The Last of the Blonde Bombshells with Judi Dench: DVD Cover

    The Last of the Blonde Bombshells Director: Gillies MacKinnon Cast: Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Olympia Dukakis, Leslie Caron

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    • DVD Release Date: 02/20/2001
    • Original Release: 2000
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 1,458

    Viewer Rating: (1 ratings)

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    Scene Index

    Chapters
    0. Chapters
    1. Introduction/Main titles [3:49]
    2. Present meets past [8:29]
    3. In walks love [11:12]
    4. Together again? [8:23]
    5. "Betty, the one and only" [4:08]
    6. Gwen the diva [5:02]
    7. Rehearsal [4:04]
    8. Dodging the war [9:18]
    9. His roses [7:17]
    10. "A slight technical difficulty" [5:59]
    11. Music of the heart [4:33]
    12. Re -"introducing the bombshells" [6:53]
    13. Epilogue [3:58]

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    Editorial Reviews

    A group of trailblazing female musicians try to take another shot at success in this musical comedy-drama produced for the premium cable network HBO. In the 1940s, the Blonde Bombshells were the finest all-female jazz band in the U.K., playing hot swing music that helped raise England's spirits during the dark days of WWII. Fifty years later, Elizabeth (Judi Dench), one of the band's sax players, is trying to decide what to do with herself after the death of her husband. Pulling her axe out of mothballs, Elizabeth starts playing again, and after meeting Patrick (Ian Holm), the group's former manager (and drummer-in-drag), they decide to put the group back together for a reunion tour. But they soon discover that putting the band back on the road after over fifty years is no easy task. The Last of the Blonde Bombshells also stars Leslie Caron, Olympia Dukakis, and jazz vocalist Cleo Laine. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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    Great Music and Actors with an amusing story line. Just plain FUN!!by Anonymous

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    October 17, 2009: A movie you can watch over and over again, for the flashbacks or for the front story. Both will bring plenty of smiles and some laugh out loud moments while not forgetting the backdrop realism of the WW II period.