Dustin Hoffman directs this comedy drama adapted by writer Ronald Harwood from his own stage play of the same name. Beecham House is a retirement home with a difference: it specifically caters for former artistes including one-time opera singers Cissy (Pauline Collins), Reginald (Tom Courtenay) and Wilf (Billy Connolly). Once part of a quartet, the three still take part in an annual concert to celebrate the birthday of composer Giuseppe Verdi. But this year things are complicated by the arrival of the fourth member of their quartet, Jean (Maggie Smith), a die-hard diva who also happens to be Reginald's ex-wife. Theatrical temperaments and old hostilities flare as the dramatic foursome fuss, flirt and flounce their way through rehearsals, adhering emphatically to that old showbiz adage, 'the show must go on'.
Director: Dustin Hoffman
Producer: Finola Dwyer
Producer: Stewart Mackinnon
Writer: Ronald Harwood
Music: Dario Marianelli
Cinematographer: John de Borman
Actor: Maggie Smith
Actor: Michael Gambon
Actor: Billy Connolly
Actor: Sheridan Smith
Actor: Pauline Collins
Actor: Tom Courtenay
Actor: Trevor Peacock
Actor: Luke Newberry
Actor: David Ryall
Actor: Eline Powell
Actor: Jumayn Hunter
Actor: Sarah Crowden
Director: James Ivory
Producer: Ismail Merchant
Producer: Jean-Pierre Mahot de la Querantonnais
Writer: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Actor: Anthony Higgins
Actor: Pierre Clementi
Actor: Sheila Gish
Actor: Isabelle Adjani
Actor: Suzanne Flon
Actor: Daniel Mesguish
Actor: Alan Bates
Producer: Jean-Pierre Mahot