Elvis Mitchell (19 December 2003). "FILM REVIEW; Charitable Motives for a Racy Calendar, if Racy Is Still the Appropriate Word". The New York Times . Retrieved 1 June 2009. Calendar Girls is a 2003 British comedy film directed by Nigel Cole. Produced by Touchstone Pictures, it features a screenplay by Tim Firth and Juliette Towhidi, based on a true story of a group of middle-aged Yorkshire women who produced a nude calendar to raise money for Leukaemia Research (now Blood Cancer UK) under the auspices of the Women's Institutes in April 1999 after the husband of one of their members dies from cancer. [3] The film stars an ensemble cast headed by Helen Mirren and Julie Walters, with Linda Bassett, Annette Crosbie, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton, Geraldine James, Harriet Thorpe and Philip Glenister playing key supporting roles. a b c d "Full cast and crew for Calendar Girls (2003)". IMDb. Archived from the original on 3 April 2012 . Retrieved 19 January 2010. a b "Julie Walters talks about creating her character for the film Calendar Girls". Spike TV. 11 November 2003 . Retrieved 18 October 2010.

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Ruthe Stein (19 December 2003). "Just be natural – proper British ladies display naked ambition". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved 1 June 2009. The Calendar Girls story". Archived from the original on 27 November 2015 . Retrieved 11 October 2015. Before the credits, it is shown that they made over half a million pounds with the calendars and with the proceeds built a special leukemia wing on their local hospital. Linda Bassett as Cora, a shop owner and divorced single mother. She is the official pianist of the Knapely WI.

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Chris complains about the uncomfortable couch in the waiting room. After noticing a "girlie" calendar in a local mechanics shop, she hits upon an idea to raise funds to buy a new sofa. She proposes producing a calendar featuring members of the Knapely branch of the Women's Institute discreetly posing nude while engaged in traditional WI activities, such as baking and knitting. Philip Glenister as Lawrence Sertain, John Clarke's nurse and photographer of the calendar, based on photographer Terry Logan. [6] Anne's Swinging Sixties". ThisIsLondon.com. 14 November 2003. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011 . Retrieved 22 October 2010.

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George Costigan as Eddie Reynoldson, Ruth's husband. He generally shows little affection for Ruth and ultimately bashes her participation in the calendar. Ruth later leaves him when he has an affair with a woman whom he introduced himself to as a widower. Ruthe Stein, writing for The San Francisco Chronicle, said it is "A charming movie [that] should appeal to fans of The Full Monty and Waking Ned Devine – and not just because they also featured nudity that made you smile instead of smirk. The films share a wonderfully British wry humor. They're not laugh-out-loud funny, but there's quite a bit to amuse you when thinking about the scenes later." [24] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times said, "It's the kind of sweet, good-humored comedy that used to star Margaret Rutherford, although Helen Mirren and Julie Walters, its daring top-liners, would have curled Dame Margaret's eyebrows [...] That the movie works, and it does, is mostly because of the charm of Mirren and Walters, who show their characters having so much fun that it becomes infectious." [25]

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The publicity surrounding the calendar eventually takes a toll on their personal lives and, during a photo shoot, tension boils over, Chris and Annie angrily clash. Annie accuses Chris of ignoring her husband and son and the demands of the family business in favour of newfound celebrity; Chris believes Annie revels in her Mother Teresa-like status of catering to the ill and bereaved who have bombarded her with fan mail. Neal, Rome (24 December 2003). "Helen Mirren's Calendar Girls". CBS News . Retrieved 17 October 2010. The head of the local Women's Institute branch refuses to sanction the calendar, so Chris and Annie plead their case to the national congress of the Women's Institute in London. They are told the final decision rests with the local leader, who grudgingly agrees to the calendar's sale.

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a b c Mark Kermode (7 September 2003). " Calendar Girls | Film". The Observer . Retrieved 1 June 2009. Lisa Schwarzbaum (29 December 2003). " Calendar Girls | Movie Review". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 1 June 2009. Calendar Girls is a 2008 stage play based on the film that was part of the Chichester Theatre Festival. It subsequently transferred to the West End. a b c "Leeds, camera, action! Plans unveiled for a major new film studio in Yorkshire". The Guardian . Retrieved 28 November 2018.

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David Benedict (18 September 2008). "Theater Review: Calendar Girls". Variety . Retrieved 2 February 2022. Chris's proposal initially is met with skepticism, but she eventually convinces nine additional women to participate in the project with her and Annie. They enlist Lawrence, a hospital worker and amateur photographer, to help with the project. The women are all quite shy, but they support each other, overcoming their fears.

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The photos for the 2000 Alternative WI Calendar, as it was named, were taken by Terry Logan, a former professional photographer who was married to one of the models. It was released on 12 April 1999 and became a runaway success, selling out in the first week. 10,000 additional copies were printed, all of which were sold within three weeks. Nine months after its launch, the calendar had sold 88,000 copies. [9] It then was adapted for a US version covering June 2000 – December 2001. The ladies were invited to appear with Jay Leno and Rosie O'Donnell on their respective talk shows. That year the calendar sold 202,000 copies, with its proceeds being used to fund lymphoma and leukaemia research in new laboratories at the University of Leeds. [9] The Girls is a 2015 musical based on the story of the film, written by Tim Firth and Gary Barlow. It premiered in Leeds and then transferred to the West End, opening at the Phoenix Theatre in February 2017.Helen Mirren as Chris Harper, the driving force behind the idea of stripping off for the local Women's Institute calendar.