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    {edih}    		df=y12Australia1United Kingdom2France}}WEBSITE=THE NUMBERS, WORK=BOX OFFICE MOJO, 16 September 2014, }}The Iron Lady is a 2011 biographical drama film based on the life and career of Margaret Thatcher, a British politician who was the longest-serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the 20th century and the first woman to hold the office.NEWS, Ben, Hoyle, Iron Lady Set to Follow the Queen on Screen,weblink 21 March 2007, The Times, 25 January 2011, The film was directed by Phyllida Lloyd and written by Abi Morgan. Thatcher is portrayed primarily by Meryl Streep,NEWS, Tom, Peck, Meryl Streep Takes on Her Toughest Role: The Iron Lady,weblinkweblink 18 June 2022, subscription, live, The Independent, 2 July 2010, 25 January 2011, and, in her formative and early political years, by Alexandra Roach. Thatcher's husband, Denis Thatcher, is portrayed by Jim Broadbent, and by Harry Lloyd as the younger Denis. Thatcher's longest-serving cabinet member and eventual deputy, Geoffrey Howe, is portrayed by Anthony Head.WEB, The Iron Lady (2011),weblink IMDb, 19 October 2010, 25 January 2011, Despite the film's mixed reception, Streep's performance was widely acclaimed. She received her 17th Oscar nomination for her portrayal and ultimately won the award for the third time—29 years after her second Oscar win. She also earned her third Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama award (her eighth Golden Globe Award win overall), and her second BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. The film also won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and the BAFTA Award for Best Makeup and Hair.The film was loosely based on John Campbell's biography The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher, from Grocer's Daughter to Prime Minister.NEWS,weblink How Accurate Is 'The Iron Lady'?, NPR.org, NPR, 9 September 2017,

    Plot

    The story begins with Thatcher in the present, then in a series of flashbacks, the audience is presented with a young Margaret Roberts working at the family grocer's shop in Grantham, listening to the political speeches of her father, whom she idolised{{spaced ndash}} it is also hinted that she had a poor relationship with her mother, a housewife. We learn she has won a place at Oxford University, revealing her struggle, as a young lower-middle-class woman, attempting to break into a snobbish male-dominated Conservative Party and find a seat in the House of Commons. She meets businessman Denis Thatcher who is impressed by her eloquence and asks her to marry him; she accepts, but not after telling him she will not merely look beautiful at his side and be a mere housewife and mother, which she sums up in the exclamation: "I don't want to die cleaning a teacup." Her struggles to fit in as a "Lady Member" of the House, and as Education Secretary in Edward Heath's Cabinet are also shown, as are her friendship with Airey Neave, her decision to stand for Leader of the Conservative Party, her eventual victory, including her voice coaching and image change.Further flashbacks examine historical events during her time as Prime Minister, after winning the 1979 general election, including the rising unemployment related to her monetarist policies and the tight 1981 budget (over the misgivings of "wet" members of her Cabinet – Ian Gilmour, Francis Pym, Michael Heseltine, and Jim Prior), the 1981 Brixton riot, the 1984–1985 UK miners' strike, and the bombing in Brighton of the Grand Hotel during the 1984 Conservative Party Conference, when she and her husband were almost killed. Also shown, slightly out of chronological sequence, is her decision to retake the Falkland Islands following the islands' invasion by Argentina in 1982, the sinking of the ARA General Belgrano and Britain's subsequent victory in the Falklands War, her friendship with U.S. President Ronald Reagan and emergence as a world figure, and the economic boom of the late 1980s.By 1990, Thatcher is shown as an imperious but aging figure, ranting aggressively at her cabinet, refusing to accept that the "Poll Tax" is unjust, even while it is causing riots, and fiercely opposed to European integration.She refers anachronistically to the European Community (as it was then called) as the "European Union", its new name under the 1993 Maastricht Treaty, which became widely used by the end of the 1990s. See History of the European Union. Her deputy, Geoffrey Howe, resigns after being humiliated by her in a cabinet meeting, Heseltine challenges her for the party leadership, and her loss of support from her cabinet colleagues leaves her little choice but to resign as Prime Minister after eleven years in office. A teary-eyed Thatcher exits 10 Downing Street for the last time as Prime Minister with Denis comforting her. She is shown as still disheartened about it almost twenty years later.Eventually, Thatcher is shown packing up her late husband's belongings, and telling him it's time for him to go. Denis' ghost leaves her as she cries that she actually is not yet ready to lose him, to which he replies "You're going to be fine on your own... you always have been" before leaving forever. Having finally overcome her grief, she contentedly washes a teacup alone in her kitchen.

