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Release Date
Oct 16, 1987 (USA)
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jun 5, 2001
MPAA Rating
PG13
Running Time
1 hour, 53 minutes
Country UK
Studio Columbia Pictures, Goldcrest Films International, Nelson Entertainment
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Other Titles
• Hope and Glory
• Hoffnung und Ruhm (1987)
• Der Hope and Glory - Krieg der Kinder (1987)
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Genre: War, Drama, Comedy, World War II, Coming Of Age, Teenage
Tagline: The epic story of a world at war. And a boy at play.
Plot: Based upon director John Boorman's experiences as a young boy during World War II, HOPE AND GLORY stars Sebastian Rice-Edwards as Bill Rowen. Seen mostly from the nine-year-old boy's perspective, the film is uniquely astute in exploring the exhilarating effect that the bombing of his London suburb and the war's general tumult has on a young boy, at least temporarily. After bombing raids, Bill and his mates scavenge through the rubble of destroyed buildings, carrying off still-smoking shrapnel as booty. When the boy's school is leveled by the bombing, putting the local kids on permanent vacation, the Luftwaffe pilot is hero for a day. For Bill's harried mother, Grace (Sarah Miles), the war is less amusing. Not only is her husband away fighting, but the war's disorder has made her children more difficult to control, especially her teenage daughter, Sue (Geraldine Muir), whose burgeoning sexuality makes Grace nervous about arriving Canadian troops. Then one day, while the Rowens are out, their house is demolished by a bomb, and Bill begins to see the war a little differently. Boorman's superb re-creation of the London blitz is likely the best account of that experience on film. Through the accretion of a myriad of brilliantly observed details, he immerses the viewer in the reality
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