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Darkest Hour is a 2017 British biographical war drama film about Winston Churchill, played by Gary Oldman, in his early days as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War and the May 1940 war cabinet crisis, depicting his refusal to seek an armistice with Nazi Germany amid their advance into Western Europe.
Darkest Hour: Directed by Joe Wright. With Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn, Lily James. In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.
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- Drama, War
- Joe Wright
- 2017-12-22
Darkest Hour is held together by Gary Oldman's electrifying performance, which brings Winston Churchill to life even when the movie's narrative falters. Read Critics Reviews. Page 1...
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- Joe Wright
- PG-13
- Gary Oldman
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The failures of a campaign meant to stop the German advance in Norway caused a “huge uproar in Parliament and blame was generally thrust at Chamberlain,” says Reed. He becomes seen as “yesterday’s man and not the man to take [Britain] forward.” On top of that, Bishop says, “He didn’t have the temperament” to lead the nation through a world war, and...
Bishop points out that Churchill’s appointment was ironic because, as First Lord of the Admiralty, he is seen as largely responsible for the strategic failures of the very campaign that led to Chamberlain being ousted. One favorite for the job was the Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax, considered, as Reed puts it, “a much more straight down middle ari...
The set for The Darkest Hour was a recreation of the Churchill War Rooms — a real underground bunker near Parliament that was part air-raid shelter for the War Cabinet members and part map room — but the Prime Minister’s use of it was invented. “There’s a slight inaccuracy because the war rooms, although they were opened at the end of August 1939, ...
Hardly a scene will go by when the statesman doesn’t have a cigar in his mouth or a drink in his hand. “While he earned vast sums as a journalist, he was always in a financially shaky positionbecause he had tremendously expensive tastes,” Bishop says, between maintaining his country home Chartwell and his taste for the cigars, champagne and fine li...
His first speech as Prime Minister to the House of Commons: “Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat” (May 13) His first radio speech as Prime Minister: “Be Ye Men of Valour” (May 19) His speech after the successful evacuation at Dunkirk: “We shall fight on the beaches” (Jun. 4) The pep talk he gave to turn around the mood among his war cabinet can also be f...
Nov 22, 2017 · The action takes place from May 8 to June 4, 1940 (the film regularly slams the dates at us in big block letters), and is framed by two important addresses in the House of Commons, the “Norway Debate” and Churchill’s rousing, epochal “We shall fight them on the beaches” speech.
Darkest Hour. PG-13 Rating. English Primary audio. 2017 Release year. Academy Award® winner Gary Oldman gives a “towering performance” (Richard Lawson, Vanity Fair) in acclaimed director Joe...
Gary Oldman’s portrayal of Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour could put him in contention for an Oscar, writes critic Nicholas Barber.
