Project Detail

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Synopsis

Edina and Patsy are still oozing glitz and glamour, living the high life they are accustomed to; shopping, drinking and clubbing their way around London’s trendiest hotspots. Blamed for a major incident at an uber fashionable launch party, they become entangled in a media storm and are relentlessly pursued by the paparazzi. Fleeing penniless to the glamorous playground of the super-rich, the French Riviera, they hatch a plan to make their escape permanent and live the high life forever more!
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie reunites Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley as the iconic Edina and Patsy, along with the rest of the original cast that includes Julia Sawalha as Saffy, Jane Horrocks as Bubble and June Whitfield as Mother.

Details

Year: 2016
Type of project: Features
Running time: 91 mins
Director: Mandie Fletcher
Producer: Damian Jones, Jon Plowman
Co-Producer: Mark Hubbard
Executive Producer: Christian Eisenbeiss, Dawn French, Christine Langan, Nichola Martin, Steve Milne, Jennifer Saunders, Maureen Vincent
Editor: Gavin Buckley
Screenwriter: Jennifer Saunders
Director of Photography: Chris Goodger
Production Designer: Harry Banks
Principal cast: Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, Jane Horrocks, June Whitfield, Celia Imrie, Dawn French, Kim Kardashian West, Joan Colllins, Kate Moss, Lulu, Emma Bunton, Cara Delevigne, Gwendoline Christie

Genre

Woman Director Comedy

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

A BBC Films, Fox Searchlight Pictures production

BBC Films

BBC Broadcasting House
7th Floor, Zone A
Portland Place
London
W1A 1AA

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