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Hope and Glory is a 1987 comedy-drama war film written, produced, and directed by John Boorman based on his own experiences growing up in London during the Second World War. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures. The title is derived from the traditional British patriotic song "Land of Hope and Glory".
Feb 19, 1988 · Hope and Glory: Directed by John Boorman. With Sebastian Rice-Edwards, Geraldine Muir, Sarah Miles, David Hayman. Bill, a young boy living on the outskirts of London experiences the exhilaration of World War II.
Oct 5, 2012 · A semiautobiographical project by John Boorman about a nine year old boy called Bill as he grows up in London during the blitz of World War 2. MGM - 1987. Subscribe to TRAILERS: http://bit.ly...
Hope and Glory. Director John Boorman drew from his own childhood experiences for this touching coming-of-age tale about a boy growing up in and around London during World War II.
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- Comedy, Drama
- PG-13
John Boorman's "Hope and Glory" is a film about that precise season in the life of a young British boy who grows up in a London suburb during World War II. Maybe there is something in the very nature of war, in the power of guns and bombs, that appeals to the imagination of little boys.
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Hope and Glory. Summaries. Bill, a young boy living on the outskirts of London experiences the exhilaration of World War II. During this period, Bill learns about sex, death, love, hypocrisy, and the faults of adults as he prowls the ruins of bombed houses.
