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Hattie (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
84 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Dan Zeff

Written By:
Stephen Russell
Andy Merriman

Actors:
Ruth Jones ..... Hattie Jacques
Robert Bathurst ..... John Le Mesurier
Aidan Turner ..... John Schofield
Jeany Spark ..... Joan Malin
Jay Simpson ..... Bruce
Graham Fellows ..... Eric Sykes
Marcia Warren ..... Esma Cannon
Stephen Critchlow ..... Gerald Thomas
Susy Kane ..... Young Actress
Lewis Macleod ..... Eamonn Andrews
Brian Pettifer ..... Ron
James Martin ..... Reg
John Bell ..... Robin Le Mesurier
John Reader ..... Kim Le Mesurier

Synopsis:

Married comic actors Hattie Jacques and John LeMesurier seem the perfect couple,with their two young sons and the legendary Christmas dinners they host for their friends. However,in 1963,after a charity fund raiser for leukaemia, Hattie meets the young and handsome John Schofield,whose son died of the disease. He tells her that she is lovely and boosts her confidence about her plumpness. When he splits with his wife John LeMesurier suggests he becomes the family's lodger but he becomes Hattie's lover,jealously so,angry that he cannot be part of her 'This Is Your Life' TV tribute.The gentlemanly LeMesurier moves into the spare room,the while remaining good friends with Hattie,who encourages him to date family friend Joan Malin,whom he will eventually marry. To preserve Hattie's public reputation,her husband accepts blame in the divorce court and will remain on good terms with her for the rest of her life. Two years later Schofield deserts Hattie for an Italian heiress. She will never remarry,seeking the company of younger men and succumbing to illness propounded by her size,leading to her death from a heart attack at the early age of fifty-eight.

Ruth Jones stars as Hattie Jacques, star of the world-renowned Carry On films, in a true-life comedy drama about a very English love triangle and a celebration of an extraordinary comedy icon. Thanks to the success of the Carry On films, actress Hattie Jacques was famous for playing ‘fat and funny' characters. However behind closed doors, Hattie became the star in her very own scandal when--in the middle of filming Carry On Cabby--she began a passionate affair with her handsome young chauffeur, John Schofield (Aidan Turner), while she was still married to Dad's Army actor John Le Mesurier (Robert Bathurst). Set in the bohemian world of 60s London, Hattie shows that, despite the matronly roles she played on screen, the real Hattie enjoyed an adventurous and passionate love life

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 03 February, 2011.

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