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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date2015-10-30
Languageen
Runtime1h 44m
Budget$6,000,000
Revenue$41,387,687
Production

BBC Film, TriStar Pictures

6.4(819)
•2015•1h 44m

The Lady in the Van

"A mostly true story"

ComedyDrama

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.

Writing & Screenplay
Alan Bennett
Cinematography
Andrew Dunn

Principal Cast

40 credited
Maggie Smith
Maggie SmithMiss Shepherd
Alex Jennings
Alex JenningsAlan Bennett
Frances de la Tour
Frances de la TourUrsula Vaughan Williams
Gwen Taylor
Gwen TaylorMam
Dominic Cooper
Dominic CooperTheatre Actor
James Corden
James CordenStreet Trader
Roger Allam
Roger AllamRufus
Samuel Anderson
Samuel AndersonJehovah's Witness
Dermot Crowley
Dermot CrowleyPriest
Jim Broadbent
Jim BroadbentUnderwood

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