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Vera Drake

2004, Movie, R, 125 mins

Vera Drake: Review

Heartrending even by the standards of director Mike Leigh's most sentimental films, his somewhat reductive treatment of a complex subject is saved by yet another typically brilliant cast. The great Imelda Staunton stars as as chipper, post-World War II housekeeper who comes to the aid of poor "girls who need help" by performing highly illegal abortions. Read the complete review for Vera Drake

Vera Drake: Cast & Details

Year: 2004
Rated R

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Cast
Imelda Staunton: Vera Drake
Phil Davis: Stan Drake
Peter Wight: Detective Inspector Webster
Adrian Scarborough: Frank
Heather Craney: Joyce
Daniel Mays: Sid

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Vera Drake: TV Guide News

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Universal has announced a Dec. 22 premiere for Steve Carell's Evan Almighty, where it will go head-to-head with Ben Stiller's Night at the Museum and Charlotte's Web (no relation to TVGuide.com's Entertainment News editor).... Vera Drake's Imelda Staunton will play Dolores Umbridge, the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.... Per TMZ.com, director Lee Tamahori (Die Another Day) is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on charges that, while dressed in drag, he allegedly solicited an undercover cop in Hollywood on Jan. 8. But was he turning tricks under the name Alan Smithee? That's the question.
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Vera Drake Star Shines | Today's News: Our Take | 2/22/2005
When the Oscar nominations for best actress were announced last month, it was no surprise to see Annette Bening, Hilary Swank and Kate Winslet on the list. But art-house moviegoers were thrilled to see two lesser-known worthies — Vera Drake's Imelda Staunton and Maria Full of Grace's Catalina Sandino Moreno — instantly catapulted, if only temporarily, onto Hollywood's A-list.Unlike Moreno, a fresh-faced newcomer in her early twenties, the 49-year-old Staunton has spent years paying her dues across the pond and awaiting this level of individual recognition for her work. "Well, [Drake director] Mike Leigh and I were having Chinese takeaway in the publicist's office and I was quite surprised, I have to say, that I did get nominated," she says. "I thought I was going to get squeezed out. So I was very surprised, and then absolutely over th read more