Abortion movie sweeps UK awards Sep 10, 2008
Imelda Staunton has won plaudits for Vera Drake. Mike Leigh's abortion film Vera Drake has swept the board with six prizes at the British Independent Film Awards, held in London on Tuesday night ... Phil Davis - Vera Drake. (Yahoo News -- Film Awards)
Toronto Film Fest kicks off Oscar season Sep 9, 2008
Hawkins offers a stellar performance as a teacher whose eternal optimism is put through the ringer in the latest from director Mike Leigh, who has a history of putting British actresses on Hollywoods map with such films as Secrets & Lies and Vera Drake. . (MSNBC -- Politics)
Clooney in competition at Venice Sep 9, 2008
Last year's Golden Lion was won by Mike Leigh's abortion drama Vera Drake, which also won a best actress prize for Britain's Imelda Staunton. The 2005 festival runs from 31 August to 10 September. (Yahoo News -- Film Festivals)
Toronto Film Festival: Star power, fewer prizes? Sep 3, 2008
Even British filmmaker Mike Leigh, whose last outing was the 2004 abortion weeper Vera Drake, has an effort that lives up to its title: Happy-Go-Lucky. And a possible crowd-pleaser has emerged, if the reactions at Telluride can be trusted: Slumdog Millionaire, the story of a teen orphan in India who wins the jackpot on a Hindi version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. (USA Today -- Life)
Fall film preview (23) Aug 31, 2008
" And it'd better be good, or the struggling filmmaker could be persona non grata for the foreseeable future.10 more films I'm looking forward to: "Righteous Kill" (Sept. 12) Much like Guy Ritchie, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino could redeem themselves in one bold stroke with this police thriller. "Lakeview Terrace" (Sept. 19) Remember what I said about crazy Samuel L. Jackson? In Neil LaBute's latest, he plays a power-mad cop. And it doesn't get much more terrifyingly crazy than that. "Blindness"... (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
Imagine John Lennon's childhood: Nowhere Boy heads for big screen Jul 18, 2008
Seghatchian is at pains to point out their successes: "[We're] involved with such a broad range of films it is hard to generalise, but we should remember that Gosford Park, Bloody Sunday, Constant Gardener, Bend It Like Beckham, Vera Drake, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, This Is England and, more recently, Man on Wire and Adulthood were all lottery funded too.". A Hard Day's Night (1964) The Beatles' first film outing depicted a typical day in the life of the band. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Misery loves company Jun 20, 2008
His previous heroine, Vera Drake, seemed to live a normal everyday existence but performed abortions on the side. Even so, audiences paid to see the touching though drab-looking period film and the upbeat performance by Imelda Staunton earnt her a best-actress Oscar nomination. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Mike Leigh's upbeat turn top choice for first night Jun 5, 2008
The British director Mike Leigh, best known for the powerful, but intensely bleak, dramas Secrets & Lies and Vera Drake, has taken an upbeat turn with Happy-Go-Lucky. The comic drama follows a primary school teacher, Poppy, played by Sally Hawkins, who has a cheerful response to every setback. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Opening night's a funny thing May 31, 2008
Plenty of his films, such as Life Is Sweet and High Hopes, have been comedies - and, Leigh says, even the recent Vera Drake had its comical side - but they sting with a peculiarly bitter kind of humour. Even the star of his latest film, who clearly adores him as a genius who changed her life, describes him as "intimidating", "terrifying" and inclined to "bite your head off" if you break his rules. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Out of corsets and as happy as Sally May 14, 2008
" Her career shows no signs of foundering any time soon. Nor does she give any indication that the excitement engendered in her at nine has faded. She talks with fierce admiration of her favourite movie directors - Leigh, Paul Thomas Anderson, Michel Gondry, Shane Meadows - and the craft of filmmaking. She enthuses about her experiences in theatre, at the National and the Royal Court in London, and says she especially loves being in the rehearsal room, investigating a play and a character. No... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
