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The true story of Miss Shepherd, an eccentric woman of uncertain origins, who ‘temporarily’ parked her broken-down van in writer Alan Bennett’s London driveway, and proceeded to live there for the next 15 years. Startattle.com – The Lady in the Van 2015.
- Starring : Maggie Smith
- Genre : Biography / Comedy / Drama
- Country : United Kingdom
- Language : English / French
- Director : Nicholas Hytner
- Production : BBC Films / Dream Cars / TriStar Productions
- Distributor : Big Picture 2 Films / Feelgood Entertainment / Sony Pictures Classics / Sony Pictures Releasing / Universal Pictures International (UPI) / BBC Two / British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
The Lady in the Van movie
The Lady in the Van release date
- September 12, 2015 : Canada (Toronto International Film Festival)
- October 7, 2015 : Canada (Edmonton International Film Festival)
- October 9, 2015 : USA (Hamptons International Film Festival)
- November 13, 2015 : UK
- November 13, 2015 : Ireland
- November 15, 2015 : USA (Denver International Film Festival)
- December 4, 2015 : USA (limited)
- January 1, 2016 : USA (Palm Springs International Film Festival)
- February 4, 2016 : Sweden (Göteborg Film Festival.)
- February 5, 2016 : Canada (limited)
- February 6, 2016 : France (Villeurbanne British and Irish Film Festival)
- February 26, 2016 : USA
- March 3, 2016 : Australia
- March 16, 2016 : France
- April 14, 2016 : Germany
- April 15, 2016 : Spain
- August 29, 2016 : Sweden (DVD premiere)
- December 10, 2016 : Japan
The Lady in the Van cast
- Maggie Smith as Miss Shepherd
- Jim Broadbent as Underwood
- Clare Hammond as Young Margaret Fairchild
- George Fenton as Conductor
- BBC Concert Orchestra as The British Symphony Orchestra
- Alex Jennings as Alan Bennett
- Jamie Parker as Estate Agent
- Deborah Findlay as Pauline
- Roger Allam as Rufus
- Richard Griffiths as Sam Perry
- Pandora Colin as Fiona Perry
- Nicholas Burns as Giles Perry
- Dominic Cooper as Actor
- Giles Cooper as Passer by
- Tom Klenerman as Tom Perry
The Lady in the Van 2015
The Lady in the Van is a 2015 British comedy-drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner, and starring Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings, based on the memoir of the same name created by Alan Bennett. It was written by Bennett, and it tells the (mostly) true story of his interactions with Mary Shepherd, an elderly woman who lived in a dilapidated van on his driveway in London for 15 years. He had previously published the story as a 1989 essay, 1990 book, 1999 stage play, and 2009 radio play on BBC Radio 4. Smith had previously portrayed Shepherd twice: in the 1999 stage play, which earned her a Best Actress nomination at the 2000 Olivier Awards and in the 2009 radio adaptation.
Hytner directed the 1999 stage play at the Queen’s Theatre in London. The film was shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and received largely positive reviews from critics.
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