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National Theatre Live: Follies(2017)
Status: Released
Date: 2017-11-16
80%
6 Votes
Time: 2h 32m
Overview:
New York, 1971. There’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building will be demolished. Thirty years after their final performance, the Follies girls gather to have a few drinks, sing a few songs and lie about themselves.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: National Theatre Live: Follies
Top 10 Billed Cast
Imelda Staunton
Sally Durant Plummer
Peter Forbes
Buddy Plummer
Janie Dee
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Philip Quast
Benjamin Stone
Tracie Bennett
Carlotta Campion
Gary Raymond
Dimitri Weismann
Jordan Shaw
Kevin
Fred Haig
Young Buddy
Josephine Barstow
Heidi Schiller
Bruce Graham
Roscoe
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