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The Lady in the Van

6.4

Released October 30, 2015Runtime 1h 44min

A mostly true story

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

BBC Film

TriStar Pictures

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Finances

Budget: $6,000,000
Revenue: $41,387,687
Profit/Loss: $35,387,687

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Cast

Maggie SmithMiss Shepherd

Alex JenningsAlan Bennett

Frances de la TourUrsula Vaughan Williams

Gwen TaylorMam

Dominic CooperTheatre Actor

James CordenStreet Trader

Roger AllamRufus

Samuel AndersonJehovah's Witness

Dermot CrowleyPriest

Jim BroadbentUnderwood

Stephen Campbell MooreDoctor

Eleanor MatsuuraAmerican Journalist

Sacha DhawanDoctor Malik

Samuel BarnettDonald

Deborah FindlayPauline

David CalderMr. Fairchild

Elliot LeveyTheatre Director

Claire FoyLois, Social Worker

Pandora ColinMrs. Perry

Marion BaileyConvent Housekeeper

Russell ToveyYoung Man with Earring

Rosalind KnightOld Nun

Jamie ParkerEstate Agent

Geoffrey StreatfeildAlan's Partner

June WatsonWoman at Day Centre

George TaylorPoliceman

Richard BanksNeighbour

Aaron NeilGrocer

Jessica Bastick-VinesPauline and Rufus' Daughter

Cecilia NobleMiss Briscoe

Clare HammondYoung Miss Shephard

Sam McArdleThe Biker

Giles CooperPasser-By

Sam SpruellAnother Young Man

Harriet ThorpeCustomer

Nicholas BurnsGiles Perry

Alan BennettAlan Bennett (2014)

Andrew KnottAmbulance Man

Selina CadellLady Wiggin

Giles CooperPasser-by

Crew

Nicholas HytnerDirector

Alan BennettWriter

Damian JonesProducer

Nicholas HytnerProducer

Miles KetleyExecutive Producer

Christine LanganExecutive Producer

Kevin LoaderProducer

Charles MooreExecutive Producer

Ed WetheredExecutive Producer

John BeardProduction Design

Rick JamesCamera Trainee

Kevin DayProps

George FentonOriginal Music Composer

Nellie BurroughesStunt Double

Tariq AnwarEditor

Andrew DunnDirector of Photography

Niamh CoulterSet Decoration

Natalie WardCostume Design

Naomi DonneMakeup Artist

Doone ForsythMakeup Artist

Chris LyonsSpecial Effects Makeup Artist

Norma WebbMakeup Artist

Nathaniel De'LineadeusSpecial Effects Makeup Artist

Peter GleavesADR Recordist

Jack StewFoley Artist

Craig IrvingSound

Simon FinneyCamera Operator

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Reviews

> According to her guidance, this is where it should go! Her legend continues. I was talking about Maggie Smith, she's 82 years old and still her performances can compete with younger generation actors. The story was narrated from someone's perspective about the role she played, that's why it's ...

As the writer himself acknowledges at the end, he's augmented this a little but most of it is already the stuff you couldn't make up! He buys a new home in a well-to-do street in London's Camden only to find the area "blighted" by a curmudgeonly and smelly old woman who lives out of her rusting old...