I have been eagerly awaiting the trailer for the Suffragette film due out this October and wow was it ever worth the wait. I have watched them three times now and I have cried each time. Give Carey Mulligan the Oscar now!
A who's who of British (and Irish and American) actors are in this. Carey Mulligan, Meryl Streep, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne-Marie Duff, Romola Garai, Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson and Samuel West to name just a few!
I have never printed quotes before a film was released but here they are!
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Male voice over: Women should not exercise judgement in political affairs.
Male voice over: If we allow women to vote it will mean the loss of social structure.
Man: You work at the Glass House Laundry?
Maud (Carey Mulligan): I was born there. Part time washer from when I was 7, full time from when I was 12."
Mrs. Pankhurst (Meryl Streep): For 50 years we have laboured peacefully to secure the note for women. We've been ridiculed, battered and ignored.
Maud: All my life I've been respectful. Done what men told me. Well I can't have that anymore.
Maud: We break windows. We burn things. Cause war's the only language men listen to.
Maud: What are you going to do? Lock us all up? We're in every home. We're half the human race. You can't stop us all.
Judge: What would the vote mean to you?
Mrs. Pankhurst: Never underestimate the power we women have to define our own destiny. We have been left with no alternative. Defy this government!
Mrs. Pankhurst: We don't want to be law breakers. We want to be law makers!"
Edith New (Helena Bonham Carter): The only way is forward!
Violet Cambridge (Anne-Marie Duff): Votes for women!
Alice (Romola Garai): The power is in your hands!
Join me watching this in October. And bring your mother, daughter, friend and spouse!