The Darkest Hour (Blu-ray)
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- R 91
- RRP
R 99.99- (-9%)
Description
This historical drama from director Joe Wright focuses on the trials of Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman) soon after he becomes prime minister of the U.K. in 1940. With Nazi armies rolling through Europe, Churchill must figure out how to rally the nation to action while many of his contemporaries advocate peace talks with Hitler.
Product Details
- Barcode
- 6009709162372
- Department
- Movies & TV
- Released
- 8 Jun 2018
- Type
- Movies
- Format
- Blu-ray
- Genre
- Drama
- Region
- Region B
- Year
- 2017
- Language
- English
- Subtitles
- English SDH
- Subtitle 2
- Dutch
- Subtitle 3
- Finnish
- Sound Format
- Dolby ATMOS
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.85:1
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Extras
- Into Darkest Hour
- Gary Oldman:Becoming Churchill
- Runtime
- 122 min
- Age Restriction
- 10-12PGDL
- Trailer
- Supply Source
- South Africa
Movie
- Title
- Darkest Hour
- Release Year
- 2017
- Running Time
- 125 min
- Language
- English
- Categories
- Action/Adventure / Big Battles / Historical / Political / War
- Synopsis
- This historical drama from director Joe Wright focuses on the trials of Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman) soon after he becomes prime minister of the U.K. in 1940. With Nazi armies rolling through Europe, Churchill must figure out how to rally the nation to action while many of his contemporaries advocate peace talks with Hitler. Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane, Ronald Pickup, and Ben Mendelsohn co-star.
- Cast & Crew
- Director
- Joe Wright
- Co-Star
- Mary Antony / Joe Armstrong / David Bamber / Philip Martin Brown / Demetri Goritsas / Nicholas Jones / Paul Leonard / Richard Lumsden / Eric MacLennan / Hilton McRae / Ben Mendelsohn / Bethany Muir / Adrian Rawlings / David Schofield / Malcolm Storry / David Strathairn / Jordan S. Waller / Samuel West / Benjamin Whitrow
- Screenwriter
- Anthony McCarten
- Composer
- Dario Marianelli
- Director of Photography
- Bruno Delbonnel
- Assistant Director
- Dan Channing-Williams
- Post-Production Supervisor
- Tim Grover
- Production Manager/UPM
- Jo Wallett
- Camera Operator
- Des Whelan
- Movie Critics
- A.V. Club
- "Wright’s staging is often eye-catching, guaranteeing that the film remains unflaggingly watchable..." -- Grade: B-— Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (21 Nov 2017, )
- Chicago Sun-Times
- "[W]ithin the first minute or so, we forget it’s Oldman and we marvel at one of the most authentic and memorable portrayals of Churchill in the long, the very long history of television series and movies about arguably England’s most important 20th century figure."— Richard Roeper (6 Dec 2017, )
- Empire
- 4 stars out of 5-- "It is truly a gift of a role, and Oldman repays Wright with the performance of a lifetime."— Dan Jolin (1 Dec 2017, )
- Hollywood Reporter
- "McCarten’s scene writing is tart and efficient, and Wright infuses the drama with unquestioned energy."— Todd McCarthy (1 Sep 2017, )
- New York Times
- "Gary Oldman, aided by diligent makeup artists and propelled by his own unmatched craft and discipline, embraces the task with almost palpable delight."— A. O. Scott (21 Nov 2017, )
- RogerEbert.com
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "While Gary Oldman’s phenomenal work as Winston Churchill had been heralded in advance, it is astonishingly equaled by the film’s achievements in direction, screenwriting, score and cinematography."— Godfrey Cheshire (22 Nov 2017, )
- Rolling Stone
- 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Gary Oldman is one of the greatest actors on the planet -- and he proves it again as Winston Churchill in DARKEST HOUR, director Joe Wright's rip-roaring take on the celebrated Prime Minister's first tumultuous month in office in May, 1940..."— Peter Travers (22 Nov 2017, )
- The Atlantic
- "Were DARKEST HOUR just a symphony of World War II nostalgia, it’d probably still be a good watch. But because the film makes the effort to go deeper, it becomes something much more memorable."— David Sims (27 Nov 2017, )
- Total Film
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he thunderous energy of Oldman’s performance, backed up by Wright’s sinewy camerawork, carries it through."— Philip Kemp (8 Jan 2016, )
- USA Today
- "About 10 minutes into DARKEST HOUR, you forget Gary Oldman’s playing Winston Churchill in a gripping World War II drama. Gone is the vaunted British actor -- all that’s left is the stocky frame, large jowls and signature cigar of a political force of nature."— Brian Truitt (17 Nov 2017, )
- Variety
- "[This] stunningly cinematic history lesson balances the great orator’s public triumphs with more vulnerable private moments of self-doubt..."— Peter Debruge (2 Sep 2017, )