Saw Darkest Hour last night

[FSogol]

Good film, bookends great with Dunkirk. Great performance by Gary Oldman.

Question for WWII buffs or movie fans. Anyone know of good films about Churchill during the war? Any suggestions?

[longship]

1. The Gathering Storm with Albert Finney as Sir Winston.

About Churchill's years in the wilderness between the wars.

Vanessa Redgrave as Clementine.

Pretty damned good BBC/HBO production.

[Aristus]

2. "Sir, the Lord Privy Seal is on the telephone and wishes to speak with you immediately!"

Churchill (on the toilet) : "Tell the Lord Privy Seal that I am sealed in the privy, and can only deal with one shit at a time!"

[FSogol]

3. How can you drink so much during the day? Practice!

[longship]

7. Then there's the Lady Astor stories. (They despised each other.)

These are usually set in some muckity muck social function.

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Lady Astor: Sir Winston, you are drunk. You are very drunk.

Sir Winston: You, madame, are ugly. And I will be sober in the morning.

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Lady Astor: Sir Winston, if I were Clementine I would put poison in your brandy.

Sir Winston: If you were Clementine, I would drink it.

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There are undoubtedly more of these, along the same order of battle.

[First Speaker]

4. "The Winds of War" miniseries has a number of Churchill scenes...

...along with a lot of 1950-era MGM soap opera. But still, well-done, though Bob Mitchum is miscast as Pug Henry. *The Eagle Has Landed* is about a Nazi attempt to kidnap Churchill, and is one of the most entertaining films you'll ever see. There have been a number of TV movies about him, including ones with Richard Burton and Bob Hoskins. There have been a number of British films about him, though they generally didn't get much play here...

[Akoto]

5. "Into the Storm" is a favorite of mine. Was an HBO production.

[longship]

8. Oopsie! Do you mean "The Gathering Storm"??? Updated.

That was a BBC/HBO film with Albert Finney and Vanessa Redgrave as Winston and Clementine. See my post above, with a key scene.

My oopsie here. Into the Storm was apparently the sequel to The Gathering Storm, made seven years later with a different cast. I'll have to grab that one. I'm a bit of a Churchill fan and I've never heard of it.

Thank you for suggesting it.


Trailer:

[Ron Obvious]

6. Great film, but...

That tube (subway) scene was not just ahistorical, it was absolutely ridiculous. Loved the film. Hated that scene.