Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.

Special features of this DVD: feature commentary with director Roger Michell and producer Kevin Loader ; deleted scenes ; "Venus: a real work of art" featurette ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital ; scene selection ; digitally mastered.

Director of photography, Haris Zambarloukos ; editor, Nicolas Gaster ; music, Corrine Bailey Rae ; costume designer, Natalie Ward ; production designer, John-Paul Kelly.

Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Jodie Whittaker, Richard Griffiths, Vanessa Redgrave.

Maurice and Ian are successful, but aging actors. The two are close friends whose conversation generally revolves around theatrical shop talk and the infirmities of other aging actors. Ian is fearful that death is right around the corner, so he agrees to let his niece's daughter, Jessie, move in to his flat to care for him. Jessie is a modern woman in her early twenties. She turns out to be a nightmare for Ian, especially since she is a hard-drinking, rude, and dismissive brat. But Maurice sees something else in the young woman, a potential for humanity which blossoms under his kindness and gentle guidance. For Maurice, something else blossoms as well - romantic love for a girl fifty years younger.

MPAA rating: R : for language, some sexual content and brief nudity.

DVD.

Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.