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The One and Only Mike Leigh

9.0 105 mins Documentary   2014
BBC  
Director(s): Jude Ho

In a revealing documentary, Mike Leigh, director of Secrets & Lies, Vera Drake and Abigail's Party among many others, talks to Alan Yentob about a unique body of work and a lifelong struggle to make films on his own terms. On day one of a Mike Leigh film, there is no script, no story and the actors do not know if they will even be in the final film. It is a process that has yielded some of cinema's most celebrated performances, and Leigh's new film Mr Turner is already winning critical acclaim. Actors including Jim Broadbent, Eddie Marsan, Sally Hawkins, Lesley Manville and James Corden give fascinating insights into the director and his distinctive method of working.

Casts of The One and Only Mike Leigh

Mike Leigh

as Self

Alan Yentob

as Self - Presenter

Marion Bailey

as Self

Jim Broadbent

as Self

Phil Davis

as Self

Sally Hawkins

as Self

Lesley Manville

as Self

Eddie Marsan

as Self

Abi Morgan

as Self

Dick Pope

as Self

Will Self

as Self

Ruth Sheen

as Self

Timothy Spall

as Self

Alison Steadman

as Self

Denise Webb

as Self

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