Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley

Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
83 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Niall MacCormick

Written By:
Tony Saint

Actors:
Andrea Riseborough ..... Margaret Thatcher
Philip Jackson ..... Alfred Roberts
Michael Gould ..... John Miller
Jonathan Aris ..... Stanley Soward
Rory Kinnear ..... Denis Thatcher
Samuel West ..... Ted Heath
Lydia Leonard ..... Joyce
Marcia Warren ..... Old Dear
Michael Cochrane ..... Sir Waldron Smithers
Sylvestra Le Touzel ..... Patricia Hornsby-Smith
Christian Rodska ..... Lieutenant Colonel Digby
Robert Whitelock ..... Bert
Geoffrey McGivern ..... Dartford Returning Officer / TV & Radio Announcer (as Geoff McGivern)
James Laurenson ..... Leslie Thomas
Claire Vousden ..... Nanny

Synopsis:

Margaret Thatcher is one of the world's most well-known public figures. But how much do we really know about her as a person? In this witty, humorous and imaginative drama, Britain's first female Prime Minister is portrayed as you've never imagined her. An attractive 25-year-old woman up against that most conservative and male of all institutions - the British Conservative Party. Beginning on the night she met her husband-to-be Denis, the film tells of the young Margaret Thatcher's steely determination to get selected to a 'winnable' Tory seat in the Fifties and imagines what might have gone on behind the scenes during her ten-year struggle as she was rejected by a succession of five home counties Tory selection committees and finally - against considerable local opposition - selected for the seat she was to be identified with for the rest of her political career - Finchley!

This film tells the story of the rise and rise of the iron lady. Margaret Thatcher is one of the world's most well-known public figures. But how much do we really know about her as a person? In this witty, humorous and imaginative drama, Britain's first female Prime Minister is portrayed as you've never imagined her. An attractive 25-year-old woman up against that most conservative and male of all institutions - the British Conservative Party. Beginning on the night she met her husband-to-be Denis, the film tells of the young Margaret Thatcher's steely determination to get selected to a 'winnable' Tory seat in the Fifties and imagines what might have gone on behind the scenes during her ten-year struggle as she was rejected by a succession of five home counties Tory selection committees and finally - against considerable local opposition - selected for the seat she was to be identified with for the rest of her political career - Finchley! Starring Andrea Riseborough, Rory Kinnear, Geoffrey Palmer, Oliver Ford Davies and Samuel West.

A light-hearted retelling of the true story of future prime minister Margaret Thatcher, during the fifties when, working as a research chemist, she begins her attempts to be selected for parliament, and meets her future husband Dennis.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 04 April, 2009.

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