
Mrs. Henderson Presents
(La Sra. Henderson presenta)
(GB, 2005) [Color, 103 m.].
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Ficha técnica.
Dirección: Stephen Frears.
Argumento: David Rose, Kathy Rose.
Guión: Martin Sherman.
Fotografía: Andrew Dunn.
Música: George Fenton
Producción: Norma Heyman
Productora: Heyman-Hoskins Productions / Mrs. Henderson Productions Ltd. / Pathé Pictures International.
Sinopsis: Laura Henderson quiere demostrar al mundo que nunca es tarde para emprender una nueva vida. A los 69 años acaba de enterrar a su marido y se da cuenta de que se aburre. Siguiendo los consejos de una amiga que le dice que lo que necesita es un hobby, la señora Henderson decide comprar un teatro en el Soho londinense, el Windmill. Como no tiene ni idea de cómo dirigirlo, contrata a Vivian Van Damm, un experto en el negocio que rápidamente choca con el carácter excéntrico de la viuda (Cinematk).
AMG Sinopsis: A recently widowed eccentric with money to burn and no intentions of settling down enlists the aide of a showbiz professional to transform a run-down theater in Soho into London's most innovative entertainment hot spot in director Stephen Frears' cinematic account of the groundbreaking Windmill Theater. The year is 1937 and, despite having recently lost her husband, 69-year-old Laura Henderson (Judy Dench) remains as ambitious and vital as ever. Aghast at her friend Lady Conway's (Thelma Barlow) suggestion that she take up a mundane hobby such as diamond collecting to pass the time, Mrs. Henderson instead shocks her well-to-do social circle by purchasing the ramshackle Windmill Theater in the heart of downtown Soho. Unafraid to take a risk in the venture, yet lacking the experience needed to run the theater, Mrs. Henderson brings in showbiz veteran Vivian Van Damm (Bob Hoskins) to line up an opening act that will set the stage ablaze. When the ever-curious Mrs. Henderson's intrusive spying begins to impede on Mr. Van Damm's creative progress, the frustrated theater manager has her banished from rehearsals. Though Van Damm's innovative idea to stage an unending stream of entertainment dubbed "Revudeville" proves a wild and profitable success, the Windmill begins to suffer when other local theaters quickly follow suit. Now faced with the prospect of seeing her once-lucrative endeavor fall by the wayside due to the unoriginality of the copycats who surround her, Mrs. Henderson decides to show audiences something they've never seen before by making the Windmill the first theater to feature nude female entertainers live on-stage.
AMG Review: Mrs. Henderson Presents seems to have been constructed both as a showcase for two great actors, and a historical seriocomedy examining the perseverance of culture in war-torn London. Stephen Frears' film achieves the first goal a bit more readily than the second. Perennial Oscar nominee Judi Dench is fabulous as the titular widow who refuses to grow old via thumb-twiddling hobbies, and Bob Hoskins is her equal sparring partner, playing the proud manager who oversees her revolutionary round-the-clock Windmill Theater. A viewer gets the sense that both actors are having a terrific time, their chemistry as good as their line deliveries are crisp. But the script tends to undercut their regal performances, having them squabble over trivialities that seem especially featherweight while their city is being reduced to rubble. In this way, Mrs. Henderson Presents is caught somewhere between a war epic and a comedy of manners, each element detracting some from the thrust of the other. One hesitates to call it a "costume drama," as many of its characters aren't wearing a stitch. Since the film is about how naked women on-stage teased the puritanical sensibilities of the proper English, who recognized they couldn't deny the troops a much-needed morale boost, the script's more farcical elements are the ones that really belong. However, the social commentary loses its teeth when the story shifts focus to the particular performers, and the variety of not-so-surprising problems and tragedies that entangle them. These sections of the film are a little less distinct. On the whole, though, Frears bring his usual sure hand to the project, and uses a unique and clever hook to study an important period of British history. The film just doesn't commit to any one agenda long enough to be a truly enduring work.
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Name : Mrs. Henderson Presents
Year : 2005
Genre : Comedy / Drama
Runtime : 98 Min
Language : English
Source : DVD
FPS : 25.000
Audio Codec: MP3 128k/s
Video Codec: XviD 869k/s
DVD Date : 03-20-2006
Release Date: 03-15-2006
Size : 49x15Mb





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