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Writers:
Winston Churchill (based upon "My Early Life: A Roving Commission")
Carl Foreman (written by)
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Release Date:
26 October 1972 (Sweden) more
Tagline:
Rebel Soldier Hustler Prisoner Fugitive Firebrand [Australia Theatrical]
Plot:
This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill (Simon Ward)... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations more
User Comments:
It's a good adaptation of a Churchill's autobiography during his childhood and youth more (20 total)

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Additional Details

Runtime:
157 min | USA:124 min | Argentina:125 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Robert Hardy who plays the Headmaster later went on to portray Winston Churchill in five separate films; "Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years" (1981), "The Woman He Loved" (1988), "War and Remembrance" (1988), "Bomber Harris" (1989) and "Agatha Christie Marple: The Sittaford Mystery (2006) (TV)". more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The film has Churchill declare that both he and his father were born at Blenheim Palace. In fact, his father was born in London. more
Quotes:
Winston Churchill: I'm free! I'm Winston Bloody Churchill, and I'm free! more

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It's a good adaptation of a Churchill's autobiography during his childhood and youth, 22 June 2005
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Author: ma-cortes

The picture is based on Winston Churchill's autobiography book titled:¨My early life: a roving commission¨.The movie talks about the infancy, the school times with a strict discipline, the young military and journalist career and the election Parliament at the early age of twenty six years old . He intervened against the rebels at India in defense of the British Empire.Participated in the last charge brigade on Sudan war with the general Kitchener(John Mills) against the Derviches which had vanquished at general Gordon (Khartoum1884). Also he was to SouthAfrica as journalist in English-Boer war(1899-1902leading Rhodes-Kruger respectively)that Kitchener would finish (although there he would create the first concentration camp) . Churchill is imprisoned but he got the breakout of Pretoria.After of the spectacular getaway which obtained world fame he was elected as Parliament member where he speaks a speech overlong that makes it a little bored. Posteriorly he will be leader of Torys Party confronting against prime Minister Salisbury(Laurence Naismith) and later facing to LLoyd George(Anthony Hopkins) Liberal Party liberal chief.

The film had got nominations varied Oscars Academy Awards to original plot(Carl Foreman),Production design(Geoffrey Drake) and Costume(Anthony Mendleson) but didn't achieve none. Simon Ward is enormous and Anne Bancroft and Robert Shaw are magnificent. The sensitive and romantic music score is by Alfred Ralston. The motion picture is well directed by Richard Attemborough.

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