Gary Oldman takes viewers behind the scenes and into the mind of Winston Churchill in a new featurette for “The Darkest Hour” released Thursday. “Winston Churchill is getting it from all sides,” Oldman says in the new clip released by Focus Features titled “Churchill: Man Behind the Legend.” “He’s not only got fighting in his cabinet but he is about to go up against Adolf Hitler, and he has also got the worry of losing the troops,” he adds. Also Read: 'Darkest Hour' Fact Check: Did Winston Churchill Really Sneak Off to the London Underground? The...
- 12/14/2017
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Sir Winston Churchill has been portrayed by numerous actors over the years, ranging from Albert Finney’s portrayal of the British Prime Minister in HBO’s “The Gathering Storm” to John Lithgow’s Emmy-winning portrayal in Netflix series “The Crown”. The most recent actor to play Churchill is Gary Oldman in “Darkest Hour”, yet Oldman can lay claim […]...
- 12/14/2017
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
In order to play Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, Gary Oldman underwent an incredible transformation which involved a fat suit, prosthetics, and hours upon hours of study, but one crucial piece of embodying Churchill wound up making the actor sick to his stomach: the constant smoking of cigars. In a THR feature detailing just how the Joe Wright film came about, it's mentioned that Gary Oldman smoked... Read More...
- 12/14/2017
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Gary Oldman channels a softer side of Winston Churchill that might surprise history buffs in Darkest Hour.
The 59-year-old actor, who was nominated for a Golden Globe on Monday for his performance as the late British Prime Minister, puts on the prosthetics and turns into the famous politician in the acclaimed period drama. In the exclusive clip above, the actor shows a lighter side to Churchill as he jokes with one of his employees.
Director Joe Wright tells People the most important part of getting Oldman to do a realistic Churchill was to make sure he could still act while under all of the prosthetics.
The 59-year-old actor, who was nominated for a Golden Globe on Monday for his performance as the late British Prime Minister, puts on the prosthetics and turns into the famous politician in the acclaimed period drama. In the exclusive clip above, the actor shows a lighter side to Churchill as he jokes with one of his employees.
Director Joe Wright tells People the most important part of getting Oldman to do a realistic Churchill was to make sure he could still act while under all of the prosthetics.
- 12/12/2017
- by Ale Russian
- PEOPLE.com
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Directed by Joe Wright and written by Anthony McCarten, Darkest Hour stars Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane, Ronald Pickup, and Ben Mendelsohn.
During the early days of World War II, with the fall of France imminent, Britain faces its darkest hour as the threat of invasion looms.
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Directed by Joe Wright and written by Anthony McCarten, Darkest Hour stars Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane, Ronald Pickup, and Ben Mendelsohn.
During the early days of World War II, with the fall of France imminent, Britain faces its darkest hour as the threat of invasion looms.
- 12/11/2017
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Gary Oldman (center) stars as Winston Churchill in director Joe Wright’s Darkest Hour, a Focus Features release. Photo credit: Jack English / Focus Features ©
Gary Oldman gives an amazing performance as Winston Churchill in director Joe Wright Darkest Hour, a riveting drama about Churchill and the earliest darkest days of World War II, as Britain faced the crisis of Dunkirk and invasion by Hitler loomed. The film is an admirable work, a mix of historical drama and biopic, but it is Oldman’s remarkable Oscar-worthy performance that is generating the most attention.
Darkest Hour offers more than Gary Oldman’s sterling, stirring performance. It is also a wonderful companion to a couple of other WWII films released this year, Dunkirk and the less-seen Their Finest Hour, both set around he same time in Britain. Combined with director Joe Wright’s earlier film Atonement, which contains a riveting depiction of a...
Gary Oldman gives an amazing performance as Winston Churchill in director Joe Wright Darkest Hour, a riveting drama about Churchill and the earliest darkest days of World War II, as Britain faced the crisis of Dunkirk and invasion by Hitler loomed. The film is an admirable work, a mix of historical drama and biopic, but it is Oldman’s remarkable Oscar-worthy performance that is generating the most attention.
Darkest Hour offers more than Gary Oldman’s sterling, stirring performance. It is also a wonderful companion to a couple of other WWII films released this year, Dunkirk and the less-seen Their Finest Hour, both set around he same time in Britain. Combined with director Joe Wright’s earlier film Atonement, which contains a riveting depiction of a...
- 12/8/2017
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Chicago – Gary Oldman has been generating memorable film portrayals since he broke through in the 1980s. From Sid Vicious (“Sid and Nancy”) to Lee Harvey Oswald (“JFK”) to Jim Gordon (Dark Knight Series), Oldman is a consummate actor. That is expressed in his latest role, as Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour.”
The title refers to one of the most challenging moments of Churchill’s career. Newly minted as Britain’s prime minister in 1940, he faces the onslaught of Adolf Hitler’s attack on his homeland, including the surrounding of the British troops at Dunkirk. Gary Oldman embodies the pugnacious bulldog that characterized Churchill at the height of his power, including the soaring rhetoric that strengthened the morale of the British people.
Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour”
Photo credit: Focus Features
Oldman was born in London, studied acting with the Young People’s Theatre and made his professional...
The title refers to one of the most challenging moments of Churchill’s career. Newly minted as Britain’s prime minister in 1940, he faces the onslaught of Adolf Hitler’s attack on his homeland, including the surrounding of the British troops at Dunkirk. Gary Oldman embodies the pugnacious bulldog that characterized Churchill at the height of his power, including the soaring rhetoric that strengthened the morale of the British people.
Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour”
Photo credit: Focus Features
Oldman was born in London, studied acting with the Young People’s Theatre and made his professional...
- 12/7/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
A version of this story first appeared in the Actors/Directors/Screenwriters issue of TheWrap’s Oscar magazine. More than a decade ago, a mutual friend introduced Gary Oldman to a young, aspiring director named Joe Wright, and added this note: “He’s going to be a great director someday.” Wright went on to make “Pride & Prejudice,” “Atonement,” “Hanna” and “Anna Karenina,” among other films — and Oldman remembered the long-ago introduction when the director came to him to star as Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour,” a historical drama that focuses on Churchill as he assumes the office of Prime Minister in the perilous.
- 12/6/2017
- by By Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Gary Oldman has one of the best-received performances of the year for his turn as Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour.” One review yet to come in was from the living members of the Churchill family — like his great-grandson Randolph, who showed to a recent press event for the Focus Features release aboard the historic Queen Mary in Long Beach, Ca. “We’re always a little bit nervous about these ventures, but I can say wholeheartedly, Gary, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben have absolutely done us so proud,” Randolph Churchill said. Also Read: 'Darkest Hour' Fact Check: Did Winston Churchill Really Sneak Off to the.
- 12/6/2017
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
Casting directors remain the only job in the opening titles that doesn’t have its own Oscar category, but there’s reason to believe that will change. Already recognized by the Emmys, casting directors have made tremendous strides since they unionized in 2005 and negotiated their first contract with studios. In 2013, the guild earned its own Academy branch and received three seats at the Academy’s Board of Governors’ table. Last year, Lynn Stalmaster (“The Graduate,” “West Side Story”) received an honorary Oscar at the Governors Awards, becoming the first-ever casting director to receive an Academy Award.
So: Let’s imagine for a moment casting directors had their own Oscar category in 2017: What are the best-cast films of the year?
IndieWire asked 15 of the top casting directors to nominate films worthy of casting recognition this year. We often think of the best films in terms of their expressive cinematography, enveloping production design,...
So: Let’s imagine for a moment casting directors had their own Oscar category in 2017: What are the best-cast films of the year?
IndieWire asked 15 of the top casting directors to nominate films worthy of casting recognition this year. We often think of the best films in terms of their expressive cinematography, enveloping production design,...
- 12/4/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Director Joe Wright’s historical drama “Darkest Hour” is set in the early days of World War II, as newly installed Prime Minster Winston Churchill, played by Gary Oldman, finds himself torn between standing up to Adolf Hitler in the face of huge odds and sitting down at the bargaining table with the Nazis before England faces occupation or destruction. Most of his colleagues in government are urging a peace treaty — but in one key scene, Churchill ducks out of his office to ask ordinary Londoners what they think. He goes down to the London Underground (called the Tube in...
- 12/1/2017
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Enter here for your chance to win a pair of passes to an advance screening of the new film Darkest Hour starring Gary Oldman.
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About The Film
Darkest Hour A thrilling and inspiring true story begins on the eve of World War II as, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill (Academy Award nominee Gary Oldman) must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals,...
For your chance to receive a pair of complimentary passes to see the new film Darkest Hour at the Mjr Troy Theater in Troy, Michigan on Wednesday, December 6th at 7:00Pm, just look for the “Enter the Contest” box further down on this page. But hurry because there are a limited number of passes available and when they’re gone, they’re gone!
About The Film
Darkest Hour A thrilling and inspiring true story begins on the eve of World War II as, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill (Academy Award nominee Gary Oldman) must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals,...
- 11/30/2017
- by Administrator
- CinemaNerdz
Joe Wright, the British maximalist behind some of the most audacious screen adaptations in recent years, is as visually expressive a director as they come, and yet it’s hard to imagine watching his films with the sound off. Removing the music from any of his movies would be like ripping a bandage off an unhealed wound — impossible to remove without taking off some raw flesh. The scores that Wright commissions aren’t merely ornamental; they’re not just a garnish layered over a finished piece of work for added effect. On the contrary, the compositions are utterly inextricable from the films themselves, like a second script that weaves into the first one and knots them both together.
Needless to say, that approach could make things pretty difficult for a director who doesn’t write their own music. Fortunately for Wright, he doesn’t have to — he’s always has...
Needless to say, that approach could make things pretty difficult for a director who doesn’t write their own music. Fortunately for Wright, he doesn’t have to — he’s always has...
- 11/29/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
The list of incredible actors long deserving of an Academy Award that haven’t found their way to Hollywood’s most exclusive club is almost embarrassing. Sigourney Weaver, Ian McKellen, Glenn Close, Ralph Fiennes and Amy Adams, just to name a few. This year one of the most prominent names on that list, Gary Oldman, may finally get his due.
In Joe Wright’s “Darkest Hour“ Oldman takes on the challenge of portraying one of the most important men of the 20th Century, Winston Churchill.
Continue reading Gary Oldman Marvels At Churchill’s ‘Superhuman’ Achievements In ‘Darkest Hour’ [Interview] at The Playlist.
In Joe Wright’s “Darkest Hour“ Oldman takes on the challenge of portraying one of the most important men of the 20th Century, Winston Churchill.
Continue reading Gary Oldman Marvels At Churchill’s ‘Superhuman’ Achievements In ‘Darkest Hour’ [Interview] at The Playlist.
