Movie
The Lady in the Van
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2015-10-30
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- BBC Film, TriStar Pictures
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Maggie Smith as Miss Shepherd
- Alex Jennings as Alan Bennett
- Frances de la Tour as Ursula Vaughan Williams
- Gwen Taylor as Mam
- Dominic Cooper as Theatre Actor
- James Corden as Street Trader
- Roger Allam as Rufus
- Samuel Anderson as Jehovah's Witness
- Dermot Crowley as Priest
- Jim Broadbent as Underwood
- Stephen Campbell Moore as Doctor
- Eleanor Matsuura as American Journalist
Crew
- Nicholas Hytner - Director
- Alan Bennett - Writer
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