Excellent film. Definitely one I'll be getting.
wec
Not released on Blu ray in the UK, out on Blu Ray in the US on March 29th.
Amazon.com: Made in Dagenham [Blu-ray]: Sally Hawkins, Miranda Richardson, Rosamund Pike, Nigel Cole: Movies & TV
Last edited by JamesM; 22-02-11 at 10:07 PM.
Excellent film. Definitely one I'll be getting.
wec
I forgot to see this film. I really wanted to. Great news!![]()
Sunday Telegraph 'DVD of the Week'
Alan Stanbrook:
Dagenham in Essex is where a determined group of seamstresses at Ford's car plant staged a strike in 1968, in a bid to secure equal pay for women. Two years later came the Equal Pay Act. This film, directed by Nigel Cole, hitherto best known for the inconsequential CALENDAR GIRLS, does the women proud.
It exposes how females were once regarded as mere ornaments. It hits home as few British films have done since THE FULL MONTY. Much credit is due to the casting. Miranda Richardson is a spiky Barbara Castle, while Sally Hawkins as the strike leader banishes all memories of her as the scatterbrained hero of Mike Leigh's HAPPY-GO-LUCKY. And in a fine cameo, Rosamund Pike is successfully cast against type as a posh executive's wife, who knows that what's suffered on the shop floor is also suffered at home.