- 11/28/2017
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
Gary Oldman tries his hand as Churchill
Darkest Hour, from director Joe Wright gives a closer glimpse of the man behind the public figure.
Within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman) must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals, liberty and freedom of a nation.
As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion is imminent, and with an unprepared public, a sceptical King, and his own party plotting against him, Churchill must withstand his darkest hour, rally a nation, and attempt to change the course of world history.
Darkest Hour is out in UK cinemas on 12 January 2018.
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Darkest Hour, from director Joe Wright gives a closer glimpse of the man behind the public figure.
Within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman) must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals, liberty and freedom of a nation.
As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion is imminent, and with an unprepared public, a sceptical King, and his own party plotting against him, Churchill must withstand his darkest hour, rally a nation, and attempt to change the course of world history.
Darkest Hour is out in UK cinemas on 12 January 2018.
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- 11/25/2017
- by admin
- Pure Movies
There are times when the prognostication world anoints a presumed Oscar winner, only to have the film or the performance fall flat when actually seen. Then, there are other times when the movie or performer meets expectations and the victor should begin writing up their speech for the Academy Awards. More often than not, the former winds up being true. Gary Oldman is a case of the latter, as his turn in Darkest Hour is 100% going to win him the Oscar for Best Actor. It’s just a done deal, Academy wise. Beginning its theatrical run today, it’s also a quality biopic that’s more than simply shameless awards bait. The film is a look at British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Oldman), how he came to power during the early days of World War II, and his agonizing decision over whether to negotiate with Hitler or fight on. The...
- 11/22/2017
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
A recurring, albeit minor, critique regarding the near-flawless first season of Netflix’s sumptuous historical drama The Crown is that the now multi-award-winning series lacked any serious perforation – especially when it came to chiseling away at the monarchical members’ seemingly impenetrable personal lives.
A ridiculously lavish serial, featuring a steadfast ensemble delivering formidable performances from start to finish, earning John Lithgow (Winston Churchill) a Primetime Emmy and Claire Foy (Queen Elizabeth II) a Golden Globe for their efforts, The Crown’s first season was a deluge of pomp and circumstance and enchanting personalities that made for highly watchable TV. However, some found creator Peter Morgan’s initial sculpting of the Monarchy more ideal for the powers that be as the royal family were more so seen, rather than heard.
Triumphantly, in its second season, The Crown does away with deference and protocol, unspooling the tightly coiled yarns of several of...
A ridiculously lavish serial, featuring a steadfast ensemble delivering formidable performances from start to finish, earning John Lithgow (Winston Churchill) a Primetime Emmy and Claire Foy (Queen Elizabeth II) a Golden Globe for their efforts, The Crown’s first season was a deluge of pomp and circumstance and enchanting personalities that made for highly watchable TV. However, some found creator Peter Morgan’s initial sculpting of the Monarchy more ideal for the powers that be as the royal family were more so seen, rather than heard.
Triumphantly, in its second season, The Crown does away with deference and protocol, unspooling the tightly coiled yarns of several of...
- 11/21/2017
- by Joseph Falcone
- We Got This Covered
Here is the trailer for Winston Churchill biopic Darkest Hour. Starring Gary Oldman as the man himself and directed by Joe Wright, it hits cinemas 12th January 2018.
Within days of becoming Prime Minister Churchill was faced with a decision to negotiate a peace treaty with Nazi Germany or fight for the ideals and freedom of a nation. With the unstoppable Nazi forces making their way through Western Europe and the threat of invasion imminent, Churchill faced his darkest hour as he rallied a nation to change the course of world history.
Check out the trailer above and some character posters below and let us know your thoughts in the comments.
Within days of becoming Prime Minister Churchill was faced with a decision to negotiate a peace treaty with Nazi Germany or fight for the ideals and freedom of a nation. With the unstoppable Nazi forces making their way through Western Europe and the threat of invasion imminent, Churchill faced his darkest hour as he rallied a nation to change the course of world history.
Check out the trailer above and some character posters below and let us know your thoughts in the comments.
- 11/21/2017
- by Tom Batt
- The Cultural Post
In “Darkest Hour,” director Joe Wright and cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel (“Inside Llewyn Davis”) devised a striking visual strategy to underscore Gary Oldman’s Oscar buzzy performance as Winston Churchill. During his pivotal ascension as prime minister of Great Britain in 1940, they continually had him coming out of darkness to confront his self-doubt. This ultimately made him a stronger, more popular leader in fighting Hitler and Nazism.
“He’s a very strange character who tried to hide himself in the beginning,” said Delbonnel. “It was always this idea of his going from darkness to light, darkness to light, every time. The first time we see him, he’s lit by his cigar and his butler opens the shade in his room to let the light in.”
Originally, the plan was to contrast exterior sunshine with interior darkness, since London experienced a beautiful spring in 1940. But with the production shooting in winter,...
“He’s a very strange character who tried to hide himself in the beginning,” said Delbonnel. “It was always this idea of his going from darkness to light, darkness to light, every time. The first time we see him, he’s lit by his cigar and his butler opens the shade in his room to let the light in.”
Originally, the plan was to contrast exterior sunshine with interior darkness, since London experienced a beautiful spring in 1940. But with the production shooting in winter,...
- 11/21/2017
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Four years ago, Oscar-nominated “The Theory of Everything” screenwriter Anthony McCarten sat down for a pint with an old chum in a country pub. What next? his friend asked. McCarten threw out a few ideas — no response. What else do you have?