From sheer to Eternity: Stace's saucy sister May 9, 2008
Other guests at the festival, starting on June 4, include the actor-musician Jack Black and the DreamWorks executive Jeffrey Katzenberg for a gala screening of the animated Kung Fu Panda, the British director Mike Leigh of Secrets & Lies and Vera Drake fame and the Australian Oscar winner Eva Orner. For the festival's musical side, see today's Metro. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Cutting-edge films jostle for the Blue Pavlova May 2, 2008
Starting on June 4, the festival will roll out a dozen red carpet screenings of films, starting with Happy-Go-Lucky from the British director Mike Leigh, best known for Secrets & Lies and Vera Drake. His new film centres on a relentlessly cheerful London teacher, played by Sally Hawkins, who won the best actress award at the Berlin Film Festival in February. (Sydney Morning Herald)
LA loves the UKBritish stars celebrate their success in the US with "Brit Week" May 2, 2008
" "We all sit together at night at Simon Cowell's house and plot how we're going to take over the universe," she jokes. When people first come out here, I think it's a dreadful shock Eric Idle Not every Brit in Hollywood wants to take over the world. Imelda Staunton, who was Oscar-nominated for her leading role in Vera Drake, is keen to preserve her British identity. She says: "We have a different culture, we have a different set of rules and I think different is good. Why have everything the... (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Don't Worry... Be Happy Apr 22, 2008
Leigh, who has made his name with films such as Secrets And Lies and Vera Drake, said: "If people see it, it will make them happy.". So with the director's words and sentiments ringing in our ears, here are some other ways to make yourself happy. (Glasgow Daily Record)
The grande dame Apr 21, 2008
The actor who brought us the fiendish Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter, the title role in Vera Drake and u ber town gossip Miss Pole in Cranford, wanders into the shoot alone and unannounced, wearing neither make-up nor socks (despite hail outside). She looks about 12. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Happy-Go-Lucky Interview Apr 19, 2008
UK, April 18, 2008 - Last time Sally Hawkins worked with director Mike Leigh it was in the Oscar-nominated abortion drama Vera Drake. Their reunion, Happy-Go-Lucky, is an altogether cheerier affair, following bright and breezy primary school teacher Poppy (Hawkins) as she parties with her pals and teases her straight-laced driving instructor (Eddie Marsan). (IGN FilmForce)
Sally Hawkins teams up again with Mike Leigh to star in his latest ... Apr 18, 2008
Sally is remarkable, agrees director Leigh, who also worked with her in the hit Vera Drake. She gets into a character and lives in its skin. (Mirror.co.uk)
Mike Leigh denies 'bleak' claims Apr 16, 2008
Movies - News - Mike Leigh denies 'bleak' claims - Digital Spy. Mike Leigh denies 'bleak' claims. (Digital Spy)
Leigh premieres 'happy' new film Apr 16, 2008
"If people see it, it will make them happy," said Leigh, whose past films include Vera Drake and Career Girls. The film-maker also said he would like more people to be able to see the film. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Leigh finds feel-good factor Apr 15, 2008
Bleak Moments (1971) High Hopes (1988) Life Is Sweet (1990) Naked (1993) Secrets (1996) Career Girls (1997) Topsy-Turvy (1999) All or Nothing (2002) Vera Drake (2004) Happy-Go-Lucky (above, 2008) ... " 'Finding extraordinary' Improvisation has played a key role in Leigh's creative process - from earlier works such as Abigail's Party through to Vera Drake. He says that is crucial to creating his brand of reality. I think I've always been fascinated by life Mike Leigh "The truth is that... (BBC News)
Mike Leigh: 'Me? Miserable? Nonsense!' Apr 13, 2008
Since then there have been, among others, Naked (1993), in which David Thewlis, as the last of the great Angry Young Men, haunts a stygian London night; the sobering picture of post-war Britain in the Venice prize-winner Vera Drake (2004); and, in 2002's All or Nothing, the most harrowing scenes of marital incomprehension seen outside of Ingmar Bergman ... It's her third film with Leigh: she was the council-estate temptress in All or Nothing and the upper-crust girl who got pregnant in Vera... (Independent)
