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Last of the Blonde Bombshells (Widescreen) | 
| Director: Gillies Mackinnon
Actors: Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Leslie Caron, Olympia Dukakis, Cleo Laine
Studio: HBO
Category: DVD
List Price: CDN$ 9.93
Buy New: CDN$ 6.54
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 1789
Format: Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 0.6
MPN: HBOD91711D
ISBN: 0783117779
UPC: 026359171123
EAN: 9780783117775
ASIN: B000053VAO
Theatrical Release Date: August 26, 2000
Release Date: February 27, 2001
Availability: Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days
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Perennial Oscar(r) nominee Judi Dench shakes off the dust of period pieces to play 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 (IMoonstruck/I) 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. Joan Sims (a fixture of the ICarry On/I movies), Billie Whitelaw (IQuills/I), and June Whitfield (the mother on IAbsolutely Fabulous/I) are among the great British character actors who join the fun. The old broads bring sass to the sentimentality in this fluffy, feel-good, made-for-cable comedy, insisting there is not only life after 60, but that it swings sweetly if only you let it. I--Sean Axmaker/I
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 Three things to love March 19, 2004
If you love Dame Judi, nostalgia and intergenerational angst you'll love this one...so guess it's really four things to love.
One of The Very Best Movies I Have Ever Seen July 31, 2003
Irwin Weinberg (Boynton Beach, Florida United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This wonderful movie is a must for those of us who remember the good old days, when music was played by real musicians, who could read music. This is another WW 2 movie and there are hundreds of them, but this is a bitter sweet comedy drama that will make you sit back and close your eyes and transport yourself back into the era which many call, The greatest musical period of the 20th century. Judi Dench surly deserved an award for her performance of a grandmother saxophone player who played with an all girls band during the war. She was the star. She had not played in years and after her husband had died her little grandaughter asked her to pu the band back together to play at her school dance. The story of how this came about is funny, sad, sentimental and entertaining. I will leave the rest for you to see, but I give this a 5 star rating and if there 10 stars it would get that. Enjoy an afternoon with these ladies and relax, you are in for an enjoyable time.
just too much fun May 17, 2003
R. C Jolly (San Antonio, TX USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Saw it on cable last night and ordered the dvd today! Actually two copies - one for me and one for my father. Had never heard of this film - just came upon it by accident.
Explodes with good feelings and great music January 9, 2003
James Curtiss (Redlands, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the kind of movie I love to wrap my arms around and draw close to me...endearing, funny, serious, sad, but most of all, wonderful! I'm not sure what I loved the most, the music, the characters, the story, or the darling girl who played Ms. Dench's granddaughter...naw, I loved all of it...
Judi Rules ! November 7, 2002
peterfromkanata (Kanata, Ontario Canada)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I agree completely with the other positive reviews of "The Last of the Blonde Bombshells", so I'll not repeat the plot details, and other comments. The film is a delight !brI must express my frustration that witty, poignant films like this, clearly aimed at an older audience, do not seem to appear in the local cineplex.brThere may be one or two actresses in the world as good as Dame Judi--but none are better. She really shines here, even in a cast of superb veteran British actors, not to mention non-Brits Dukakis and Caron. So nice to see Ms. Caron on screen again, even in a cameo, some 50 years after "An American in Paris".brSo--a real winner--and the price is right.brRecommended.pOne very sad footnote--I believe that this was Joan Sims' last brfilm. Ms. Sims was a delightful character actress, and, of course, an indispensible member of the legendary "Carry On Gang".brShe will be missed.
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