Well, there was one that was really intimidating, McCarten said, about Winston Churchill. His friend replied, “Do that one. We need a portrait of leadership.”
That was before Brexit, before Trump, so it seems incredibly prescient. But really, when have we not needed leadership? “We’re living in extraordinary times, all the time,” McCarten said. “The issues that assail us are perennial. They haven’t changed since the Greeks picked up a pen.”
A hit at the fall festivals (Metascore: 72), “Darkest Hour” (Focus Features, November 22) is poised to deliver Gary Oldman a Best Actor Oscar as Winston Churchill. But as a World War II talky companion piece to silent action epic “Dunkirk,...
Well, there was one that was really intimidating, McCarten said, about Winston Churchill. His friend replied, “Do that one. We need a portrait of leadership.”
That was before Brexit, before Trump, so it seems incredibly prescient. But really, when have we not needed leadership? “We’re living in extraordinary times, all the time,” McCarten said. “The issues that assail us are perennial. They haven’t changed since the Greeks picked up a pen.”
A hit at the fall festivals (Metascore: 72), “Darkest Hour” (Focus Features, November 22) is poised to deliver Gary Oldman a Best Actor Oscar as Winston Churchill. But as a World War II talky companion piece to silent action epic “Dunkirk,...
- 11/20/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Four years ago, Oscar-nominated “The Theory of Everything” screenwriter Anthony McCarten sat down for a pint with an old chum in a country pub. What next? his friend asked. McCarten threw out a few ideas — no response. What else do you have?
Well, there was one that was really intimidating, McCarten said, about Winston Churchill. His friend replied, “Do that one. We need a portrait of leadership.”
That was before Brexit, before Trump, so it seems incredibly prescient. But really, when have we not needed leadership? “We’re living in extraordinary times, all the time,” McCarten said. “The issues that assail us are perennial. They haven’t changed since the Greeks picked up a pen.”
A hit at the fall festivals (Metascore: 72), “Darkest Hour” (Focus Features, November 22) is poised to deliver Gary Oldman a Best Actor Oscar as Winston Churchill. But as a World War II talky companion piece to silent action epic “Dunkirk,...
Well, there was one that was really intimidating, McCarten said, about Winston Churchill. His friend replied, “Do that one. We need a portrait of leadership.”
That was before Brexit, before Trump, so it seems incredibly prescient. But really, when have we not needed leadership? “We’re living in extraordinary times, all the time,” McCarten said. “The issues that assail us are perennial. They haven’t changed since the Greeks picked up a pen.”
A hit at the fall festivals (Metascore: 72), “Darkest Hour” (Focus Features, November 22) is poised to deliver Gary Oldman a Best Actor Oscar as Winston Churchill. But as a World War II talky companion piece to silent action epic “Dunkirk,...
- 11/20/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Gary Oldman, most certainly in the awards-season mix with his starring role as Winston Churchill in Focus Features’ Darkest Hour, will be this year’s recipient of the Maltin Modern Master Award at the Santa Barbara Film Festival. The award will be presented February 2 during the 33rd edition of the fest, which runs January 31-February 10. Darkest Hour, directed by Joe Wright, follows Churchill in the early days of World War II, as the fate of Western Europe hangs on the…...
- 11/15/2017
- Deadline
In 2007, Joe Wright brought Ian McEwan’s celebrated war-time novel, “Atonement” to the big screen. The film famously captures one of the most harrowing moments in World War II, the evacuation of British troops from the beaches of Dunkirk, in a stunning and celebrated long shot. In his latest film, “Darkest Hour,” Wright returns once again to World War II, but this time from the perspective of one of Britain’s most famous politicians, Winston Churchill.
Prior to the film’s limited release on November 22, Focus Features hosted an early screening of “Darkest Hour” in New York City, where Wright spoke with IndieWire Deputy Editor Eric Kohn about Gary Oldman’s astonishing transformation into Churchill, his own reservations about the historical figure, and how he brought history to the big screen once again.
Initially, Wright said he wasn’t interested in making a film about Churchill, but the script — which...
Prior to the film’s limited release on November 22, Focus Features hosted an early screening of “Darkest Hour” in New York City, where Wright spoke with IndieWire Deputy Editor Eric Kohn about Gary Oldman’s astonishing transformation into Churchill, his own reservations about the historical figure, and how he brought history to the big screen once again.
Initially, Wright said he wasn’t interested in making a film about Churchill, but the script — which...
- 11/14/2017
- by Jamie Righetti
- Indiewire
The Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills was transformed into 1940s England on Wednesday night for the premiere of Darkest Hour, a film that centers around Winston Churchill as he becomes Prime Minister of England and leads his nation into war against Adoly Hitler and the Nazis. The film is a penetrating portrait of a man who must rally his nation at a time when the German army is nearly on its shores and features a tour de force performance by Gary Oldman.
While playing Churchill may prove to be a career-defining role for Oldman, it took over a year...
While playing Churchill may prove to be a career-defining role for Oldman, it took over a year...
- 11/9/2017
- by Alex Cramer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Season two of The Crown looks even juicier than the first!
We’re just over a month away from the premiere of the second season of Netflix’s smash hit series, which chronicles the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, who is portrayed by actress Claire Foy. The first season started with the Queen’s wedding to Prince Philip — played by Matt Smith — and saw the death of her father, King George VI, her coronation and relationship with then-Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
Though Churchill (played brilliantly by John Lithgow) is gone this season, there’s still plenty to be excited about.