Accolade For Leigh Feb 28, 2008
There will be a tribute with clips from his movies such as "Naked;" "Life is Sweet;" the biopic of Gilbert and Sullivan, "Topsy Turvy;" "Vera Drake;" and "Secrets " which was a hit in the United States. Leigh studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and acted with the Royal Shakespeare Company. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
The Elite Squad wins Golden Bear Feb 17, 2008
Born in London, 31-year-old Sally Hawkins has also appeared in Mike Leigh's abortion drama Vera Drake and has had an extensive television career. Sally Hawkins's success follows an extensive television career. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Leigh drama to compete at Berlin Feb 17, 2008
Leigh, whose past films include Vera Drake and Secrets will be in competition for the Golden Bear award with his new drama Happy-Go-Lucky. It is among nine films to have been added to the line-up. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Brazilian police brutality drama wins at Berlin film fest Feb 17, 2008
The 31-year-old Hawkins, who also appeared in Leigh's abortion drama "Vera Drake", thanked the director. "He is so supportive to an actor -- it doesn't get much better than Mike," she said. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Leigh's reason to be cheerful Feb 13, 2008
If it does win, Leigh will become the only living director to take the hat-trick of Europe's main film prizes - he won the Palme D'Or in Cannes with his 1996 film Secrets and Venice's Golden Lion with his last film four years ago, Vera Drake ... Leigh is better known for mining, with enormous success, the dark depths of human misery, not least in the harrowing story of the abortionist Vera Drake, which also won him a Bafta and an Oscar nomination ... Vera Drake, played by Imelda Staunton, is a... (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Happy-Go-Lucky Feb 13, 2008
By Nearly four years after his dark period drama "Vera Drake" took top prize in Venice, Britain's iconic helmer Mike Leigh is back with his most mellow work yet, and first in Cinemascope ... Dark-haired, hazel-eyed Hawkins -- so good in small parts in Leigh's "Vera Drake" and "All or Nothing" -- appears in every scene and manages to make what initially appeared to be a scatty, irritating character ultimately endearing ... Marsan (also from "Vera Drake") gets some of pic's best dialogue, with... (Variety)
Sometimes a film is just a film, so enjoy Feb 12, 2008
Or Mike Leigh's Vera Drake, which turns the clock back 60 years to England's grim days of backyard abortion. Pro-lifers are a predictable lot. (The Age, Australia -- Breaking News)
Euro market re-shaped by indies Feb 9, 2008
"If you look at what works across Europe, it tends to be upmarket movies like 'Downfall,' 'Vera Drake' and 'Pan's Labyrinth,'" Marchand says. He points out that independent American product is hit and miss, with films like "Just Friends" or "Next" doing well in some countries and failing even to get released in others. (Variety)
Pop goes BerlinMadonna and the Rolling Stones light up the city's film festival Feb 8, 2008
Director Mike Leigh will be showing Happy Go Lucky, his first film since Vera Drake, while Tilda Swinton's performance as an alcoholic in Julia is guaranteed to please the critics. Audiences will also expect a stir around British-directed film Gardens of the Night, which depicts two children who are abducted and abused for years. (BBC News -- Europe)
Avoid the 'A' word Feb 2, 2008
The Mike Leigh film "Vera Drake" (2004) earned three nominations. And polls remain consistent: A recent Harris Poll found that more than three-quarters of Americans favor a woman's right to choose in all or some circumstances. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
A choice that films ignore Jan 28, 2008
In the harrowing Vera Drake, the UK (which has the highest teenage birth rate in western Europe) has made its own contribution to the abortion genre. This film is a reminder that not having an abortion doesn't always lead to the happy families of Juno and Knocked Up. (Guardian Unlimited)
Pregnancy films like 'Juno' skip message, go for the humor Jan 21, 2008
"They want to laugh and have a good time and see a story that lifts their spirits and gives them hope. I can watch a more thoughtful documentary on the subject to enlighten myself. I wouldn't look to the maker of 40-Year-Old Virgin to teach me about all sides of the abortion crisis. "I'm first in line to see the Mike Leigh movie about the abortionist (Vera Drake). But I'm trying to tell stories that make people feel better about their lives. (USA Today -- Life)
