The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (TV)
- Original title
- The Last of the Blonde Bombshells
- Year
- 2000
- Running time
- 80 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Judi Dench
- Ian Holm
- Olympia Dukakis
- Leslie Caron
- Cleron Laine
- Joan Sims
- Billie Whitelaw
- June Whitfield
- Romola Garai
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production United States-United Kingdom;
- Genre
- Comedy. Drama | TV Movie
- Synopsis
- Judi Dench stars as a sassy widow looking to recapture a little of the excitement of her youth: she was the star saxophone player of a World War II-era all-girl dance band. Yanking her instrument from mothballs, she starts blowing the old standards as a street musician, much to the horror of her cultured children (they prefer symphonies to swing classics), and then hatches a plan to track down her band mates for a gala reunion at her granddaughter's school dance. The script carries little suspense and few surprises, but the cast is a delight. Ian Holm costars as the band's womanizing drummer (in a dress and a platinum blonde wig), a rascally old rogue who seduced almost every member during their brief wartime run and married half of them in the intervening years. Olympia Dukakis (Moonstruck) is their trombonist, a hard-drinking American widow living it up in a Scottish castle; jazz great Cleo Laine is a trumpeter turned torch singer; and Leslie Caron cameos as their brassy bass player.
- Awards
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2001: Emmy: 5 Nominations, Including Best Casting and Actress (Dench)2000: Golden Globes: Best Actress in Mini-Series or Motion Picture TV (Dench)2000: BAFTA TV Awards: Best Drama Actress (Judi Dench)2000: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Nom. Best Actress in TV Movie/Miniseries (Dench)
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