    Cast

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    Production

    Filming began in the UK on 31 December 2010, and the film was released in late 2011.In preparation for her role, Streep sat through a session at the House of Commons in January 2011 to observe British MPs in action.WEB, Meryl Streep Attends Parliament for Thatcher Research,weblinkweblink 18 June 2022, subscription, live, The Independent, 20 January 2011, 26 October 2011, Extensive filming took place at the neogothic Manchester Town Hall.WEB,weblink Meryl Streep movie Iron Lady to be screened in Manchester town hall, 9 December 2011, men, 17 May 2020, Streep said: "The prospect of exploring the swathe cut through history by this remarkable woman is a daunting and exciting challenge. I am trying to approach the role with as much zeal, fervour and attention to detail as the real Lady Thatcher possesses{{spaced ndash}} I can only hope my stamina will begin to approach her own."WEB, Image of Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher Unveiled,weblink BBC News, 8 February 2011, 8 February 2011, NPR commentator Robert Seigel and Thatcher biographer John Campbell accused writer Abi Morgan and star Meryl Streep of having the most say in the film's production and dictating some historical inaccuracies, such as the film's photography showing no other woman serving in the House of Commons during the time Thatcher was serving, with the hopes of presenting a different image of Thatcher to the film's American audience.

    Release

    Historical inaccuracies

    It is suggested in the film that Thatcher had said goodbye to her friend Airey Neave only a few moments before his assassination by the Irish National Liberation Army, and had to be held back from the scene by security officers. In fact, she was not in Westminster at the time of his death and was informed of it while carrying out official duties elsewhere.WEB,weblink 'The Iron Lady': What Meryl Streep and Co. Got Wrong About Margaret Thatcher, 8 April 2013, Yahoo!, 9 September 2017, The film does not portray any other female MPs in Parliament. In fact, during Thatcher's time in Parliament, the total number of female MPs ranged between 19 and 41.WEB,weblink Women MPs and parliamentary candidates since 1945 – UK Political Info, Ukpolitical.info, 9 September 2017, Additionally, her cabinets are always depicted as all-male, but one woman, The Baroness Young, was a cabinet member between 1981 and 1983, serving as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and later Lord Privy Seal while also serving as leader of the House of Lords.The Labour Party leader Michael Foot is depicted as a critic of the decision to send a task force to the Falkland Islands, and Thatcher is shown admonishing him in the wake of Britain's victory over Argentina. In fact, Foot supported the decision to send a task force, something for which Thatcher expressed her appreciation.Moore, Charles. Margaret Thatcher, The Authorized Biography, Volume One: Not for Turning. (Allen Lane, 2013), pp. 673 and 754 John Campbell noted that her decisions in office became an inspiration for the Labour Party's pro-middle ground policies enacted when Tony Blair served as Prime Minister.Campbell also noted that while Thatcher thought the House of Commons was dominated by a patronising male environment, and that the film showed the representation from her point of view, it did not encourage her to maintain the upper middle class image she used early in her political career as the film suggests and that Thatcher did in fact exploit the fact that she was raised by a grocer in a small Lincolnshire town and had a very ordinary background when she was running for leader of the Conservative Party.Thatcher's staunch opposition to the 1990 reunification of Germany is not mentioned. The Prime Minister had felt that reunification might pave the way for the expansion of Nazi sympathy, and distrusted the West German government.NEWS,weblink Margaret Thatcher had deep misgivings over reunification of Germany, National Archives reveal, Christopher, Hope, Lydia, Willgress, 30 December 2016, Daily Telegraph,

