Iron Jawed Angels (2004) (TV)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Katja von Garnier

Writers (WGA):

Jennifer Friedes (story)
Sally Robinson (teleplay) ...

Release Date:

15 February 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Votes for women.

Plot:

Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote. |

Plot Keywords:

Women's Suffrage | Year 1858 | Number 1420 | Hat | Riot

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 12 nominations

Cast

Hilary Swank	...	Alice Paul
Margo Martindale	...	Harriot Blatch
Anjelica Huston	...	Carrie Chapman Catt
Frances O'Connor	...	Lucy Burns
Lois Smith	...	Reverend Anna Howard Shaw
Vera Farmiga	...	Ruza Wenclawska
Brooke Smith	...	Mabel Vernon
Adilah Barnes	...	Ida Wells-Barnett
Laura Fraser	...	Doris Stevens
Semen Hirzhner	...	Russian mover
Jeremy Nichols	...	Russian mover's son
Donna York Dunn	...	Woman on street
Kristina Vensko	...	Young Jenny Leighton
Molly Parker	...	Emily Leighton
Lois Sanders	...	Nancy Barkin

Runtime:

USA:125 min (cinema release) | USA:123 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | Finland:K-11 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, USA

Company:

Home Box Office (HBO)

Trivia:

Although the credits identify the song in the closing scene as the original version of "Beautiful" by Mandalay, the version that was actually used was the 7" Canny Mix from the album Vol. 6-Cafe Del Mar.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Alice Paul goes to meet Ben Weissmen at the restaurant, the front door has a modern door handle.

Quotes:

Senator Leighton: I don't know a judge in this district that will give you custody right now.
Emily Leighton: You won't take my children.
Senator Leighton: And how are you going to stop me? Can you afford an attorney?
Emily Leighton: An attorney? To prove what? That I'm their mother? What will your judge say? That this is your house and your children? What am I to you, Tom, in your house? Chattel? This is how you punish me? I am their mother! They are not your children to take!

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Iron Jawed Parade

See it with your daughter!

The story of the women's suffrage movement in America during the period 1912- 1920 moves along crisply, and the acting is of high caliber. This is not your grandmother's civil rights history; it is contemporary, relevant and occasionally funny. These are powerful, intelligent women who launch a quixotic campaign

to win voting rights against the opposition of most men, including President

Wilson, and not a few women. Set against a historical background that includes Prohibition and the outbreak of World War I, the film doesn't shy away from

tough subjects -- the human rights abuses committed against the movement's

leaders are depicted graphically and would not be suitable for young viewers. The 2000 Presidential election was a wake-up call about the need to exercise

our constitutional rights. This film reminds us never to take those rights for granted.