Made in Dagenham
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Nigel Cole
Sally Hawkins
Andrea Riseborough
Bob Hoskins
Geraldine James
Jaime Winstone
Film Details
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Synopsis
Based on a true story about a group of spirited women who joined forces and took a stand for what was right. Although far from the Swinging Sixties of Carnaby Street, life for the women of Dagenham, England is tinged with the sounds and sights of the optimistic era, heard on their radios and seen on their TV sets. Rita O'Grady reflects that upbeat era, along with her friends and co-workers at the city's Ford Motor Factory -- Sandra, Eileen, Brenda, Monica and Connie -- who laugh in the face of their poor conditions. Lisa is a fiercely intelligent Cambridge-educated woman who feels a bit trapped, tending to the home with a husband that suggests she keep her opinions to herself. She may not live in the same world as the other women, but she shares their views. No one thought the revolution would come to Dagenham, until one day, it did. Rita, who primarily sees herself as a wife and mother, is coerced into attending a meeting with shop steward Connie, sympathetic union representative Albert and Peter Hopkins, Ford's Head of Industrial Relations. What she expects to be simply a day out of work, complete with a free lunch, turns into much more when she and her colleagues become outraged by the lack of respect shown in the meeting to the women employees. With humor, common sense and courage Rita and the other women take on their bosses, an increasingly belligerent local community, and finally the government, as their intelligence and unpredictability proves to be a match for any of their male opponents. Daring to stand up and push boundaries, the women changed a system that no one wanted to admit was broken.
Director
Nigel Cole
Cast
Sally Hawkins
Andrea Riseborough
Bob Hoskins
Geraldine James
Jaime Winstone
Roger Lloyd Pack
Rosamund Pike
Richard Schiff
Lorraine Stanley
Nicola Duffett
Matt Aubrey
Daniel Mays
Phil Cornwell
Karen Seacombe
Thomas Arnold
Sian Scott
Robbie Kay
Andrew Lincoln
Joseph Mawle
Kenneth Cranham
Gina Bramhill
Marcus Hutton
Rupert Graves
Miranda Richardson
Joseph Kloska
Miles Jupp
Frank Baker
Philip Perry
Peter Hugo Daly
Simon Armstrong
Matilda Cole
Romy Taylor
Angus Barnett
Birgitta Bernhard
Laurie Cannon
William Ivory
Nico Tatarowicz
Denis Gilmore
Danny Huston
Mitchell Mullen
John Sessions
Matt King
Noah Taylor
Victoria Watkins
Craig Randall
David Bond
Simon Nehan
Frank Baker
Dennis Gilmore
Crew
David Arnold
David Arnold
Brian Auger
Brian Auger
Lucy Bevan
Laurie Borg
Billy Bragg
Jim Capaldi
Terry Cashman
Jimmy Cliff
John De Borman
John De Borman
Desmond Dekker
Desmond Dekker
Lizzie Yianni Georgiou
Brian Albert Gordon
Danny Hambrook
Tim Haslam
William Ivory
Elizabeth Karlsen
Marriott Lane
Christine Langan
Paul Leka
Dave Mason
Andrew Mcalpine
Norman Merry
Michael Parker
Matthew Penry-davey
Shelley Pinz
Gene Pistilli
Domingo Samudio
Nicky Scott
Sandie Shaw
Louise Stjernsward
Traffic
Paul White
Stevie Winwood
Chris Wood
Chris Wood
Stephen Woolley
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Limited Release in United States Fall November 19, 2010
Released in United States on Video March 29, 2011
Released in United States 2010
Limited Release in United States Fall November 19, 2010 (Los Angeles & New York City)
Released in United States on Video March 29, 2011
Simon Curtis was previously attached to direct.
Released in United States 2010 (Special Screenings)
Sony Pictures Classics acquired North American distribution rights from HanWay for more than $2,000,000.
