The Iron Lady Trailer Debuts With Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher

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UK’s Guardian has the first look at Margaret Thatcher’s latest prestige role as UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.

The film follows Thatcher as she reflects upon her life, including the run up to the Falklands War in 1982, and is scheduled for release on December 12, 2011. Streep rejoins Phyllida Lloyd, who directed her in Mamma Mia in what was Lloyd’s feature film debut.

The Iron Lady has been mired in some controversy, especially from her family members.

From the Telegraph, the screenplay of The Iron Lady allegedly depicts Baroness Thatcher as an elderly dementia-sufferer looking back on her career with sadness. She is shown talking to herself and unaware that her husband, Sir Denis Thatcher, has died.

“Sir Mark and Carol are appalled at what they have learnt about the film,” a friend of the family told that paper. “They think it sounds like some Left-wing fantasy. They feel strongly about it, but will not speak publicly for fear of giving it more publicity.”