Culver City, CA (January 31, 2011) –Made in Dagenham, directed by Nigel Cole (Calendar Girls) and starring Golden Globe® winner Sally Hawkins (2009 Best Actress in a Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, Happy-Go-Lucky), Academy Award® nominees Bob Hoskins (1987 Best Actor in a Leading Role, Mona Lisa) and Miranda Richardson (1995 Best Actress in a Leading Role, Tom and Viv; 1993 Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Damage) and Rosamund Pike (An Education, Barney’s Version) will be released on Blu-ray™ and DVD on March 29, 2011 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. This Sony Pictures Classics film will be available for an SLP of $34.95 for Blu-ray and $28.95 for DVD. Special features on both versions of Made in Dagenham will include a commentary with Director Nigel Cole, deleted scenes, outtakes and a behind the scenes featurette.
Made in Dagenham was recently nominated for four BAFTA Awards, including Outstanding British Film, Supporting Actress (Miranda Richardson), Costume Design and Make Up and Hair.
Synopsis
Set against the backdrop of the 1960s, Made in Dagenham is based on a true story about a group of spirited women who joined forces, took a stand for what was right, and, in doing so, found their own inner strength.
Although far from the Swinging Sixties of Carnaby Street, life to the women of Dagenham is tinged with the sounds and sights of the optimistic era, heard on their radios and seen on their TV sets. Rita O’Grady (Sally Hawkins) reflects that upbeat era, along with her friends and co-workers at the city’s Ford Motor Factory – Sandra (Jamie Winstone), Eileen (Nicola Duffett), Brenda (Andrea Riseborough), Monica (Lorraine Stanley) and Connie (Geraldine James) – who laugh in the face of their poor conditions. Lisa (Rosamund Pike) is a fiercely intelligent Cambridge-educated woman who feels a bit trapped, tending to the home with a husband who suggests she keep her opinions to herself. She may not live in the same world as the other women, but she shares their views. No one thought the revolution would come to Dagenham, until one day, it did.
Rita, who primarily sees herself as a wife and mother, is coerced into attending a meeting with shop steward Connie, sympathetic union representative Albert (Bob Hoskins) and Peter Hopkins (Rupert Graves), Ford’s Head of Industrial Relations. What she expects to be simply a day out of work, complete with a free lunch, turns into much more when she and her colleagues become enraged by the lack of respect shown in the meeting to the women employees.
With humor, common sense and courage Rita and the other women take on their bosses, an increasingly belligerent local community and finally the government, as their intelligence and unpredictability proves to be a match for any of their male opponents. Daring to stand up and push boundaries, the women changed a system that no one wanted to admit was broken.
BD/DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE:
Commentary with Director Nigel Cole
Deleted Scenes
Outtakes
“The Making of Made in Dagenham” Featurette