our screens.
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M. J. Nelson
Strike Up The Band
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 June 2011
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I confess to having a problem with The Last of the Blonde Bombshells : it is so much my favourite one-off television film that I run the risk of overpraising it. Judi Dench and Ian Holm bring all of their consummate acting skills to bear as two senior citizens who attempt to resurrect the (nearly) all-girls dance band in which they played during the dark and dangerous days of the Second World War. Amusing, nostalgic, even a little subversive, ultimately uplifting, always highly entertaining, this may be Alan Plater's finest original work for television. It is bolstered by an amazing supporting cast, which includes Cleo Laine, June Whitfield, Leslie Caron, Olympia Dukakis and, in her last performance, Joan Sims. But be warned - don't buy this DVD if you can't stand 1940s big band dance music or retro jazz (It Don't Mean A Thing). According to the writer himself the film took 12 years to reach fruition but never was the wait more worthwhile.
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