Legal war looms on arts cash cuts Jan 13, 2008
Management at the Northcott say the theatre will be forced to close later this year, but the venue has found a high-profile champion in the Oscar-nominated actress Imelda Staunton, who starred in Vera Drake and was one of the big names in BBC1's serialisation of Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford. In the late 1970s the actress served what she describes as 'a true apprenticeship' at the theatre, working with the likes of Celia Imrie and Robert Lindsay. (Guardian Unlimited)
Leigh rings in the New 'Years' Jan 5, 2008
His CV includes plays such as "Abigail's Party" (1977), "Ecstasy" (1979) and "Goose-Pimples" (1981), although it's his film work -- "Vera Drake" (2004), "Topsy-Turvy" (1999), "Secrets (1996) and "Naked" (1993), among others -- that is best known Stateside.The relationship between the New Group and Leigh stretches back to 1995, when the troupe presented "Ecstasy" as its inaugural production. Elliott had been introduced by a friend to Leigh's BBC teleplays from the late 1970s and early 1980s, and... (Variety)
Polly Toynbee Oct 26, 2007
The Abortion Rights meeting began with Mike Leigh (son of a GP and a midwife) showing his movie, Vera Drake, on the dread and danger of illegal abortion days. It ended with David Steel and others ready for the fight in the forthcoming vote. (Guardian Unlimited)
4 Months 3 Weeks & 2 Days Oct 18, 2007
Nor is it "about" abortion, in the way, for example, that Vera Drake is. It is a precisely detailed, resonant account of individual survival mechanisms, choices and decisions. (The Age)
Brick Lane film praised in France Oct 10, 2007
"You wouldn't get the equivalent in Ramsgate, would you?" said the actress, who was Oscar-nominated for her role in 2004's Vera Drake. Gavron agreed that her film, out in the UK on 16 November, had received a "wonderful" response. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Flying onto DVD for the Holidays: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Available December 11 from Warner Home Video Sep 18, 2007
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix also introduces Academy Award Nominees Helena Bonham Carter (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride) and Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake, Freedom Writers). Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will be available for sell-through pricing on Single Disc in widescreen and full frame formats for $28. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Centre stage for Brit film Aug 31, 2007
Previous winners of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival have included Vera Drake, Brokeback Mountain and Belle de Jour, so there is much reason to believe that this film marks an increasingly upward turn in the health of British cinema. With a plethora of genuinely talented young actors and actresses finally stepping into the shoes of some our trusted greats, it genuinely feels as though home-grown films are growing in depth and stature. (Norfolk Eastern Daily Press)
Aristocrats, migrants and an old master Aug 29, 2007
Following recent wins for Vera Drake and The Queen, four out of the 22 films competing for the festival's main award, the Golden Lion, have British directors. Alongside the relative newcomer Joe Wright, whose adaptation of Ian McEwan's Atonement opens the 64th annual festival, are three veterans of British cinema. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
A gift for story-telling is crucial in film, says Leigh Aug 22, 2007
" Leigh made his first feature film, Bleak Moments, in 1971 when he was 28. He trained as an actor before attending the London Film School. His more recent films include Life Is Sweet, Secrets & Lies, the Gilbert and Sullivan tale Topsy-Turvy, and most recently the controversial, Oscar-nominated Vera Drake, about a woman abortionist. Leigh is revered not just for his compelling films but for a unique working style in which little is known about his plots before he begins each project, as the... (Scotsman)
Tight Security Keeps Harry Potter Under Wraps Jul 19, 2007