We’re just over a month away from the premiere of the second season of Netflix’s smash hit series, which chronicles the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, who is portrayed by actress Claire Foy. The first season started with the Queen’s wedding to Prince Philip — played by Matt Smith — and saw the death of her father, King George VI, her coronation and relationship with then-Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
Though Churchill (played brilliantly by John Lithgow) is gone this season, there’s still plenty to be excited about.
- 11/6/2017
- by Diana Pearl
- PEOPLE.com
“Darkest Hour — I promise I won’t make any present-day jokes,” NBC News star Chuck Todd vowed at the top of a panel discussion preceding the period political drama’s screening Thursday in Washington, during which participants enthused about Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill and everyone tried hard not to draw too many comparisons to President Donald Trump. Based on Anthony McCarten’s script, Darkest Hour focuses on Churchill’s early days as Prime Minister, with…...
- 11/3/2017
- Deadline
“Darkest Hour — I promise I won’t make any present-day jokes,” NBC News star Chuck Todd vowed at the top of a panel discussion preceding the period political drama’s screening Thursday in Washington, during which participants enthused about Britain’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill and everyone tried hard not to draw too many comparisons to President Donald Trump. Based on Anthony McCarten’s script, Darkest Hour focuses on Churchill’s early days as Prime Minister, with…...
- 11/3/2017
- Deadline TV
What It Is: The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst is the British version of West Point. It’s also where Prince William and Prince Harry started their military careers. On Oct. 14, it also welcomed me (the grandson of an Irish builder) and 31 other novice competitors for the first ever PentUp modern pentathlon, which supports veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Ptsd).
Who Tried It: Phil Boucher, People correspondent
Level of Difficulty: 10/10.
Sandhurst is as royal as it gets. Along with Prince William and Prince Harry, the military academy has provided officer training for every Duke, Earl and Baron to serve in the...
Who Tried It: Phil Boucher, People correspondent
Level of Difficulty: 10/10.
Sandhurst is as royal as it gets. Along with Prince William and Prince Harry, the military academy has provided officer training for every Duke, Earl and Baron to serve in the...
- 10/20/2017
- by Phil Boucher
- PEOPLE.com
Trailers are now below for Joe Wright Chruchhill biopic staring Gary Oldman 'Darkest Hour,' also starring Lristen Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane, Ronald Pickup and Ben Mendelsohn
A thrilling and inspiring true story begins on the eve of World War II as, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill (Academy Award nominee Gary Oldman) must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals, liberty and freedom of a nation. As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion is imminent, and with an unprepared public, a skeptical King, and his own party plotting against him, Churchill must withstand his darkest hour, rally a nation, and attempt to change the course of world history.
It opens 22 November for the Us, January 12, 2018 for Ireland and the UK.
A thrilling and inspiring true story begins on the eve of World War II as, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill (Academy Award nominee Gary Oldman) must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals, liberty and freedom of a nation. As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion is imminent, and with an unprepared public, a skeptical King, and his own party plotting against him, Churchill must withstand his darkest hour, rally a nation, and attempt to change the course of world history.
It opens 22 November for the Us, January 12, 2018 for Ireland and the UK.
- 9/29/2017
- by noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News)
- FlicksNews.net
In the latest trailer for Darkest Hour, Gary Oldman's Winston Churchill refuses to negotiate.
"When will they simply learn that you cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth?" Churchill yells in a British bunker, when talks of England entering into a peace agreement with Germany comes up.
Darkest Hour, from Atonement director Joe Wright, has been gaining awards buzz since its world premiere at Telluride, and later going on to Tiff.
The feature hits theaters on Nov. 22.
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"When will they simply learn that you cannot reason with a tiger when your head is in its mouth?" Churchill yells in a British bunker, when talks of England entering into a peace agreement with Germany comes up.
Darkest Hour, from Atonement director Joe Wright, has been gaining awards buzz since its world premiere at Telluride, and later going on to Tiff.
The feature hits theaters on Nov. 22.
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- 9/28/2017
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A new trailer has been released for the upcoming Winston Churchill film Darkest Hour and it makes sure to point out that the story will include Churchill's involvement with Dunkirk. As you know, Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk was a big hit, and this film will partly tell a different point of view of that story. Another way the marketing team tries to give this film a connection to Nolan's film is with the music. The trailer features the same type of intense clicking sounds that we heard in the Dunkirk trailers.
Churchill is played by Gary Oldman in the Joe Wright-directed film and it looks like he gives one hell of a great performance! There's a good chance that he'll end up getting an Oscar nomination for this.
A thrilling and inspiring true story begins at the precipice of World War II as, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain,...
Churchill is played by Gary Oldman in the Joe Wright-directed film and it looks like he gives one hell of a great performance! There's a good chance that he'll end up getting an Oscar nomination for this.
A thrilling and inspiring true story begins at the precipice of World War II as, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain,...
- 9/28/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Director Joe Wright says that the biopic, which stars Gary Oldman as Churchill, will show the war leader resisting ‘tide of fascism, bigotry and hate’
The Winston Churchill biopic Darkest Hour will feed into the debate around the nature of President Donald Trump’s abrasive, confrontational form of leadership, says Joe Wright, the film’s director. Wright suggests that Darkest Hour, which stars Gary Oldman as the British prime minister during arguably the UK’s most testing period of the second world war, is directly relevant to the Us’s current political turmoil.