    Critical reception

    File:Meryl Streep at the Tokyo International Film Festival 2016 (32801846044) (cropped 2).jpg|thumb|Meryl Streep's performance garnered critical acclaim and she received her third Academy Award, her second BAFTA award and her eighth Golden Globe award for her portrayal as Margaret ThatcherMargaret ThatcherThe Iron Lady received mixed reviews from critics, although there was strong praise for Streep's performance. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 52% and an average score of 5.70/10, based on 234 reviews. The site's consensus reads: "Meryl Streep's performance as The Iron Lady is reliably perfect, but it's mired in bland, self-important storytelling."WEB,weblink The Iron Lady, Rotten Tomatoes, Fandango (company), Fandango, 17 May 2020, At Metacritic, the film has a score of 54 out of 100, based on 41 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".WEB,weblink The Iron Lady Reviews, Metacritic, 8 March 2013, Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.NEWS,weblink Indie Box Office: 'The Iron Lady' Seizes $5.4M, Joshua, Weinstein, Reuters, January 15, 2012, January 21, 2023, The film's depiction of Thatcher has been criticised by her children, Mark and Carol, who are reported to have said, before completion of the film, that "it sounds like some left-wing fantasy."NEWS, Tim, Walker, Margaret Thatcher's Family Are 'Appalled' at Meryl Streep Film,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20100719092628weblink">weblink dead, 19 July 2010, The Daily Telegraph, 17 July 2010, 25 January 2011, Stuart Jeffries of the British newspaper The Guardian was cautiously optimistic about a non-British actor playing Thatcher.NEWS, Meryl Streep Playing Margaret Thatcher – What's Not to Like?, Stuart, Jefferies,weblink The Guardian, 9 February 2011, 9 February 2011, Karen Sue Smith of America wrote that "by combining the Baroness's real roles of wife, mother and leader, the film's portrait of her does what many purported 'lives of great men' fail to do – namely, show the person in context, in the quotidian."NEWS, A Grocer's Daughter, Smith, Karen Sue,weblink America (Jesuit magazine), America, 20 February 2011, 11 February 2011, The Daily Telegraph reported in January 2012 that "it is impossible not to be disturbed by [Streep's] depiction of Lady Thatcher's decline into dementia" as part of an article that was headlined: "The Iron Lady reflects society's insensitive attitude towards people with dementia."NEWS,weblink The Iron Lady and Margaret Thatcher's Dementia: Why This Despicable Film Makes Voyeurs of Us All', The Daily Telegraph, 14 January 2012, 19 January 2012, Roger Ebert gave the film two stars out of four, praising Streep's performance but lamenting that "she's all dressed up with nowhere to go" in a film that cannot decide what it wants to say about Thatcher: "Few people were neutral in their feelings about her, except the makers of this picture."WEB, Ebert, Roger, Meryl Streep upstages Lady Thatcher,weblink 11 January 2012, 13 March 2022, rogerebert.com, en, Mark Kermode gave the film a negative review.WEB,weblink The Iron Lady reviewed by Mark Kermode, YouTube, January 10, 2012, January 10, 2012, January 10, 2012, live, Despite the film's mixed reviews, Streep's performance in the title role garnered much critical acclaim. Kevin Maher of The Times said: "Streep has found the woman within the caricature.""Meryl Streep Film The Iron Lady Wows British Critics". BBC News. Retrieved 16 November 2011. David Gritten in The Daily Telegraph commented: "Awards should be coming Streep's way; yet her brilliance rather overshadows the film itself.""The Iron Lady: Review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 16 November 2011. Xan Brooks of The Guardian said Streep's performance "is astonishing and all but flawless"."The Iron Lady: First Screening". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 November 2011. Richard Corliss of Time named Streep's performance one of the Top 10 Movie Performances of 2011.MAGAZINE, Corliss, Richard, The Top 10 Everything of 2011 – Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120107201503weblink">weblink dead, 7 January 2012, Time (magazine), Time, 13 December 2011, 7 December 2011, Streep's portrayal ultimately won her the Academy Award for Best Actress (her 17th nomination and third award overall), as well as several other awards, including the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama.WEB, Meryl Streep Explains Globes Cursing,weblink Access Hollywood, 16 January 2012, 21 January 2012, Karger, Dave (12 February 2012). "BAFTA Winners Announced". Inside Movies (blog of Entertainment Weekly). Retrieved 11 April 2013. The film also won the Academy Award for Best Makeup.

    Reactions from British politicians

    In an interview with the BBC, then Prime Minister David Cameron described Streep's performance as "great" and "fantastic" but opined that the filmmakers should have waited before making the movie and focused more on Thatcher's time in office rather than her personal life and struggles with dementia.WEB,weblink "The Iron Lady" criticized by British leaders, CBS News, 6 January 2012, WEB,weblink David Cameron: 'I wish 'The Iron Lady' hadn't been made yet', NME, 7 January 2012, WEB,weblink British Prime Minister David Cameron criticizes 'Iron Lady', 6 January 2012, Former Conservative Party chairman Norman Fowler was more critical of the film and stated "She [Thatcher] was never, in my experience, the half-hysterical, over-emotional, over-acting woman portrayed by Meryl Streep." Thatcher's Home secretary Douglas Hurd described the dementia storyline as "ghoulish" in an interview with the Evening Standard.Thatcher stated before her death on 8 April 2013 that she did not watch films or programmes about herself.WEB,weblink The Iron Lady: Baroness Thatcher will not see film of her life, 15 November 2011, 17 May 2020, www.telegraph.co.uk,

    Box office

    The film grossed $30 million in the North American market, and $85 million in other markets, for a worldwide gross of $115 million.

