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Mrs Henderson Presents
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Mrs Henderson Presents (DVD)
London, 1937. Mrs Laura Henderson, a woman of wealth and connections, has just buried her beloved husband. And now she's bored. At 69, she is far too energetic and vital to fade into gentle widowhood. What she needs, says her friend Lady Conway, is a hobby. Collecting diamonds, perhaps? Or doing charitable works? But, to the shock of her friends she instead buys a theatre - the Windmill Theatre in the heart of Soho. She knows nothing about running it, so she hires a manager: enter Vivian Van Damm. A showbiz pro, he is shocked too by Mrs Henderson: she is outrageous, provocative and eccentric. And rather rude. Van Damm bans her from rehearsals owing to her endless interference, so she dresses up as a Chinese matron, then a polar bear, to spy on him.
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PATHE DISTRIBUTION LTD Mrs Henderson Presents [2005]
The blitz-bombing of London in World War II provides the serious backdrop for the uplifting entertainment of <I>Mrs. Henderson Presents</I>, a delightful comedy anchored by the flawless performances of Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins. <P> After losing a son in World War I, and becoming a widow in 1937, the wealthy and respectable Mrs. Henderson (Dench) decides that the best way to support soldiers going off to battle is to give them a wartime send-off they'll never forget. Thus, she buys and renovates the Windmill Theatre in London's Soho district, hires Mr. Vivian Van Damm (Hoskins) as the impresario of an all-day musical variety show called Revudeville, and secures permission from the censorious Lord Cromer (Christopher Guest) to include naked women in the stage show--on the condition that the ladies remain still onstage to qualify as art, like nude portraits in a gallery, with the foliage of their midlands discreetly obscured. Revudeville is an instant hit, British propriety remains tastefully intact, and as The Windmill's fortunes rise, fall, and rise again, <I>Mrs. Henderson Presents</I> develops an emotional depth and good-natured nobility that's perfectly matched to the comedy of tweaking British manners. <P> Working from an eloquently witty, fact-based screenplay by Martin Sherman, director Stephen Frears (High Fidelity) brings out the best in a well-chosen cast, and Andrew Dunn's cinematography (enhanced by judicious use of digital effects to show the London blitz in progress) casts a warm, inviting glow over this winning tale of show-biz tenacity in the best and worst of times. --<I>Jeff Shannon</I>
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Mrs Henderson Presents
Buy Mrs Henderson Presents from HMV.co.uk as part of our October Sale - Film DVDs promotion. Free delivery and usually despatched in 24 hours.
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£6.49
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