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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Genius
EAN: 0796019792042
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 100
Label: Weinstein Company
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1EnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Weinstein Company
MPN: D79204D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Weinstein Company
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 18, 2006
Running Time: 103 minutes
Studio: Weinstein Company
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Laura henderson buys an old london theater & opens it as the windmill a performance hall which goes down in history for its all-nude revues. Studio: Genius Products Inc Release Date: 04/18/2006 Starring: Judi Dench Bob Hoskins Run time: 103 minutes Rating: R Director: Stephen Frears
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The blitz-bombing of London in World War II provides the serious backdrop for the uplifting entertainment of Mrs. Henderson Presents, a delightful British comedy anchored by the flawless performances of Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins. After losing a son in World War I, and becoming a widow in 1937, the wealthy and respectable Mrs. Henderson (Dench) decides that the best way to support soldiers going off to battle is to give them a wartime send-off they'll never forget. Thus, she buys and renovates the Windmill Theater in London's Soho district, hires Mr. Vivian Van Damm (Hoskins) as the impresario of an all-day musical variety show called "Revudeville," and secures permission from the censorious Lord Cromer (Christopher Guest) to include naked women in the stage show - on the condition that the ladies remain still onstage to qualify as "art," like nude portraits in a gallery, with the "foliage" of their "midlands" discreetly obscured. "Revudeville" is an instant hit, British propriety remains tastefully intact, and as The Windmill's fortunes rise, fall, and rise again, Mrs. Henderson Presents develops an emotional depth and good-natured nobility that's perfectly matched to the comedy of tweaking British manners. Working from an eloquently witty, fact-based screenplay by Martin Sherman, director Stephen Frears (High Fidelity) brings out the best in a well-chosen cast, and Andrew Dunn's cinematography (enhanced by judicious use of digital effects to show the London blitz in progress) casts a warm, inviting glow over this winning tale of show-biz tenacity in the best and worst of times. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating:  -
After her husband dies a widow searches for something to do
and finds a theater that she went to with her husband closed down,
being rich she buys it and hires a wise old fellow to manage it.
Starting with a musical review they are initially successful,
but others copy their style. she hits on the idea of female nudity
and gets the ok from the Lord Chamberlain
if they are like still paintings and not
strippers. This rule of government over theaters in London ... Read More
Rating: -
Worth a look for its enthusiastic look at a little known story in wartime England. Having said that, the movie feels very "writerly". For example, Mrs. Henderson's ultimate motivation for starting her adult show is a little too neat (though her speech at the end describing that motivation is undeniably moving). Also, the film has a couple of obvious "composite" characters, one in the government and one among the girls, the former simplifying the opposition of undoubtedly many government officials at ... Read More
Rating:  -
Though I expected this is a R-rated movie and other peoples' reviews made it sound like a interesting movie, I will still have to say some of the nude scene is a bit embarrasement to share with my girlfriend. The actor and actress are no doubt excellent in their performance. The effort the director put in is obvious to seperate this movie from the normal adult movie. Stressing the art part and convincing the young woman to post nude is not an easy job. The nude part for the male actors are brief enough ... Read More
Rating: -
The Bottom Line:
Dench and Hoskins are in fine form and the film itself is often quite entertaining, but Mrs. Henderson Presents never manages to find much of a plot and remains more of a cheeky little film than an especially good one.
Rating: -
I'm an unashamed lover of the movies I grew up with in the 1940s, but some remakes easily surpass earlier versions. This one does it in spades. The glossy Rita Hayworth vehicle of 1945 put it's focus on its glamorous star who was cast as one of the dancers at The Windmill. There was only a nod in the direction of the actual Mrs Henderson. No mention of nude showgirls (it's 40s Hollywood, afterall) This newer production trumps in every category. The performances, of course, but also the cinematography, ... Read More
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