![]() Ensuring that Into the Storm is unlikely to be chosen for Movie Night at many BNP branches, Gleeson is given numerous moments of weakness, petulance and despair. These, in one of many details bizarre to followers of modern politics, were delayed for three weeks after polling day to await the votes of the soldiers, who would ignore Churchill politically.Īnother aspect of the past improbable to modernity is that a British prime minister could have a heart attack in Washington without anyone knowing, but this tense scene, like everything in Whitemore's script – including even the part where Churchill accidentally parades naked in front of President Roosevelt – has impeccable historical credentials.Ĭhurchill's first coronary is typical of the film's commendable willingness to depict its protagonist's frailties. ![]() The second world war is seen in flashback from the south of France, where Churchill, with his wife, Clemmie (Janet McTeer taking over from Vanessa Redgrave in the original), awaits the 1945 election results. However, the script – written, like The Gathering Storm, by the fine British screenwriter Hugh Whitemore – will certainly make uncomfortable viewing for any far-right nutters in the UK trying to claim Winnie as king of the super-Brits. ![]() ![]() This Churchillian biopic transmits at an interesting time, soon after Nick Griffin, in his Question Time appearance, expanded on his claim that only the BNP represents the political legacy of the cherished war leader. ![]()
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