The Iron Lady

Year:

2012

Duration:

100 min

Genres:

Biography | Drama | History

IMDB rate:

6.4

Director:

Phyllida Lloyd

Awards:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 24 wins & 39 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 2012-01-13

Filming Locations: Wimbledon Film and Television Studios, London, England, UK

Earnings

Budget: $13,000,000

Opening Weekend: $220,409 (USA) (1 January 2012)

Gross: $30,004,924 (USA) (26 April 2012)

Cast

Actor

Character

Richard E. Grant

The Iron Lady

Sylvestra Le Touzel

John Sessions

The Iron Lady

Meryl Streep

Margaret Thatcher

Jim Broadbent

Denis Thatcher

Susan Brown

June

Alice da Cunha

Cleaner

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Susie

Iain Glen

Alfred Roberts

Alexandra Roach

Young Margaret Thatcher

Victoria Bewick

Muriel Roberts

Emma Dewhurst

Beatrice Roberts

Olivia Colman

Carol Thatcher

Harry Lloyd

Young Denis Thatcher

Michael Culkin

Host 1949

Stephanie Jacob

Female Guest 1949

Robert Portal

Grey Suited Guest 1949

Richard Dixon

Male Guest 1949

Amanda Root

Amanda

Clifford Rose

James R

Michael Cochrane

William

Jeremy Clyde

James T

Michael Simkins

Peter

Eloise Webb

Young Carol

Alexander Beardsley

Young Mark

Nicholas Farrell

Airey Neave

Anthony Head

Geoffrey Howe

Richard Syms

House of Commons Speaker

David Westhead

Shadow Minister

Julian Wadham

Francis Pym

Angus Wright

John Nott

Roger Allam

Gordon Reece

Michael Pennington

Michael Foot

John Harding

Cabinet Ministers

Simon Chandler

Cabinet Ministers

Stephen Boxer

Cabinet Ministers

Jasper Jacob

Cabinet Ministers

Rupert Vansittart

Cabinet Ministers

Robin Kermode

Cabinet Ministers

Andrew Havill

Cabinet Ministers

Michael Elwyn

Cabinet Ministers

Peter Pacey

Cabinet Ministers

Jeremy Child

Cabinet Ministers

James Smith

Cabinet Ministers

Hugh Ross

Cabinet Ministers

Chris Campbell

Cabinet Ministers

Paul Bentley

Cabinet Ministers

Martin Wimbush

Cabinet Ministers

Simon Slater

Cabinet Ministers

David Cann

TV Interviewer

Christopher Luscombe

Voice Coach

Angela Curran

Crawfie

Michael Maloney

Doctor

Pip Torrens

Ian Gilmour

Nick Dunning

Jim Prior

David Rintoul

Admiral Fieldhouse

Nicholas Jones

Admiral Leach

Richard Goulding

Naval Attaché

Matthew Marsh

Alexander Haig

Willie Jonah

Kenneth Kaunda

Russell Balogh

Margaret Thatcher's Driver (1990's) (uncredited)

Peter Bartfay

Protester (uncredited)

Greg Bennett

Member of Parliament

Christopher Blythe

Labour MP (uncredited)

Roddy Button

Member of Parliament

Robert Clayton

Protester (uncredited)

Ellis Crewe-Candy

Passerby / Street Protester (uncredited)

Gioacchino Jim Cuffaro

Foreign Leader (uncredited)

Luc Eden

Journalist / Ice Cream Factory Worker (uncredited)

Andy Evason

Body Guard (uncredited)

Mikhail Gorbachev

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marina Hayter

Conservative Worker (uncredited)

John Samuel Kande

Builder (uncredited)

Teresa Mahoney

Crying Lady (uncredited)

Trevor McDonald

Himself - BBC News Anchor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Campbell Muirhead

Tory MP (uncredited)

Steve Munroe

Labour MP (uncredited)

Martin Poole

Labour Front Bencher (uncredited)

Ronald Reagan

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Mary Robinson

Downing Street Staff (uncredited)

Steve Saunders

Journalist (uncredited)

Nick Shaw

Head of State (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Meryl Streep never met Margaret Thatcher in real life. She attended one of her lectures in 2001 at Northwestern University, where her daughter Mamie Gummer was a student.

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At the 2012 Academy Awards, this movie was nominated for two Oscars, Best Actress and Best Make-Up, and won both, achieving a perfect score of two wins from two nominations. This feat was previously also achieved by Ed Wood (1994) which also won two Oscars from two nominations. Both films won in the Make-Up category and one award for the acting.

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Meryl Streep earned 1 Million Dollars for her work in this film, however, she donated her entire salary to the Women's History Museum.

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Goofs

In 1990, her final year as Prime Minister, Thatcher refers to the European Union. At that time it was known as the EEC (European Economic Community) or, less formally, the European Community. It became the European Union in 1993, when all member countries ratified the Maastricht Treaty.

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Airey Neave's Vauxhall Cavalier was blue, not red.

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In the film, Labour leader Michael Foot opposes the decision to send a task force to the Falkland Islands, and Margaret Thatcher admonishes him in the House of Commons following Britain's victory over Argentina. Charles Moore's authorized biography of Thatcher clearly states that Foot supported her on the Falklands, and she emerged from the conflict with renewed personal admiration for him, despite their profound disagreements on most political issues.

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Quotes

Margaret Thatcher: [switching off television] I don't recognize myself.

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Denis Thatcher: One likes to make an effort. A snifter?

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Alexander Haig: So you are proposing to go to war over these islands. They're thousands of miles away, a handful of citizens, politically and economically insignificant, if you'll excuse me.

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