class=”alignleft size-full wp-image-41912″ title=”Made in Dagenham” src=”https://www.heyuguys.com/images/2010/09/Made-in-Dagenham.jpg” alt=”” width=”286″ height=”161″ />Variety has published an article on the British entries for the upcoming Toronto Internal Film Festival and it looks for be a good year for us Brits.
One of the most anticipated in the line-up is director Tom Hooper’s biopic of King George VI, The King’s Speech. Many critics are claiming that the film is almost certain to be one of the major contenders at next year’s Oscars (a British historical costume drama? Who’d have thought it?). With an all star cast (including the likes of Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Gambon and Guy Pearce) and a director who has already had success with his previous period drama (last year’s The Damned Untied), things are looking promising indeed.
Amongst the other big-hitters are a remake of the classic Brighton Rock, starring Helen Mirren and Control’s Sam Riley, and the world premiere of a film which has been likened to a female version of the The Full Monty. It’s called Made in Dagenham and it stars Happy Go-Lucky’s Sally Hawkins in a politically-charged tale, based on the true story of a group of female car factory workers who caused a mass walked-out in protest of sexual discrimination in the workplace.
Good to see that there’s still a number of UK-made films being produced which have the potential to reach a world-wide audience.
