Were you planning on staying long?
A big screen adaptation of writer Alan Bennett’s celebrated memoir, directed by long-standing Bennett collaborator Nicholas Hytner.
The film tells the true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years. Their unique story is funny, poignant and life-affirming.
Awards
- Maggie Smith was nominated for a BAFTA for Leading Actress, and a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy.
- Maggie Smith: winner of Best Actress at London's Evening Standard Film Awards.
Starring:
Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Frances de la Tour, Jim Broadbent, Deborah Findlay, Roger Allam, Gwen Taylor
Director:
Nicholas Hytner
Producers:
Nicholas Hytner, Damian Jones, Kevin Loader
Screenplay:
Alan Bennett
Executive Producers:
Miles Ketley, Charles Moore, Christine Langan, Ed Wethered
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Distributor:
Credits summary:
TriStar Pictures and BBC Films present
Certificate:
12A
Running time:
104 mins
Released
13 November 2015
Out on DVD
7 March 2016
Broadcast on
24 December 2016