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* YoungFutureFamousPeople: Churchill himself, obviously: the film is about how he earned his fame in the first place. Also a 25-year-old Anthony Hopkins as future prime minister David Lloyd George.
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The film focuses on Churchill's early life as a boy, and later as a young cavalry officer in India, Sudan, and the Second Boer War, culminating with his election as a Conservative Member of Parliament in 1900. Based on Churchill's memoir ''My Early Life'', it is very much shown from Churchill's own perspective as a slightly older man (Simon Ward also narrates the film, using a version of Churchill's distinctive older-man voice). Attenborough occasionally uses the device of offscreen interviewers to get a bit more out of his subjects, but basically, this is the story of Churchill's early career as he himself would have liked it to be told.
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The film focuses on Churchill's early life as a boy, and later as a young cavalry officer in India, Sudan, and the Second Boer War, culminating with his election as a Conservative Member of Parliament in 1900. Based on Churchill's his 1930 memoir ''My Early Life'', it is very much shown from Churchill's own perspective as a slightly older man (Simon Ward also narrates the film, using a version of Churchill's distinctive older-man voice). Attenborough occasionally uses the device of offscreen interviewers to get a bit more out of his subjects, but basically, this is the story of Churchill's early career as he himself would have liked it to be told.
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The film is notable for its length (157 minutes--it has an Intermission halfway through) and its aforementioned all-star cast, which includes such actors as Creator/AnthonyHopkins, as Churchill's friend and rival UsefulNotes/DavidLloydGeorge; Creator/PatrickMagee, as his army commander Sir Bindon Blood; Creator/EdwardWoodward, as his former army colleague Aylmer Haldane; Creator/IanHolm, as the editor of the ''Times''; Creator/JohnMills, as Lord Kitchener; and Creator/RobertHardy, as the headmaster of Churchill's prep school. (Hardy would go on to play Churchill himself on several occasions, most famously in the 1981 miniseries ''Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years''.)
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The film is notable for its 157-minute length (157 minutes--it (it has an Intermission halfway through) and its aforementioned all-star cast, which includes such actors as Creator/AnthonyHopkins, as Churchill's friend and rival UsefulNotes/DavidLloydGeorge; Creator/PatrickMagee, as his army commander Sir Bindon Blood; Creator/EdwardWoodward, as his former army colleague Aylmer Haldane; Creator/IanHolm, as the editor of the ''Times''; Creator/JohnMills, as Lord Kitchener; and Creator/RobertHardy, as the headmaster of Churchill's first prep school. (Hardy would go on to play Churchill himself on several occasions, most famously in the 1981 miniseries ''Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years''.)
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The film focuses on Churchill's early life as a boy, and later as a young cavalry officer in India, Sudan and the Second Boer War, climaxing with his election as a Conservative Member of Parliament in 1900. Being based on Churchill's own memoir ''My Early Life'', it's very much from Churchill's own perspective as a slightly older man (Simon Ward also narrates it, using a version of Churchill's distinctive older-man voice). Attenborough occasionally uses the device of offscreen interviewers to get a bit more out of his subjects, but basically, this is a movie of Churchill's early career as he would have liked it to be told.
The film is notable for its length (157 minutes--it has an Intermission halfway through) and its previously-mentioned all-star cast, which includes such actors as Creator/AnthonyHopkins as Churchill's friend and rival UsefulNotes/DavidLloydGeorge, Creator/PatrickMagee as his army commander Sir Bindon Blood, Creator/EdwardWoodward as his former army colleague Aylmer Haldane, Creator/IanHolm in an early role as the editor of the ''Times'', Creator/JohnMills as Lord Kitchener, and Creator/RobertHardy as the headmaster of Churchill's prep school; Hardy would go on to play Churchill himself on several occasions, most famously in the 1981 miniseries ''Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years''.
The film is notable for its length (157 minutes--it has an Intermission halfway through) and its previously-mentioned all-star cast, which includes such actors as Creator/AnthonyHopkins as Churchill's friend and rival UsefulNotes/DavidLloydGeorge, Creator/PatrickMagee as his army commander Sir Bindon Blood, Creator/EdwardWoodward as his former army colleague Aylmer Haldane, Creator/IanHolm in an early role as the editor of the ''Times'', Creator/JohnMills as Lord Kitchener, and Creator/RobertHardy as the headmaster of Churchill's prep school; Hardy would go on to play Churchill himself on several occasions, most famously in the 1981 miniseries ''Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years''.
