The Lady in the Van (2015)
Releasing at Novembe 13, 2015 in theaters.
Biography, Comedy, Drama
The Lady in the Van is comedy-drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner, and starring Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings, based on the memoir of the same name created by Alan Bennett. It was written by Bennett. It primiered firstly on Toronto International Film Festival at September 12, 2015.
The film tells the true story of Alan Bennett’s somewhat strained friendship with Miss Mary Shepherd, a crabby, eccentric and unsanitary homeless woman whom Bennett befriended in the 1970s before allowing her to park her Bedford van in the driveway of his Camden home “for three months.” She ended up residing there for 15 years. As the story develops, Bennett learns Miss Shepherd’s true identity: Margaret Fairchild, a gifted former pupil of the pianist Alfred Cortot.
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Writers: Alan Bennett
Stars: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Jim Broadbent, Deborah Findlay, Roger Allam, Pandora Colin, Richard Griffiths
►Cast
| Maggie Smith | ► | Miss Shepherd |
| Jim Broadbent | ► | Underwood |
| Clare Hammond | ► | Young Margaret Fairchild |
| George Fenton | ► | Conductor |
| BBC Concert Orchestra | ► | The British Symphony Orchestra |
| Alex Jennings | ► | Alan Bennett |
| Jamie Parker | ► | Estate Agent |
| Deborah Findlay | ► | Pauline |
| Roger Allam | ► | Rufus |
| Richard Griffiths | ► | Sam Perry |
| Pandora Colin | ► | Fiona Perry |
| Nicholas Burns | ► | Giles Perry |
| Dominic Cooper | ► | Actor |
| Giles Cooper | ► | Passer by |
| Tom Klenerman | ► | Tom Perry |
| Gwen Taylor | ► | Mam |
| Frances de la Tour | ► | Mrs Vaughan Williams |
| Claire Foy | ► | Lois, Social Worker |
| James Corden | ► | Market Trader |
| George Taylor | ► | Policeman |
| David Calder | ► | Leo Fairchild |
| Eleanor Matsuura | ► | Interviewer |
| Selina Cadell | ► | Lady Wiggin |
| Charlie Hancock | ► | Men Shaking Van |
| Dan Raza | ► | Men Shaking Van |
| Dermot Crowley | ► | Priest |
| Clive Merrison | ► | Man in Confessional |
| Samuel Barnett | ► | Out of Work Actor |
| Russell Tovey | ► | Young Man with Earring |
| Samuel Anderson | ► | Jehovah’s Witnesses |
| Michelle Reid | ► | Jehovah’s Witnesses |
| Sam Spruell | ► | Another Young Man |
| Rosalind Knight | ► | Old Nun |
| Elliot Levey | ► | Theatre Director |
| Sarah Lieberson | ► | Stage Manager |
| Cecilia Noble | ► | Miss Briscoe, Social Worker |
| Hannah Watson | ► | Broadstairs Pianist |
| Linda Broughton | ► | Edith Fairchild |
| Stephen Campbell Moore | ► | Doctor at Old Peoples Home |
| Marion Bailey | ► | Housekeeper at Convent |
| Sacha Dhawan | ► | Doctor at Gloucester Crescent |
| Andrew Knott | ► | Ambulance Man |
| Lorna Brown | ► | Day Care Centre Worker |
| June Watson | ► | Woman in Day Centre |
| Sam McArdle | ► | Biker |
| Tony Van Silva | ► | God |
| Geoffrey Streatfeild | ► | Alan’s Partner |
| Alan Bennett | ► | Alan Bennett (2014) |
| Freddie August | ► | Musician |
| Richard Banks | ► | Neighbour |
| Jessica Bastick-Vines | ► | Pauline and Rufus’ Daughter |
| Bern Collaço | ► | Concert Attendee |
| Tom Coulston | ► | Smiling Pallbearer |
| Edward Heath | ► | (archive footage) |
| Michael Hennessy | ► | Passerby |
| Janette Sharpe | ► | Passerby |
| Sam Shoubber | ► | Market Seller |
| Tina Simmons | ► | Nosy Neighbour |
| Margaret Thatcher | ► | (archive footage) |
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