The Lady in the Van
2015 film directed by Nicholas Hytner / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Lady in the Van is a 2015 British[3] comedy-drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner, and starring Maggie Smith and Alex Jennings, based on the memoir of the same name created by Alan Bennett.
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Directed by | Nicholas Hytner |
Screenplay by | Alan Bennett |
Based on | The Lady in the Van by Alan Bennett |
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Cinematography | Andrew Dunn |
Edited by | Tariq Anwar |
Music by | George Fenton |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing International[1] |
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Running time | 104 minutes[2] |
Country | United Kingdom[3] |
Language | English |
Budget | $6 million[4] |
Box office | $41.4 million[5] |
It was written by Bennett, and it tells the (mostly[6]) true story of his interactions with Mary Shepherd, an elderly woman who lived in a dilapidated van on his driveway in north London for 15 years.[citation needed] He had previously published the story as a 1989 essay, 1990 book, 1999 stage play, and 2009 radio play on BBC Radio 4. Smith had previously portrayed Shepherd twice: in the 1999 stage play, which earned her a Best Actress nomination at the 2000 Olivier Awards,[7] and in the 2009 radio adaptation.[8]
Hytner directed the 1999 stage play at the Queen's Theatre in London. The film was shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival[9] and received largely positive reviews from critics.