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Release Date:
20 April 2008 (USA)
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Tagline:
A young man fights for his country.
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Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 17-year-old son after he goes missing during WWI. full summary | full synopsis
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3 wins
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5 nominations
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D.C. Film Critics Circle Awards Honor Carey Mulligan, Nine and More
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 7 December 2009, 2:07 PM, PST)
Lifting the Lid on W.C. with Liam O Mochain
(From The Hollywood Interview. 14 November 2009, 8:31 AM, PST)
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 7 December 2009, 2:07 PM, PST)
Lifting the Lid on W.C. with Liam O Mochain
(From The Hollywood Interview. 14 November 2009, 8:31 AM, PST)
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Family, war, and patriotism
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| David Haig | ... | Rudyard Kipling | |
| Daniel Radcliffe | ... | John Kipling | |
| Kim Cattrall | ... | Caroline Kipling | |
| Carey Mulligan | ... | Elsie Kipling | |
| Julian Wadham | ... | King George V | |
| Martin McCann | ... | Bowe | |
| Richard Dormer | ... | Corporal John O'Leary | |
| Rúaidhrí Conroy | ... | McHugh (as Ruaidhri Conroy) | |
| Laurence Kinlan | ... | Doyle | |
| Ciaran Nolan | ... | Daly | |
| Nick Dunning | ... | Colonel Ferguson | |
| Michael McElhatton | ... | Leo Amery MP | |
| Peter Gowen | ... | H.A Gwynne | |
| Brian de Salvo | ... | Field Marshal 'Bobs' Roberts | |
| Simon Coury | ... | Naval Doctor |
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UK:93 min
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Several scenes were shot at the actual Rudyard Kipling estate, Bateman's, where Kipling lived from 1902 until his death.
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Anachronisms: Many of the photos of wounded men that the Kipling family search through clearly show a WW2 pattern 'Brodie' steel helmet. Not only is a WW2 steel helmet wrong, ANY steel helmet is wrong for late 1915 as steel helmets weren't issued to British troops until 1916.
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Rudyard Kipling: Have you news of my boy Jack?/ Not this tide./ When d'you think that he'll come back?/ Not with this wind blowing, and this tide./ Has any one else had word of him?/ Not this tide./ For what is sunk will hardly swim, Not with this wind blowing, and this tide./ Oh...
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Rudyard Kipling: Have you news of my boy Jack?/ Not this tide./ When d'you think that he'll come back?/ Not with this wind blowing, and this tide./ Has any one else had word of him?/ Not this tide./ For what is sunk will hardly swim, Not with this wind blowing, and this tide./ Oh...
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Happy Birthday to You
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I don't remember why I added this to my DVR; sometimes I go on a PBS binge and record all kinds of "edifying" material. From the little summary on the DVR screen, I expected a family-conflict drama mixed in with some heroic war scenes and rousing patriotism.
It did have rousing patriotism, family conflict, and heroic war scenes, yet it was not at all what I expected. When the film finished I could see past and future echoes of this family, of all families who send a son or daughter to war. Somewhere in America today there are parents just like Mr. and Mrs. Kipling in the film, and there have been for generations past.
This is a movie to see when your everyday grind has sapped your humanity.