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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Year:

2008

Duration:

92 min

Genres:

Comedy | Romance

IMDB rate:

7.1

Director:

Bharat Nalluri

Awards:

1 nomination

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2008-03-27

Filming Locations: Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $2,490,942 (USA) (9 March 2008)

Gross: $12,294,036 (USA) (18 May 2008)

Cast

Actor

Character

Amy Adams

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Lee Pace

David Alexander

Chestnut Seller

Clare Clifford

Margery

Christina Cole

Charlotte Warren

Stephanie Cole

Miss Holt

Beatie Edney

Mrs. Brummegan

Shirley Henderson

Edythe

Ciarán Hinds

Joe

Sarah Kants

Annabel Darlington

Sally Leonard

Woman at Train Station

Frances McDormand

Miss Pettigrew

Katy Murphy

Miss Holt's Assistant

Tom Payne

Phil

Tim Potter

Nightclub Patron

Matt Ryan

Gerry

Mark Strong

Nick

Mo Zinal

Lenny

James Fiddy

Party-goer (uncredited)

Silvia Lombardo

Nightclub Patron's Lover (uncredited)

Chris Mansfield

Prison Guard (uncredited)

Alana O'Neill

Society Lady (uncredited)

Pam Rose

Society Lady (uncredited)

Hester Ruoff

Edythe's Friend (uncredited)

Leonard Silver

Butler (uncredited)

Pauline Stone

Society Lady (uncredited)

Richard Upton

Head Silver Service Waiter (uncredited)

Ben Wood

Fan (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Frances McDormand's character Guinevere Pettigrew claims to be raised by a clergyman, when in real life, McDormand's adoptive father is Canadian minister Vernan McDormand.

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Reportedly, the director had to ask Lee Pace leave the set, as Amy Adams admittedly was so distracted by him since "he just looked so dashing".

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Amy Adams and Lee Pace both did their own singing.

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Goofs

At the big party, when Miss Pettigrew talks with Joe on the balcony, the boom mic is visible moving back and forth between characters in the reflection of the windows.

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In the closing scenes Miss Pettigrew is seen leaving the nightclub through a dressing room. The "WAY OUT" sign was probably Lexan with indirect lighting. Lexan was not invented until well after WWII and not in widespread use until the 1980s. However, similar signs made from plate glass with a slight green tint were made in the 20s if not earlier, so the sign as shown is in reality true to the era.

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On the balcony, Miss Pettigrew is talking to Edith. The two soldier extras behind Edith are in the shot. Edith switches places and the same two extras are in the shot on the other side of the balcony. As Edith switches back to the first side, the same two extras enter the balcony from the sides she is on. There's no way for them to have gotten from one side of the balcony to other in half a second.

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Quotes

Edythe: Well I didn't answer the telephone because I *couldn't* answer the telephone!

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Joe Blumfield: That scarf, if I may say, looks perfect on you.

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Edythe: Told you about Gerry, has she? Didn't take you long to move on, hmm Joe?

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Faq

Is "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" based on a book?

Yes. Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is a 1938 novel by British writer Winifred Watson.

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