Hope and glory

United Kingdom, 1986

Film
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John Boorman recreates the London and England of his childhood, when he was a young boy living through the excitement of the Blitz, whilst the adults around him were dealing with the horror of war as best they could. In contrast to the adult’s fears, for the children the war also brings adventure and excitement, and much of the film’s comedy comes from the differing perspective’s between the “grown-ups” and the “kiddies”. The recreation of war-time London is visually spot-on. Boorman wrote the screenplay. The film stars Sarah Miles.

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Credits

producer/director

John Boorman

production company

Colombia

Goldcrest

Duration

01:53:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302505

Language

English

Audience classification

MA

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q1624413

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