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The Iron Lady
- Theatrical - Limited 2011-12-30
- Cast Meryl Streep Jim Broadbent Olivia Colman Roger Allam Nicholas Farrell
- Directed by Phyllida Lloyd
- Written by Abi Morgan
Box Office Gross:
$115,890,792
Running Time:
105 minutes
Language:
English
Production Company:
UK Film Council, DJ Films, Yuk Films, Film4 Productions, Goldcrest, Pathe
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Synopsis
A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
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The Iron Lady gets no liberal love in these defaced new posters
Posted 14 years ago
THE IRON LADY opens tomorrow, and in some sort of weird last ditch effort to appeal to lefties, the Weinstein Co. has released a set of new, “defaced” one sheets for the Margaret Thatcher biopic. The posters play on the...
Review: The Iron Lady
Posted 14 years ago
PLOT: The life of former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (Meryl Streep), whose strict conservative policies earner her the nickname “The Iron Lady”. REVIEW: THE IRON LADY is a fairly conventional biopic, which contrasts Thatcher’s golden years as an increasingly...
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Another trailer for the Oscar bait-y Iron Lady is now online
Posted 14 years ago
“Oscar bait” is a common enough trend, particularly during this winter season. But is any film this year more in-your-face about it than THE IRON LADY? What makes it worse is that THE IRON LADY is so obviously trying to...
Meryl Streep secures an Oscar nom in new Iron Lady trailer
Posted 15 years ago
You merely have to say the phrase “Meryl Streep playing a historical figure” and you’ve automatically secured her one of the five Best Actress nominee spots at this year’s Oscars. And if she has to do a funny voice? That’s at...
Meryl Streep gunning for another Oscar in the Iron Lady trailer
Posted 15 years ago
In the trailer below for THE IRON LADY we have the first footage we’ve seen of Meryl Streep as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. It’s only a few seconds but just from that brief bit, and from the fact...
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