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Calendar Girls is a 2003 British comedy film directed by Nigel Cole.Produced by Harbour 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 subsequently Blood Cancer UK under the auspices of the Women's Institutes in April 1999 after the husband

Calendar girl Angela Knowles shares the story of how she joined with her friends to raise 5 million for blood cancer research. It was then that Hollywood came calling and the Calendar Girls film was made. In total it took four-and-a-half years to make, on a very small budget. Richard Branson flew us first class to open the LA Film Festival.

In September 2003, the blockbusting film quotCalendar Girlsquot based on the story of the Alternative WI Calendar, was premiered at the Odeon, Leicester Square. In the film, Tricia's character was played by Helen Mirren. June 2003 saw the launch of a second calendar featuring the 6 actresses from the film and the six original WI members.

The idea was to do an quotalternativequot WI calendar, dedicated to John's memory and featuring the traditional WI crafts - but the ladies would be bare. The film Calendar Girls is based on this true story. Although it is dramatised and fictionalised, the film remains true to the heart of the calendar story and the reasons behind it.

In addition to teaching Pilates and writing a book about her calendar girl experiences, Tricia has set up a tour company. quotCalendar Girls Holidaysquot offers Yorkshire Dale visitors the chance to meet some of the real calendar girls, see places where the movie was shot and get an inside view of the Dales that John, a national park officer, loved.

quotCalendar Girlsquot is a mostly whimsical outing, dotted with alittle tension and a big truck of sentiment, an oh-my and feel-goodtype of movie that entertains nicely while never becoming

Calendar Girls 2003 - Plot summary, synopsis, and more Menu. Movies. Based on a true story, eleven middle-aged Englishwomen pose nude for their annual Women's Institute calendar as a fund-raiser for the local hospital. Chris Helen Mirren gets the idea to raise money for the hospital after Annie's Julie Walters husband dies of

Calendar Girls is a 2003 comedy film directed by Nigel Cole and loosely based on the true story of Angela Baker who led a calendar fundraising event. The film stars Helen Mirren, Julie Walters, Linda Bassett, Annette Crosbie, Celia Imrie, and Penelope Wilton. Following the death of her husband, a charity event organizer teams up with her friends to raise money for Leukemia Research with their

Calendar Girls. Based on a true story. Chris and Annie are the best of friends - very different, but very close. Living in a small village in the Yorkshire Dales, their peaceful lives are shattered when Annie's husband dies of leukaemia. An active member of the local Women's Institute, Chris enlists the support of her fellow members in a

For once, though, quotCalendar Girlsquot - inspired by the true story of the Yorkshire housewives who posed nude for an alternative Women's Institute calendar - lives up to that description.