Above all, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is dominated by Imelda Staunton, best known for Mike Leigh's Vera Drake, overacting gleefully as the latest and most bloodcurdling Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Dolores Umbridge. A stand-in for the Ministry, she metes out ghastly punishment with a smile of mocking gentility and palpably loathes her students' youth and freedom. (NPR)
'PHOENIX' RISING: The latest Harry Potter movie puts a new spin on teen alienation Jul 17, 2007
Imelda Staunton, an Academy Award-nominated actress for 2004's Vera Drake, does a fantastic job in this role. At times, she seems as dangerous as your grandmother. (Up & Coming Magazine, NC)
Imelda Staunton is quite the 'baddie' in 'Order' Jul 17, 2007
The role is light-years away from Staunton's last major film role in 2004's Vera Drake, for which she was nominated for a best-actress Oscar. She plays a kindly working-class wife and mother who performs covert abortions in post-World War II England. (USA Today -- Life)
Aviator and Vera take Bafta glory Jul 13, 2007
Hollywood blockbuster The Aviator and low-budget British movie Vera Drake have shared the main honours at the 2005 Bafta film awards ... But Vera Drake scored best director for Mike Leigh while Imelda Staunton took the hotly contested best actress award ... The Aviator: 4 Vera Drake: 3 Eternal Sunshine: 2 Motorcycle Diaries: 2 Ray: 2 Sideways: 1 Closer: 1. (Yahoo News -- Film Awards)
Abortion movie sweeps UK awards Jul 13, 2007
Imelda Staunton has won plaudits for Vera Drake. Mike Leigh's abortion film Vera Drake has swept the board with six prizes at the British Independent Film Awards, held in London on Tuesday night ... Phil Davis - Vera Drake. (Yahoo News -- Film Awards)
Clooney in competition at Venice Jul 13, 2007
Last year's Golden Lion was won by Mike Leigh's abortion drama Vera Drake, which also won a best actress prize for Britain's Imelda Staunton. The 2005 festival runs from 31 August to 10 September. (Yahoo News -- Film Festivals)
Peril in pink Jul 13, 2007
A successful stage actress whose on-screen resume includes "Vera Drake," for which she received an Oscar nomination, and "Shakespeare in Love," Staunton, 51, first heard about Umbridge from a friend who sped through the 2003 book and immediately thought of Staunton for Hogwarts' newest arrival. Toad-like toady. (Indianapolis Star)
Review: Able 'Potter' growing darker Jul 12, 2007
Imelda Staunton ("Vera Drake") is hardly the short, flabby, toad-like Umbridge of the book. A giggly disciplinarian in pink knits, she rather reminded me of Queen Elizabeth II, though I suspect there's a deliberate echo of Margaret Thatcher in the way she pronounces her cruel diktats with a passive-aggressive feminine sweetness. (CNN -- World)
Harry's new friends & foes: Latest Potter movie adds several characters Jul 11, 2007
In the film due in theaters tomorrow, she's played by Imelda Staunton -- the Oscar-nominated actress from "Vera Drake.". Kreacher, the house elf, is also new to the series. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
More of this story Jul 11, 2007
I also craved much more of newcomers Evanna Lynch as the charmingly weird and ethereal Luna Lovegood and past Oscar nominee Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake ) as Old Toad Face, aka Doloris Umbridge, Hogwarts new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. The two of them never fail to energize the picture, especially Staunton (outfitted in a succession of hideous pink suits), whose duplicitous character (really a spy sent to keep tabs on Dumbledore and Harry) believes deception (and physical abuse) is... (Brockton Enterprise, MA)
A Middling 'Harry' Jul 11, 2007
" But others, naive types stumbling in just hoping to see a movie that stands on its own, will find a long picture with a few pleasing moments, one standout performance and a lot of unnecessary plot loops. It all depends on the perspective: Taken as a motion picture, the new "Harry" comes up short. But taken as a visual aid to the experience of reading a book, the new "Harry" does its job. The picture benefits from the time-lapse photographic maturation of Daniel Radcliffe, who now has the... (San Francisco Chronicle)
HAYWIRE Hogwarts Jul 11, 2007
For the young folks, this ministerial interference manifests itself as a new and disapproved professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts, a teaching position with roughly the same tenure as a guest spot on C.S.I. There have been four predecessors, one for each movie, and the latest is Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake). Wearing what appear to be hand-me-downs from the ghost of Jackie Onassis, she is the classic sweet-talking passive-aggressive tyrant. (National Post)