“There’s a big question in America at the moment: what does good leadership look like,” says Wright, speaking to coincide with the launch of the latest trailer for the film. “Churchill resisted when it mattered most, and as I travel around America I am really impressed and optimistic at the level of resistance happening in the Us at the moment.
The Winston Churchill biopic Darkest Hour will feed into the debate around the nature of President Donald Trump’s abrasive, confrontational form of leadership, says Joe Wright, the film’s director. Wright suggests that Darkest Hour, which stars Gary Oldman as the British prime minister during arguably the UK’s most testing period of the second world war, is directly relevant to the Us’s current political turmoil.
“There’s a big question in America at the moment: what does good leadership look like,” says Wright, speaking to coincide with the launch of the latest trailer for the film. “Churchill resisted when it mattered most, and as I travel around America I am really impressed and optimistic at the level of resistance happening in the Us at the moment.
- 9/28/2017
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
As war sirens ring out, Winston Churchill speaks to his country. The clock is ticking and the “full weight of the world is on your shoulders.” Gary Oldman takes on...
- 9/28/2017
- by Jazz Tangcay
- AwardsDaily.com
Dunkirk will soon be back on the big screen, but not as Christopher Nolan’s expansive battle movie. This time we’ll be seeing it on the other side of the English Channel in Darkest Hour, the tense Winston Churchill biopic starring an unrecognizable Gary Oldman. The newest Darkest Hour trailer has Churchill beaten back by detractors and critics who don’t […]
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- 9/28/2017
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
Dire political prognostications – “lacks judgment” and “we may have to replace him” – are as current as today’s MSNBC news crawl, so some might find it comforting (or not) to hear them spoken about a winner – Winston Churchill. Even better: Churchill is played here, in Darkest Hour, by a transformed Gary Oldman. Goldman somehow has been Oscar-nominated for only one film – 2012’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – but might get another chance with this big, spot-on…...
- 9/28/2017
- Deadline
Focus Features will release Darkest Hour in select cities on November 22, 2017
This new trailer looks amazing:
During the early days of World War II, with the fall of France imminent, Britain faces its darkest hour as the threat of invasion looms. As the seemingly unstoppable Nazi forces advance, and with the Allied army cornered on the beaches of Dunkirk, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the leadership of the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Academy Award nominee Gary Oldman). While maneuvering his political rivals, he must confront the ultimate choice: negotiate with Hitler and save the British people at a terrible cost or rally the nation and fight on against incredible odds. Directed by Joe Wright, Darkest Hour is the dramatic and inspiring story of four weeks in 1940 during which Churchill’s courage to lead changed the course of world history.
Darkest Hour is directed by Joe Wright and stars Gary Oldman,...
This new trailer looks amazing:
During the early days of World War II, with the fall of France imminent, Britain faces its darkest hour as the threat of invasion looms. As the seemingly unstoppable Nazi forces advance, and with the Allied army cornered on the beaches of Dunkirk, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the leadership of the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Academy Award nominee Gary Oldman). While maneuvering his political rivals, he must confront the ultimate choice: negotiate with Hitler and save the British people at a terrible cost or rally the nation and fight on against incredible odds. Directed by Joe Wright, Darkest Hour is the dramatic and inspiring story of four weeks in 1940 during which Churchill’s courage to lead changed the course of world history.
Darkest Hour is directed by Joe Wright and stars Gary Oldman,...
- 9/28/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In the new trailer for this fall’s Oscar-bait historical drama “Darkest Hour,” Gary Oldman’s Winston Churchill will not back down when threats are imminent. “We are in the preliminary stage of one of the greatest battles in history,” he says in voiceover. Churchill was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1940. In the trailer, Churchill faces one of his most difficult decisions yet whether to negotiate a peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or fight against them. As the Allied army was cornered on the beaches of Dunkirk and the Nazi forces were advancing, the threat of an invasion loomed.
- 9/28/2017
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
In the 2002 BBC poll ranking the 100 greatest Britons, one man beat out the likes of Charles Darwin, Sir Isaac Newton, Stephen Hawking, and, really, every other Briton ever. The gentleman atop that list was the incredibly-quotable, cigar-inhaling Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill. While he is remembered as a wildly-popular leader who refused to yield to one of history’s greatest villains, Churchill’s journey to becoming the greatest Briton began in a crucible of public confusion and political subversion, all while the threat of a Nazi invasion loomed.
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- 9/28/2017
- by Reese Conner
- The Playlist
Venice, Telluride and Tiff were a little light on offering up slam dunk Oscar contenders, but one performance nearly everyone agrees is a lock for a nomination is Gary Oldman. The English actor was last nominated for Best Actor in 2012 for “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” and he’s the frontrunner in the category at this point for his work as Winston Churchill in “Darkest Hour,” directed by “Atonement” filmmaker Joe Wright.
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The official synopsis reads: “Within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: Exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals, liberty and freedom of a nation. As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion is imminent,...
Read More:‘Darkest Hour’ Review: Gary Oldman Makes Joe Wright’s Biopic as Rousing and Ferocious as Winston Churchill Was Himself
The official synopsis reads: “Within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: Exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals, liberty and freedom of a nation. As the unstoppable Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion is imminent,...
- 9/28/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
With Donald Trump in the White House and Stephen Colbert hosting the show, it’s no surprise this year’s Emmy Awards took a turn for the political. Acceptance speeches, the show’s opener and the bits in between — they all talked Trump, in terms both obvious and subtle. (Also, a former member of his administration showed up.)
