Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
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Directed by	Mandie Fletcher
Written by	Jennifer Saunders
Based on	Absolutely Fabulous by Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French
Produced by	Damian Jones Jon Plowman
Starring	Jennifer Saunders Joanna Lumley Julia Sawalha Jane Horrocks June Whitfield Chris Colfer Kate Moss Lulu Emma Bunton Robert Webb Barry Humphries
Cinematography	Chris Goodger
Edited by	Anthony Boys Gavin Buckley
Music by	Jake Monaco
Production companies	Fox Searchlight Pictures TSG Entertainment BBC Films DJ Films Saunders & French Productions
Distributed by	20th Century Fox (United Kingdom) Fox Searchlight Pictures (United States)
Release dates	29 June 2016 (2016-06-29) (London) 1 July 2016 (2016-07-01) (United Kingdom) 22 July 2016 (2016-07-22) (United States)
Running time	91 minutes[1][2][3]
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Languages	English French
Box office	$39.2 million[4]

Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie is a 2016 comedy film directed by Mandie Fletcher, written by Jennifer Saunders and based on the television series Absolutely Fabulous. It stars Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield (in her final film role) and Jane Horrocks, reprising their roles from the series. The film finds the drug-addicted, alcoholic PR agent Edina Monsoon and her best friend/codependent Patsy Stone on the run from the authorities after it is suspected they killed supermodel Kate Moss. The film serves as a de facto series finale for the show.

Principal photography began on 12 October 2015 in London, with additional filming in the South of France. The film premiered in London on 29 June 2016 and was released theatrically in the United Kingdom on 1 July 2016 by 20th Century Fox and in the United States on 22 July 2016 by Fox Searchlight Pictures. In addition to being the final role for Whitfield, it also marked the final film role for Barry Humphries before his death in April 2023.^[5]