Release Date: December 14, 2001 D: Richard Eyre Cast: Dame Judi Dench; Jim Broadbent; Kate Winslet; Hugh Bonneville; Penelope Wilton Plot: The true story of the romance between novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch and John Bayley, from meeting as teachers at Oxford, all the way through 40 years to Murdoch's fight with Alzheimer's Disease.