The Last of The Blonde Bombshells
Synopsis
Travelling across the country they find their fellow band members in a range of locations from old folks homes to prisons and a variety of lifestyles from the predictable to the bizarre. The search is haunted by the past. Elizabeth learns that Patrick systematically seduced every member of the band except herself primarily because she was under the age of consent but more probably because he was threatened with castration. Despite the odds, Elizabeth and Patrick using a mixture of charm, cajolery and bribery, reassemble the band. At Joanna's school concert The Blonde Bombshells triumph and Elizabeth agrees to become the last and only rose on Patrick's drum.
Details
- Year
- 2000
- Type of film
- Features
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Gillies MacKinnon
- Producer
- Simon Wright (Working Title TV)
- Editor
- Pia di Ciavla
- Screenwriter
- Alan Plater
- Director of Photography
- Richard Greatrex
- Sound
- Alistair Crocker
- Music
- Peter Waygood
- Principal cast
- Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian Holm, Olympia Dukakis, Dame Cleo Laine
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Working Title Television 76 Oxford Street London W1 Tel: 020 7307 3000 Fax: 020 7307 3001
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