See all the notable moments below.
1. It started off early.Like, in the opening monologue early. Host Stephen Colbert acknowledged that Trump must be watching the show, and addressed him directly: “I’ll look forward to the tweets.”
2. Ted Cruz’s porn...
See all the notable moments below.
1. It started off early.Like, in the opening monologue early. Host Stephen Colbert acknowledged that Trump must be watching the show, and addressed him directly: “I’ll look forward to the tweets.”
2. Ted Cruz’s porn...
- 9/18/2017
- by Diana Pearl
- PEOPLE.com
By Nathaniel R
The Big Little Lies cast were first presenters setting the tone for a night devoted to them essentially
8:00 Stephen Colbert managed to work lots of political commentary and Trump jabs into his opening song which hits peak jab with the "even treason's better on TV" lyric with the stars of The Americans giving brief cameo. The also Trump centric post-song monologue is good and the stars are eating it up.
8:16 Colbert actually saves the best joke for last with a surprise cameo by Sean Spicer (yes, actually Sean Spicer with his stand) who he introduces as Melissa McCarthy. Even McCarthy is shook.
8:18 Nice touch to have an ensemble as joyfully in synch as Big Little Lies do a supporting category. Lithgow wins for playing Churchill. That also worked for Albert Finney 15 years ago. Oldman is also going to win the Oscar playing Churchill later this year.
The Big Little Lies cast were first presenters setting the tone for a night devoted to them essentially
8:00 Stephen Colbert managed to work lots of political commentary and Trump jabs into his opening song which hits peak jab with the "even treason's better on TV" lyric with the stars of The Americans giving brief cameo. The also Trump centric post-song monologue is good and the stars are eating it up.
8:16 Colbert actually saves the best joke for last with a surprise cameo by Sean Spicer (yes, actually Sean Spicer with his stand) who he introduces as Melissa McCarthy. Even McCarthy is shook.
8:18 Nice touch to have an ensemble as joyfully in synch as Big Little Lies do a supporting category. Lithgow wins for playing Churchill. That also worked for Albert Finney 15 years ago. Oldman is also going to win the Oscar playing Churchill later this year.
- 9/18/2017
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
The votes are in: John Lithgow won the 2017 Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Netflix’s period drama The Crown.
Lithgow beat out a tough field of nominees including Westworld‘s Jeffrey Wright, Homeland‘s Mandy Patinkin, This Is Us‘ Ron Cephas Jones, House of Cards‘ Michael Kelly, Better Call Saul’s Jonathan Banks and Stranger Things‘ David Harbour. And he offered congratulations to all of them in his acceptance speech, saying, “I feel so lucky to have won this in the company of my fellow nominees.”
Lithgow...
Lithgow beat out a tough field of nominees including Westworld‘s Jeffrey Wright, Homeland‘s Mandy Patinkin, This Is Us‘ Ron Cephas Jones, House of Cards‘ Michael Kelly, Better Call Saul’s Jonathan Banks and Stranger Things‘ David Harbour. And he offered congratulations to all of them in his acceptance speech, saying, “I feel so lucky to have won this in the company of my fellow nominees.”
Lithgow...
- 9/18/2017
- TVLine.com
Joe Wright's Darkest Hour arrived at the Toronto Film Festival as one of the most anticipated entrants in this year's Oscar race, having piqued curiosity with the decision to cast the lithe 59-year-old Gary Oldman as amply proportioned statesman Winston Churchill. Taking place entirely within a six-month window in 1940, the film sees Churchill foisted on his own party—and even his own country, to the annoyance of Britain's King George VI (Ben Mendelsohn)—by a parliament…...
- 9/13/2017
- Deadline
Two British movies; two endings that feature the same iconic Winston Churchill speech. Which one will dominate the Oscar conversation?
Not to be left out of the Oscar campaign opportunities at the Toronto International Film Festival, Christopher Nolan capitalized on a chance to project his summer blockbuster “Dunkirk” at the world’s original IMAX, Toronto’s restored Cinesphere. Afterward, he said the movie never looked so good — it was one of 35 70 mm IMAX prints. From my perspective, it was sublime, clear, crisp, and even more emotional than the first time I saw it at Universal CityWalk (one of Nolan’s favorite 70 mm IMAX venues, along with the Metreon in San Francisco and Lincoln Square in New York).
Over tea at an afterparty, Nolan asked: “And how is ‘Darkest Hour’?”
The films are complementary: one is an immersive, almost-silent action epic that brilliantly toys with three disjunctive time frames. (During the...
Not to be left out of the Oscar campaign opportunities at the Toronto International Film Festival, Christopher Nolan capitalized on a chance to project his summer blockbuster “Dunkirk” at the world’s original IMAX, Toronto’s restored Cinesphere. Afterward, he said the movie never looked so good — it was one of 35 70 mm IMAX prints. From my perspective, it was sublime, clear, crisp, and even more emotional than the first time I saw it at Universal CityWalk (one of Nolan’s favorite 70 mm IMAX venues, along with the Metreon in San Francisco and Lincoln Square in New York).
Over tea at an afterparty, Nolan asked: “And how is ‘Darkest Hour’?”
The films are complementary: one is an immersive, almost-silent action epic that brilliantly toys with three disjunctive time frames. (During the...
- 9/12/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Two British movies; two endings that feature the same iconic Winston Churchill speech. Which one will dominate the Oscar conversation?
