Churchill (film)

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Churchill
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJonathan Teplitzky
Written byAlex von Tunzelmann
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDavid Higgs
Edited byChris Gill
Music byLorne Balfe
Production
company
Salon Pictures
Distributed byCohen Media Group
Release dates
  • 25 April 2017 (2017-04-25) (Barcelona)
  • 16 June 2017 (2017-06-16) (United Kingdom)
Running time
98 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10 million[2]
Box office$3.6 million[1]

Churchill is a 2017 British historical war drama film directed by Jonathan Teplitzky about the actions of Winston Churchill in the hours leading up to D-Day. The film stars Brian Cox as the titular character with Miranda Richardson and John Slattery in supporting roles. The film was released on 2 June 2017.[3][4]

Plot

Exhausted by years of war, Winston Churchill awaits the D-Day Normandy landings.

Cast

Production

On 4 November 2015 it was reported that Brian Cox would star as Winston Churchill in Churchill. Brian Welsh would direct from a script by Alex von Tunzelmann.[5] On 12 February 2016 it was reported that Jonathan Teplitzky would replace Welsh as director. Miranda Richardson and Stanley Tucci would also join the cast as Clementine Churchill and Dwight D. Eisenhower, respectively.[6] On 28 April 2016, John Slattery replaced Tucci.[7] On 24 May 2016 it was announced that principal photography had begun.[8] Some scenes were shot in Edinburgh[9] and Glasgow[10]; Arniston House was used as film location for many of the scenes between Gen. Eisenhower and Churchill, specifically the Oak Room as Gen Eisenhower's war room and the north exterior.

Reception

On review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes the film has an audience approval score of 90% and a tomatometer rating of 48% based on 62 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Churchill gets sterling work out of Brian Cox in the leading role, but it isn't enough to overcome a muddled and ultimately unsuccessful approach to an incredible real-life story."[11] Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating to reviews, gives the film a score of 44 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[12]

Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph rated the film 4/5 stars and said that "Brian Cox dazzles in a scalpel-sharp, timely lesson in political leadership", while Peter Bradshaw writing for The Guardian noted that "Miranda Richardson shrewdly plays Churchill’s wife Clemmie: imperious, exasperated, gimlet-eyed", and rated the film 3/5 stars.

In The Independent Geoffrey McNabb rated the film 3/5 stars and wrote "There are elements of both King Lear and of Colonel Blimp about Cox’s Churchill. Like Blimp, he’s a man out of time, accused of trying to fight a modern war with a mindset stuck years in the past. Like Lear, he is an old man, raging against the elements."

In Time Out magazine, Tom Huddleston rated the film 3/5 stars and wrote "Cox is rudely magnificent, capturing not just the wilfulness of the man but the nagging self-doubt at his inner core."

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of The A.V. Club described the film as "inert, decorous, and almost absurdly repetitive," and wrote: "All too often, it toes the line that separates legitimately stupid movies from ones that merely presume that the viewer is stupid."[13]

Peter Travers writing for Rolling Stone said Brian Cox's performance "cannot be faulted. It's a master class in acting", and gave the film 3/4 stars.[14] Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Brian Cox's towering performance in Churchill is worthy of the great man himself”.[15] In the Radio Times, Alan Jones said Cox "gives a tremendous performance as the charismatic politician who inspired Great Britain to resist Adolf Hitler."[16]

Brian Cox was quoted as saying Churchill's own alternative to D-Day (the cross-Channel invasion) could have shortened the war by six months, and dismissed talk of "treason" in a British tabloid newspaper. [17]

References

  1. ^ a b "Churchill (2017)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  2. ^ {{web cite|url=http://www.dartblog.com/data/2017/06/013301.php%7Ctitle=Winston Churchill Revised|date=4 June 2017|accessdate=8 June 2017
  3. ^ McNary, Dave (January 20, 2017). "Brian Cox's D-Day Drama 'Churchill' Set for U.S. Release in June". Variety. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  4. ^ McGovern, Joe (March 16, 2017). "Churchill first look: See photos of Brian Cox and John Slattery in WWII drama". Entertainment Weekly.
  5. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (November 4, 2015). "Brian Cox to star in 'Churchill'". Screen Daily. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  6. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (February 12, 2016). "Churchill biopic to be directed by Jonathan Teplitzky; adds cast". Screen Daily. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  7. ^ Wiseman, Andreas (April 28, 2016). "John Slattery to play Eisenhower in Churchill biopic". Screen Daily. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  8. ^ Rosser, Michael (May 24, 2016). "'Churchill' shoot begins; cast revealed". Screen Daily. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  9. ^ "Actor Brian Cox filming Churchill on Edinburgh's Calton Hill". Edinburgh Evening News. 2016-05-24. Retrieved 2017-03-31. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  10. ^ "Brian Cox spotted in Glasgow as filming for new Churchill biopic continues". Glasgow Live. 2016-05-29. Retrieved 2017-03-31. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  11. ^ "Churchill (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  12. ^ "Churchill reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  13. ^ Vishnevetsky, Ignatiy (June 1, 2017). "Brian Cox blows smoke in the inane World War II drama Churchill". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  14. ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/peter-travers-churchill-is-bold-biopic-of-british-leader-w484739
  15. ^ http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-churchill-review-20170601-story.html
  16. ^ http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-06-06/churchill-review-history-come-to-life-in-its-most-palatable-and-entertaining-form
  17. ^ "Churchill actor Brian Cox dismisses Daily Mail's claims of treason (has video of interview)". Stuff (Fairfax Media). 9 June 2017.

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