Based on the experiences of Lieutenant Robert Lawrence, M.C..Based on the experiences of Lieutenant Robert Lawrence, M.C..Based on the experiences of Lieutenant Robert Lawrence, M.C..
- Won 3 BAFTA Awards
- 5 wins & 6 nominations total
- Sophie Martin-Wells
- (as Emma Harbour)
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- TriviaBased on the experiences of Lieutenant Robert Lawrence MC.
- GoofsTowards the end of the film, Firth is shown wearing a panama hat behind some guardsmen in full dress. They are welcoming a coach load of other guardsmen in combat dress. Those on parade in full dress, have their buttons singly and a white plume on the right side of their bearskins. This would indicate that they were Grenadier Guards. As such, surely the plume should be on the left side of the bearskin.
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[an RAF doctor is giving Robert yet more tests]
Squadron Leader Wentworth: Your father gave me a lesson in military etiquette. I shall give you one. I am called "Sir".
Robert Lawrence: What are you? Squadron Leader? In the Household Division we don't call your rank "Sir".
Squadron Leader Wentworth: Well you can start now, Lawrence.
Robert Lawrence: You're in the Royal Air Force. Are you a flyer?
Squadron Leader Wentworth: No I'm not. I'm a doctor.
Robert Lawrence: [snarls] Well listen, Doctor. Just test this fist. It's just about to give you your first fucking flying lesson!
- ConnectionsFeatured in When TV Goes to War (2011)
This film alternates sequences from before and after his wounding; the battle, and his long and difficult recovery and convalescence. It has to steer a tricky course around the major pitfalls of british public opinion. There are on one hand, the tabloid-fuelled jingoism of a country involved in a major fight, and on the other hand the subsequent revulsion that such losses were suffered in a squabble for some barren islands several thousand miles from home.
The film does highlight the callousness and indifference with which the war's casualties were sometimes treated.
The overall story and moral are not new, but their treatment here, with hardly any bad language or earth-shattering battle effects, strikes a more thoughtful note than, say, "Saving PRivate Ryan".
- hgallon
- Jun 1, 2000
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