Not to be left out of the Oscar campaign opportunities at the Toronto International Film Festival, Christopher Nolan capitalized on a chance to project his summer blockbuster “Dunkirk” at the world’s original IMAX, Toronto’s restored Cinesphere. Afterward, he said the movie never looked so good — it was one of 35 70 mm IMAX prints. From my perspective, it was sublime, clear, crisp, and even more emotional than the first time I saw it at Universal CityWalk (one of Nolan’s favorite 70 mm IMAX venues, along with the Metreon in San Francisco and Lincoln Square in New York).
Over tea at an afterparty, Nolan asked: “And how is ‘Darkest Hour’?”
The films are complementary: one is an immersive, almost-silent action epic that brilliantly toys with three disjunctive time frames. (During the...
Not to be left out of the Oscar campaign opportunities at the Toronto International Film Festival, Christopher Nolan capitalized on a chance to project his summer blockbuster “Dunkirk” at the world’s original IMAX, Toronto’s restored Cinesphere. Afterward, he said the movie never looked so good — it was one of 35 70 mm IMAX prints. From my perspective, it was sublime, clear, crisp, and even more emotional than the first time I saw it at Universal CityWalk (one of Nolan’s favorite 70 mm IMAX venues, along with the Metreon in San Francisco and Lincoln Square in New York).
Over tea at an afterparty, Nolan asked: “And how is ‘Darkest Hour’?”
The films are complementary: one is an immersive, almost-silent action epic that brilliantly toys with three disjunctive time frames. (During the...
- 9/12/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Let’s get this out of the way: Darkest Hour is pure, uncut Oscar bait that goes through every bullcrap great-man biopic platitude imaginable in its two-hour runtime. The reason to rush to such a harsh judgement is perhaps because it’s so damn hard to understand the actual reason for making this film in the first place other than racking up gold statues. If Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk received a small segment of backlash a couple months back for being “Tory porn,” then rightfully expect double that for this self-parody of the British prestige picture. Though, ultimately, the film is too anodyne an experience to really get up in arms at for its certainly out-of-time, out-of-place politics.
Proving that maybe we’re not so much seeing a reboot of the End of History period that spawned all the World War II movies of the late ’90s and early naughts...
Proving that maybe we’re not so much seeing a reboot of the End of History period that spawned all the World War II movies of the late ’90s and early naughts...
- 9/12/2017
- by Ethan Vestby
- The Film Stage
Gary Oldman has a legacy of playing iconic British rule-breakers and it seems he’s continuing that trend taking on the imposing persona of Winston Churchill in Joe Wright’s “Darkest Hour”. Set in the early years of World War II, the historical drama brings history fans behind closed doors with the British government when Churchill took […]...
- 9/11/2017
- by kmorawetz
- ET Canada
Blumhouse Productions, Cohen Media Group (Cmg), and Film4 have today announced a massive team-up: a big screen adaption of John Williams’ novel “Stoner” that will pair up Oscar-winning actor Casey Affleck (in the title role) and multiple BAFTA-winning director Joe Wright, aided by a Andrew Bovell-penned screenplay. Based on Williams’ 1965 novel, the film will follow “the hardscrabble life of William Stoner, a dirt-poor farmer turned academic, who emerges as an unlikely existential hero while making his way through the first half of the 20th century.”
While Williams first published the book in the mid-sixties, but reissues by both Vintage and New York Review Books Classics in the early aughts helped propel it to the admiration that previously eluded it (the book sold just 2,000 copies in its first run, and went out of print a year later). Blumhouse optioned the book in 2011.
Read More:What Barry Jenkins, Casey Affleck, Viola Davis...
While Williams first published the book in the mid-sixties, but reissues by both Vintage and New York Review Books Classics in the early aughts helped propel it to the admiration that previously eluded it (the book sold just 2,000 copies in its first run, and went out of print a year later). Blumhouse optioned the book in 2011.
Read More:What Barry Jenkins, Casey Affleck, Viola Davis...
- 9/5/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
An electric chamber piece that couldn’t more perfectly complement “Dunkirk” if Christopher Nolan wrote it, “Darkest Hour” is as rousing and ferocious as Winston Churchill was himself. It’s also a hell of a lot more controlled. Unfolding with the clockwork precision of a Broadway play — director Joe Wright has always been at his best when he’s at his most theatrical — this tightly coiled retelling of Churchill’s first days in office is more than (yet another) passionate appeal to our collective goodness; it’s a deliciously unsubtle testament to the power of words and their infinite capacity to inspire.
That the film arrives at a time when words seem to have lost all their value only makes it that much more persuasive.
Hardly the first time that Wright has fetishized the sway of language and its ability to shape history (“Atonement” was so lost in letters that...
That the film arrives at a time when words seem to have lost all their value only makes it that much more persuasive.
Hardly the first time that Wright has fetishized the sway of language and its ability to shape history (“Atonement” was so lost in letters that...
- 9/2/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Joe Wright’s stunning “Darkest Hour” is no ordinary biopic of Sir Winston Churchill. It is a vigorously directed, tightly paced war thriller with nothing less at stake than saving the world from Adolf Hitler. Anchored by an exacting, measured but sweetly responsive lead performance by Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour,” which premiered on Friday night at the Telluride Film Festival, is the best of many great cinematic portraits of Churchill. There is no other way to watch Oldman than in near disbelief that anyone could bring Churchill back to life this convincingly. It will be difficult for any other actor to top.
- 9/2/2017
- by Sasha Stone
- The Wrap
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