Churchill

6/2/20171h 50m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The untold story of D-Day. ~

Overview:

A ticking-clock thriller following Winston Churchill in the 24 hours before D-Day.

Director:

Jonathan Teplitzky

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$10,000,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

world war ii
biography
d-day
1940s
winston churchill

Cast

Brian Cox

~ as ~

Winston Churchill

Miranda Richardson

~ as ~

Clementine Churchill

John Slattery

~ as ~

Dwight Eisenhower

Julian Wadham

~ as ~

Bernard Montgomery

Richard Durden

~ as ~

Jan Smuts

Ella Purnell

~ as ~

Helen Garrett

James Purefoy

~ as ~

King George VI

Danny Webb

~ as ~

Alan Brooke

Jonathan Aris

~ as ~

Mallory

George Anton

~ as ~

Admiral Ramsay

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
I'm struggling to comprehend why the reviews for this biopic of Churchill are so polarised. Certainly Churchill had an history before either World War as a bit of an honest-to-goodness Imperialist; and like it or not these attitudes and patterns of behaviour (drinking; sulking; pomposity; rousing speechmaking etc.) all contributed to the man who was essential to the survival of Britain from the end of 1940. This portrayal does depict, albeit somewhat theatrically, the decline of his influence as the tide of the war began to change in the allies favour much as Britain's influence as a global world power was also on the wane. It's a drama - with good efforts from Miranda Richardson and Richard Durden (as the ever patient Gen. Jan Smuts) not an history lesson. Creative licence describing him and his flawed but dynamic personality was essential if we were ever to get anything like a sense of who he really was. If it's a documentary that's required - then you'll struggle to improve on Lucy Carter's "Churchill" from 2003.