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Directed by Stephen Frears (THE QUEEN) and based on the popular comic strip (featured in The Guardian), TAMARA DREWE centres on the eponymous young journalist (Gemma Artetton û QUANTUM OF SOLACE) as she returns to the sleepy town of her childhood and finds herself caught between the glamour of her rockstar boyfriend and an old flame.Product Identifiers
EAN5060116726114
eBay Product ID (ePID)102219730
Product Key Features
ActorDominic Cooper, Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam, Bill Camp, Tamsin Greig, Luke Evans
Film/TV TitleTamara Drewe
DirectorStephen Frears
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Run Time107 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
FormatDVD
Release Year2011
FeaturesUK Premiere Footage, Widescreen, With Subtitles
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
ComposerAlexandre Desplat
Production DesignerAlan Macdonald
ReviewsEmpire Magazine - Very intelligently funny, with stellar performances., Chicago Sun-Times - Tamara Drewe is one of those British comedies in which, one way or another, we envy all of the characters [à], Daily Telegraph - Frears brings his droll, witty touch to material that never pretends to be too deep., The Guardian - It's a tremendously effective, forthright entertainment, and Frears and Buffini make their craftsmanship look easy [à]
Additional InformationStephen Frears directs this comedy drama about an ugly duckling followed by a handful of suitors after maturing into a sexy swan. Tamara Drewe (Gemma Arterton), born and raised in Ewedown, a quiet community on the outskirts of London dominated by a writer's colony run by Nicholas Hardiment (Roger Allam), a best-selling novelist who specializes in crime fiction, and his wife Beth (Tamsin Greig). When Tamara left Ewedown, she was a plain and awkward teenager, but when she returns home for the first time in years, the locals are surprised to discover that time (and a nose job) have turned her into an attractive and alluring woman, and she's gained a share of money and fame thanks to a successful newspaper column. Returning to refurbish the home of her recently deceased mother, Tamara soon finds herself pursued by three men from her past - Andy Cobb (Luke Evans), her former boyfriend; Ben Sergeant (Dominic Cooper), the swaggering drummer with a local indie rock band flirting with larger success; and Nicholas (Roger Allam), who is chronically unfaithful to his wife and sees an opportunity with the neighbourhood girl who was infatuated with him in her teens. <BR><BR>TAMARA DREW, adapted from the graphic novel of the same name by Posy Simmonds, makes for a charming and engaging movie and another successful production by screen legend Stephen Frears.
ScreenwriterMoira Buffini
Sound sourceDolby Digital\Dolby Digital 5.1
Movie/TV TitleTamara Drewe
EditorMick Audsley
Director of PhotographyBen Davis
Consumer AdviceContains very strong language, strong sex and sex references