Review: Wild about Harry Potter No. 5 Jul 10, 2007
An Oscar nominee for her performance as a doomed British abortionist in Vera Drake, Staunton might earn another Academy nod for this very different yet equally satisfying performance. If so, shed be the first actor in the series to earn such recognition. (MSNBC -- News)
Harry Potter Jul 10, 2007
Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort in Warner Bros. Published: July 9, 2007. (International Herald Tribune)
Boy-wizard makes a stunning return Jul 9, 2007
Staunton (Oscar-nominated for her performance in 2004's Vera Drake) does such a great job stealing scenes in Phoenix it becomes hard to tell which is scarier the merciless, all-powerful, soul-destroying evil wizard or the smiling, softly spoken bureaucrat who insists that everything be done by the book. Both these satanic forces impel Harry to rebel. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Harry Potteron the big screen Jul 7, 2007
The series has always featured A-list British actors of stage and screen and Staunton (Oscar nominee for Vera Drake) is a great addition, slyly evil as the pink-suited edict-slinging instructor intent on taking over Hogwarts School from headmaster Dumbledore. The first real villainess in the series, she is a delicious new impediment to Harry and his fellow sorcerors-in-training. (The Palm Beach Post)
Harry Potter's witchy woman Jul 7, 2007
includes "Vera Drake," for which she received an Oscar nomination, and "Shakespeare in Love," Staunton, 51, first heard about Umbridge from a friend who sped through the 2003 book and immediately thought of Staunton for Hogwarts' newest arrival. Dispatched to the wizarding school by the Ministry of Magic to micromanage headmaster Albus Dumbledore and tamp down rumors of evil Lord Voldemort's ascendancy, Umbridge is compared to a "large, pale toad," with a broad, flabby face, little neck and a... (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Potter flicks made to order Jun 22, 2007
Harry s worst nemesis yet is new Defense Against the Dark Arts instructor Dolores Umbrage, played with vinegary passive-aggressive finesse by Oscar-nominee Imelda Staunton ( Vera Drake ). Dressed in bright pink, Umbrage cheerfully resorts to physically torturing her students whenever it suits her nefarious purposes. (Boston Herald)
Studios choose to play it safe Jun 17, 2007
Much rarer are those movies like "Vera Drake " (2004) that realistically portray the emotional turmoil and hard decisions women actually experience (let alone acknowledge that they may have made the right choice). Ironically, one of the more honest accounts can be found in a teen comedy: 1982's "Fast Times at Ridgemont High ," in which the freshman played by Jennifer Jason Leigh gets knocked up by a sleazeball (Robert Romanus ) who won't pay for half the abortion or even drive her to the clinic. (Boston Globe)
Knightley film to kick off Venice Jun 16, 2007
Recent winners of the festival's Golden Lion include Vera Drake and Brokeback Mountain. SEE ALSO 21 Jun 05 | Entertainment 09 Sep 06 | Entertainment 23 Jan 07 | Entertainment 02 May 07 | Entertainment 24 May 07 | Entertainment. (BBC News)
'The Last Hangman' is grim but humane Jun 16, 2007
The movie, a gr ay and measured biography of Albert Pierrepoint , who worked until his 1956 retirement as chief executioner for Her Majesty's government, is grim stuff and very much a bookend to "Vera Drake " in its mixture of post war British reserve and ugly reality. Spall makes it work, creating a little man with big and terrible secrets. (Boston Globe -- Living)
Around the World in a Thousand Words May 30, 2007
Brilliant as it is, Mungiu's film is likely to be a hard sell: It's a movie about abortion that makes Vera Drake look like Mary Poppins. At the opposite extreme, the epitome of globo-absurdity in Cannes is French director Olivier Assayas's meta-trashy Boarding Gate, which winds up with sullen Ser, hit woman, and festival It-girl Asia Argento wandering drugged through the back alleys and karaoke clubs of mysterious Hong Kong. (City Pages)
Attention muggles! Summer movies have arrived May 22, 2007
Staunton is best known for her Oscar-nominated role in Vera Drake. Web site: Release date: July 13. (MSNBC -- Movies)
