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Post by lynette on Jun 8, 2018 12:05:51 GMT
Hopefully there's an extended cut for the DVD (if they release one). I'd enjoy watching hours of them just talking and laughing! It's up for pre order on Amazon. Released on 25th June, no information on special features yet though. Thank you for the heads up. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2018 7:41:36 GMT
Just caught up with this (although it almost fell into the ‘Recorded but Deleted’ category were it not for the fact that I then read the positive comments on here) and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Loved the daftness of some of the idle chatter- hearing aids not working, for example, and loved the photographs and extracts of black and white film and stage performances from yesteryear.
I did wonder, if they meet on ‘a regular basis’ as the blurb in my TV mag led me to believe, how often some of these anecdotes have been shared. Endlessly, I’d imagine, like like any old group of friends meeting up...
I’m not sure I believe Dame Mags when she says she’s never watched Downton, but it gives her a superior enough air to let everyone think that she’s far too busy, or she would never watch such drivel. Reminded me of her good friend Kenneth Williams who was ashamed of making all those Carry On films which he also thought were beneath him.
Judi came out the best, I think, with her giggles, her bum sting story, and showing the real her when asked about Michael Williams. And I felt sorry for her when Mags decided to bollock the photographer; Judi looked mortified. Embarrassed...
But there was a quirky oddness about it too- the revelation, when the camera pulls back, that they’re not sitting around some gorgeous white-clothed farmhouse table, but some church trestle table ‘dressed’ with jugs of water crammed with herbs and flowers. I suppose they meant to shoot it all outside, but the weather looked appalling.
Great to have so much packed into one programme.
Thanks for the recommendation.
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Post by peelee on Jun 10, 2018 11:59:30 GMT
I saw Nothing Like A Dame at a local Picturehouse cinema a few weeks ago. The version shown recently on BBC TV ran 77 minutes. I've just checked and what I and some others in the cinema audience saw lasted 84 minutes. As the credits had got rolling most of our local audience got up and left, which meant they missed the additional minutes that I think might get offered as part of a DVD that eventually goes on sale. A few of the films I've seen these past two or three years have continued to show action, photos and often additional comment once the closing credits get underway, yet still some people leave thinking that the film closes with the first credits that come up on screen.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2018 18:46:52 GMT
My goodness. Olivier in full blackface. That should have come with a trigger warning.
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Post by alicechallice on Jun 10, 2018 22:03:08 GMT
I saw Nothing Like A Dame at a local Picturehouse cinema a few weeks ago. The version shown recently on BBC TV ran 77 minutes. I've just checked and what I and some others in the cinema audience saw lasted 84 minutes. As the credits had got rolling most of our local audience got up and left, which meant they missed the additional minutes that I think might get offered as part of a DVD that eventually goes on sale. A few of the films I've seen these past two or three years have continued to show action, photos and often additional comment once the closing credits get underway, yet still some people leave thinking that the film closes with the first credits that come up on screen. What were the additional bits? Was there something after them all playing the "Dame Judi Dench" game? |
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Post by alicechallice on Jun 10, 2018 22:04:12 GMT
Also, films decrease in length by 4% between cinema & home viewing.
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Post by peelee on Jun 10, 2018 22:19:13 GMT
"What were the additional bits?" you ask. IIRC it included the film crew shifting equipment and also the director Roger Michell commenting on the filming of the dames and his attitude towards them. I don't recall the Arena-framed opening music and floating bottle for the TV broadcast having any part in the longer version cinema screening.
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Post by alece10 on Jan 7, 2021 16:25:20 GMT
For anyone who missed this first time around there is a repeat screening tonight on BBC4 at 9.50pm.
It's the most wonderful programme listening to 4 of our greatest chatting about all manner of things and, as you would expect, hilarious.
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Post by anthony40 on Jan 7, 2021 17:06:39 GMT
If this is the one with Dames Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Joan Ploughwright and Eillen Asking, then yes I agree.
It's great viewing.
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Post by alece10 on Jan 7, 2021 17:12:57 GMT
If this is the one with Dames Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Joan Ploughwright and Eillen Asking, then yes I agree. It's great viewing. It is. |
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Post by TallPaul on Jan 7, 2021 17:18:31 GMT
I think it's actually 9.50pm, so if watching 'live', don't be confused by Cher replacing Eileen Asking. 😉
It's then followed at 11.10 by a 'before they were famous' type programme, using clips from the BBC's extensive archives.
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Post by alece10 on Jan 7, 2021 17:29:55 GMT
I think it's actually 9.50pm, so if watching 'live', don't be confused by Cher replacing Eileen Asking. 😉 It's then followed at 11.10 by a 'before they were famous' type programme, using clips from the BBC's extensive archives. Oops sorry. Just amended my original post |
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Post by Marwood on Dec 31, 2021 17:10:45 GMT
On BBC 2 as I write this (I missed the first half hour or so) and it’s really enjoyable: of course it’s a luvvy fest but we’re talking about Judi, Maggie, Joan and Eileen so they’re excused because of the legacy of their careers: I don’t know if it’s the kind of thing I’d want on dvd but is it available on iPlayer or Youtube?
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