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That Day We Sang (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Mono )

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

Running Time:
89 min + 58 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2014 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Victoria Wood

Written By:
Victoria Wood

Actors:
Michael Ball ..... Tubby
Imelda Staunton ..... Enid
Christopher Jordan ..... Gavin
Conleth Hill ..... Frank
Sophie Thompson ..... Dorothy
Leslie Hattersley ..... Presenter
Harvey Chaisty ..... Jimmy
Jessica Casby ..... Young Enid
Sam Burles ..... Hewitt
Tracy Gabbitas ..... Evelyn
Carl Sanderson ..... Bus Conductor
Daniel Rigby ..... Mr Kirkby
Dorothy Atkinson ..... Gertrude Riall
Michael Strobel ..... Mr Chandler
Nathan Rowley ..... Killelea

Synopsis:

In 1969 insurance salesman Jimmy 'Tubby' Baker and secretary Enid are among those meeting for a televised reunion at the Manchester Free Trade hall, where, thirty years earlier as school children they were part of the choir who made a record of 'Nymphs and Shepherds, Come Away.' Tubby and Enid are drawn together in reaction against the snobbish organizer Frank and his wife who try to impress them by taking them to the Berni inn and Tubby wants to date Enid but she is having an affair with her married boss in the belief that he will leave his wife for her. Tubby recalls how, as young Jimmy, his widowed mother was disapproving of his singing in the choir and it was down to the Bible-quoting Great War veteran, crippled Mr Kirkby, assistant to choir mistress Gertrude Riall, that he was able to take part. Now he believes he should take a leaf out of his determined younger self's book and be bold, convincing Enid that her lover will never leave his wife and that they are made for each other, years after that day when they sang.

That Day We Sang, by Victoria Wood, is a musical set in Manchester, 1969. It's the story of Tubby & Enid, two lonely middle-aged people who grab a second chance at life, reconnected by the power of music. They meet at a reunion of the Manchester Children's Choir who made the iconic Columbia recording of Nymphs and Shepherds in 1929.

Tubby and Enid's faltering romance is interweaved with the story of Jimmy, a member of the choir whose love of singing transcends his difficult home life. As we go between Tubby and Jimmy, their stories collide, and they must somehow find each other.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 06 April, 2016.