In 60 Minutes’ interview with Maggie Smith -of which you can watch a substantial snip-bit of above- Dustin Hoffman claims Maggie Smith has a mouth like a sailor, and he should know: He scripted Smith to drop her very first F*bomb in her illustrious cinematic career in his directorial debut ‘Quartet’.
Give me the keys to the zimmer-frame, because, with a cast which includes Billy Connolly and Professor Dumbledore Michael Gambon, they could only trump this if they threw in Jim Broadbent and Dame Judi too old boot!
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Funny, TCM just aired George Cukor’s “Travels With My Aunt” (1972) again in the wee hours this morning. She was made up to look the age she is now. Not as well told as the book, but still a delight. Turns out the makeup artist was pretty accurate.