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The film focuses on Churchill's early life as a boy, and later as a young cavalry officer in India, Sudan Sudan, and the Second Boer War, climaxing culminating with his election as a Conservative Member of Parliament in 1900. Being based Based on Churchill's own memoir ''My Early Life'', it's it is very much shown from Churchill's own perspective as a slightly older man (Simon Ward also narrates it, the film, using a version of Churchill's distinctive older-man voice). Attenborough occasionally uses the device of offscreen interviewers to get a bit more out of his subjects, but basically, this is a movie the story of Churchill's early career as he himself would have liked it to be told.
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The film is notable for its length (157 minutes--it has an Intermission halfway through) and its aforementioned all-star cast, which includes actors such as Creator/AnthonyHopkins as Churchill's friend and rival UsefulNotes/DavidLloydGeorge, Creator/EdwardWoodward as his former army colleague Aylmer Haldane, Creator/IanHolm in an early role as the editor of the ''Times'', Creator/JohnMills as Lord Kitchener, and Creator/RobertHardy as the headmaster of Churchill's prep school; Hardy would go on to play Churchill himself on several occasions, most famously the 1981 miniseries ''Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years''.
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The film is notable for its length (157 minutes--it has an Intermission halfway through) and its aforementioned previously-mentioned all-star cast, which includes such actors such as Creator/AnthonyHopkins as Churchill's friend and rival UsefulNotes/DavidLloydGeorge, Creator/PatrickMagee as his army commander Sir Bindon Blood, Creator/EdwardWoodward as his former army colleague Aylmer Haldane, Creator/IanHolm in an early role as the editor of the ''Times'', Creator/JohnMills as Lord Kitchener, and Creator/RobertHardy as the headmaster of Churchill's prep school; Hardy would go on to play Churchill himself on several occasions, most famously in the 1981 miniseries ''Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years''.
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* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: At the end of the movie, Lloyd George says to Churchill that he looks forward to Churchill one day joining the Liberal party. Churchill replies that he's a born Conservative. In context, this goes nowhere but in real life, four years after that scene, Churchill did indeed leave the Conservatives for the Liberals and stayed with them for 18 years.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: ''My Early Life'', the book on which the film is based, is noted for its tone of light self-mockery throughout, but the film is a good deal more serious and less ironic.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: One of Churchill's commanders repeatedly address him as "Chapman", even after Churchill's corrected him.
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* TheDreaded: Played for laughs with Kitchener, who Churchill is ordered to give a message to. Churchill spends the entire journey to Kitchener dreading what Kitchener will say to him, but once he's delivered the message, Kitchener merely requests one brief clarification, then ignores him completely.
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* RealPersonEpilogue: The film ends with footage of the aged Churchill on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on VE Day, with King George VI and the rest of the royal family.
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* RealPersonEpilogue: The film ends with newsreel footage of the aged Churchill on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on VE Day, with King George VI and the rest of the royal family.
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* RealPersonEpilogue: The film ends with footage of the aged Churchill on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on VE Day, with King George VI and the rest of the royal family.
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* BecomingTheBoast: Churchill is convinced from early on that he's destined for great things, but nobody around him can see it. As the film goes on, he finds himself taking part in the legendary cavalry charge of the 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman, and then he escapes from a Boer POW camp and gets elected MP for Oldham at the very young age of 25. Simon Ward's characterisation evolves, with him gradually adopting the familiar Churchillian pout and habit of standing with his fists on the back of his pelvis.
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* BecomingTheBoast: Churchill is convinced from early on that he's destined for great things, but nobody around to begin with, everyone else regards him can see it.as nothing but the glory-seeking war correspondent son of a failing politician. As the film goes on, he finds himself taking part in the legendary cavalry charge of the 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman, and then he escapes from a Boer POW camp and gets elected MP for Oldham at the very young age of 25. Simon Ward's characterisation evolves, with him gradually adopting the familiar Churchillian pout and habit of standing with his fists on the back of his pelvis.
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* BrokenAce: The film treats Randolph Churchill as this, because that's how Winston perceived him. Just how much of an ace Randolph Churchill really was is debatable, however.
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