Directed by:
Phyllida LloydScreenplay:
Abi MorganCinematography:
Elliot DavisComposer:
Thomas NewmanCast:
Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Alexandra Roach, Anthony Head, Richard E. Grant, Olivia Colman, Roger Allam, Julian Wadham, Harry Lloyd, Nicholas Farrell (more)VOD (1)
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London, 2008. In her well-appointed apartment, the elderly former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher prepares breakfast for her husband Denis, as she has every morning of their married life. It's not until Margaret's personal aide bustles in that we see that Margaret sits at the table alone. Denis is alive only in her imagination. Once described in life as “always present, never there”, Denis is still present for Margaret. Is he a loving memory made flesh? A manifestation of her grief? Or perhaps her conscience, taking her to task? Locked in the infuriating inaction of retirement and battling ill health, Margaret is ambushed by memories. Fragments of her private life and of her premiership crowd in to her mind and she relives them in vivid detail. As she struggles to maintain her equilibrium, Denis teases and needles her. The struggle, the triumphs, the betrayals - in the end, what did she achieve? When all is said and done, was it worth it? The Iron Lady is the story of a woman who came from nowhere to smash through barriers of gender and class to be heard in a male dominated world. It is a film about power and the price that is paid for power, a story that is both unique and universal. The Iron Lady stars Academy Award-winners Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher and Jim Broadbent as her husband, Denis. (Icon Home Entertainment)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2012 - Meryl Streep (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role)
- 2012 - Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2012 - Meryl Streep (Best Leading Actress)
- 2012 - Best Make Up/Hair
- 2012 - Jim Broadbent (Best Supporting Actor)
- 2012 - Abi Morgan (Best Original Screenplay)
British Independent Film Awards (BIFA)
- 2012 - Meryl Streep (Best Actress)
- 2012 - Abi Morgan (Best Screenplay)
European Film Awards
- 2012 - Phyllida Lloyd (Audience Award for Best Film)
AACTA International Awards
- 2012 - Meryl Streep (Best Actress)
Golden Globes
- 2012 - Meryl Streep (Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama)
Critics Choice Awards
- 2012 - Meryl Streep (Best Actress)
- 2012 - Best Hair and Makeup
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 2011 - Meryl Streep (Best Actress)