    Soundtrack

    {{div col|colwidth=30em}}
    1. "Soldiers of the Queen"
    2. "MT"
    3. "Grocer's Daughter"
    4. "Grand Hotel"
    5. "Swing Parliament"
    6. "Eyelash"
    7. "Shall We Dance?"
    8. "Denis"
    9. "The Great in Great Britain"
    10. "Airey Neave"
    11. "Discord and Harmony"
    12. "The Twins"
    13. "Nation of Shopkeepers"
    14. "Fiscal Responsibility"
    15. "Crisis of Confidence"
    16. "Community Charge"
    17. "Casta Diva"
    18. "The Difficult Decisions"
    19. "Exclusion Zone"
    20. "Statecraft"
    21. "Steady the Buffs"
    22. "Prelude No. 1 in C Major, BWV 846" (Johann Sebastian Bach)WEB,weblink Iron Lady, The- Soundtrack details, Soundtrackcollector.com, 9 September 2017,
    {{div col end}}The trailer for the film features Madness's ska/pop song "Our House".WEB,weblink The Iron Lady Movie Trailer, 29 June 2011, 9 September 2017, 17 October 2012,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121017214910weblink">weblink dead, The teaser trailer features Clint Mansell's theme tune for the science-fiction film Moon.Not included on the soundtrack album or listings although credited among the eight songs at the end of the film is "I'm in Love with Margaret Thatcher" by Burnley punk band Notsensibles, which was re-released as a single due to the publicity. The song appears seventy-five minutes into the film, as part of the Falklands War victory celebrations.

    Awards and nominations

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    84th Academy AwardsHTTPS://WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM/FILM/2012/FEB/27/OSCARS-2012-FULL-LIST-WINNERS >TITLE=OSCAR 2012 WINNERS – THE FULL LIST THE GUARDIAN >DATE=27 FEBRUARY 2012 PUBLISHER=ACADEMY AWARDS OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES (OSCARS), 27 March 2012, Academy Award for Best Actress>Best Actress| Meryl Streep|{{won}}
    Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling>Best Makeup| Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland|{{won}}
    AACTA International Award for Best Actress>Best International Actress Meryl Streep|{{won}}
    BAFTA AwardsBAFTA FILM AWARDS 2012: NOMINATIONS>WORK=BBC NEWS ACCESS-DATE=17 JANUARY 2012 LAST=PONDDATE=12 FEBRUARY 2012REUTERS>ACCESS-DATE=27 MARCH 2012, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role>Best Leading Actress|{{won}}
    BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay>Best Original Screenplay| Abi Morgan|{{nom}}
    BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role>Best Supporting Actor| Jim Broadbent|{{nom}}
    BAFTA Award for Best Makeup and Hair>Best Makeup and Hair| Marese Langan, Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland|{{won}}
    Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress>Best Actress Meryl Streep|{{nom}}
    Broadcast Film Critics Association AwardsCritics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress>Best Actress|{{nom}}
    Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Makeup>Best Makeup| Marese Langan|{{nom}}
    Meryl Streep|{{nom}}
    69th Golden Globe Awards>Golden Globe AwardsGolden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama>Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama|{{Won}}
    Irish Film and Television Awards|Best International Actress|{{nom}}
    London Critics Circle Film Awards| Best Actress| Meryl Streep|{{Won}}
    Meryl Streep|{{nom}}
    2011 New York Film Critics Circle Awards>New York Film Critics Circle Awards|Best Actress|{{Won}}
    New York Film Critics Online Awards 2011>New York Film Critics Online Awards|Best Actress|{{Won}}
    Satellite Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture>Best Actress – Motion Picture|{{nom}}
    18th Screen Actors Guild Awards>Screen Actors Guild AwardsScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role>Female Actor in a Leading Role|{{nom}}

    Home media

    The Iron Lady was released on DVD in the United States and the United Kingdom on 30 April 2012. The special features in the DVD include Making The Iron Lady, Bonus Featurettes, Recreating the Young Margaret Thatcher, Battle in the House of Commons, Costume Design: Pearls and Power Suits, Denis: The Man Behind the Woman.WEB,weblink Iron Lady DVD Movie, Cduniverse.com, 9 September 2017,

    See also

    References

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