Product Details

• Actors: Sally Hawkins, Miranda Richardson, Rosamund Pike
• Directors: Nigel Cole
• Format: AC-3, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
• DVD Release Date: March 29, 2011
• Run Time: 113 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003UESJGA
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,196 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Made in Dagenham [Blu-ray]" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: R
Street Date: 03/29/11
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
LanguageENGLISH
Foreign Film: no
Subtitlesno
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A British NORMA RAE, March 6, 2011

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Michael B. Druxman "A Good Story is a Terribl... (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Made in Dagenham (DVD)

MADE IN DAGENHAM is sort of a British version of NORMA RAE.

The film, based on a true story, is set in the late 1960s. It tells of a group of English women, employed at the Ford Motor Factory, who took on management and their own union by going out on strike, insisting on equal pay for equal work.

The always charming Sally Hawkins, playing an ordinary working class wife and mother, becomes the unexpected leader of the revolt, encouraged by her sympathetic union representative (Bob Hoskins) and, surprisingly, the attractive wife (Rosamund Pike) of the plant's manager, a highly educated, intelligent woman who, as a female, feels the same lack of respect from the men in her life.

Like the Sally Field classic, MADE IN DAGENHAM is one of those "stand up and cheer" movies that climaxes when the striking women meet with Miranda Richardson, the British Secretary of State. The film has a superb screenplay by William Ivory and was directed by Nigel Cole. Also in the well-chosen cast are Geraldine James, Jamie Winstone, Rupert Graves, Nicola Duffett and Richard Schiff, who plays the tough American Ford representative, sent to the UK to put those striking women in their place.

My only complaint with this otherwise excellent entertainment is the fact that, because England and the United States do not share a common language, some of the dialogue is difficult to understand.

© Michael B. Druxman

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Let spunk be thy savior..., September 7, 2011

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Andrew Ellington (I'm kind of everywhere) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Made in Dagenham (DVD)

If you've seen `Norma Rae' then you've seen `Made in Dagenham'. Sure, the stories are different to an extent, and `Made in Dagenham' contains a certain level of spunk that `Norma Rae' didn't (the former being a more dramatically laced film) but the overall conceptual nature of this film mirrors its predecessor.

That isn't to say that you shouldn't see this film, because it certainly deserves to be seen, but you may feel as though you've seen it before.

`Made in Dagenham' takes place in the 60's, during the Dagenham strike in England when female workers at the Ford plant become enraged over unfair treatment. The unlikely hero, or should I say heroine, or our story is Rita. Rita is a mother, a wife and a friend, but most of all she is a levelheaded woman who just wants to be valued for her work, not degraded because of her sex. So, after months of being strung along by the Ford company, Rita and her co-workers rise up and fight back by putting an immediate stop on their work and campaigning for equal pay. This, of course, puts a strain on relationships, including that of Rita and her supportive husband Eddie.

But it's all for the greater good.

Now, while I initially began this review by calling out the film for basically being a remake of `Norma Jean', I also said that this film contained spunk, and that spunk goes a long way to making this film stand alone. The cheeky nature of the time and place (1960's England) coupled with the vivacious personalities cloaked in gorgeous attire with glossy lips and perfectly sculpted hair, not to mention the authenticated set pieces really help `send you there'. The script is familiar yet it also contains the right amount of wit within the dialog to keep the audience enthused. And then you have the cast; equal part veterans and rising stars. Bob Hoskins and Miranda Richardson develop nice supporting players who are refreshing and memorable; Richardson taking off heads and letting them roll while Hoskins downplays his usual demeanor for a more paternal and genuine performance. Then you have Andrea Riseborough and Jamie Winstone (daughter to sexy beast Ray Winstone) slinky their sexiness across the screen. But the film really rests on the shoulders of two very capable women. Rosamund Pike has just a handful of scenes, but she captures the attention of the audience and remains the most memorable part of the film. Sally Hawkins has been on the tips of everyone's tongues after her brazen performance in 08's `Happy-Go-Lucky', and she matches her initial promise with another powerful yet drastically different performance. She beautifully layers this woman and underlines her convictions as well as her insecurities.

Bravo!

In the end I highly recommend this film. It rises above its familiarity by injecting personality into every frame.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One for the Ladies!, May 6, 2011

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Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Made in Dagenham (DVD)

MADE IN DAGENHAM is a 'dramatized documentary' in that it is a recreation of a 1968 incident that occurred in Dagenham, a suburb of London. It was the time of Stonewall and the antiwar protests in America and so perhaps too few people appreciated the importance of this rebellion - a strike of equal rights, equal pay, and a statement against sexual discrimination at the Ford car factory. The employed women of the town were the ones responsible for creating the upholstery for the cars, but when one Rita O'Grady (Sally Hawkins) took on the inequalities she manage to become the spokeswoman for the female workers and the revolt was successful in settling a longterm problem.

The cast of this quiet little powerhouse of a movie includes the brilliance of Miranda Richardson, Bob Hoskins, Rosamund Pike, Rupert Graves, Andrea Riseborough, Jaime Winstone and many others. The screenplay was written by William Ivory and the understated and subtle direction is by Nigel Cole. This is a brilliant little movie that packs a wallop. Grady Harp, May 11