Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)

A satirical alternative history of World War II where the Nazis seize London and England must band together to prevent a full on invasion.

Directors:

Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry

Writers:

Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry

Stars:

Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ewan McGregor	...	Chris (voice)
Rosamund Pike	...	Daisy (voice)
Richard E. Grant	...	The Vicar (voice)
Timothy Spall	...	Churchill (voice)
Tom Wilkinson	...	Albert / Goebbels (voice)
Alan Cumming	...	Hitler / Braveheart (voice)
Dominic West	...	Fiske
Sanjeev Bhaskar	...	Rupee / King (voice)
Richard Griffiths	...	Hermann Goering (voice)
Richard O'Brien	...	Himmler (voice)
Pam Ferris	...	Matron Rutty (voice)
Neil Newbon	...	Zeppelin Captain (voice)
Tobias Menzies	...	Captain English / Monty (voice)
Stephen Merchant	...	Tom (voice)
Hugh Fraser	...	Gaston / Newsreader (voice)

Storyline

World War II: What if Nazis seized London and all of England had to band together? When scarily campy Nazi leaders invade by drilling under the English Channel and up through the cobblestones on Whitehall, Churchill leaves his quiet retirement with a cat that looks like Hitler to issue a call to arms from his bunker under Downing Street. Chris, a young farm worker with large hands, rallies the village to fight the good fight -- including an alcoholic Vicar, the oldest man in the town, several idiots, a random Frenchman and Bobby Fiske, a swearing American who believes he's battling Russia. The world's future is in their tiny plastic hands. Innovative puppeteering animatronics from Scottish brothers Edward and Rory McHenry combine with the larger than life voices of Ewan McGregor, Alan Cumming, Dominic West, Rosamund Pike, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall and Richard E. Grant.

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Plot Keywords:

england | scot | satire | surrealism | germany | 

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Taglines:

The smallest epic film you'll ever see!

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Sci-Fi | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 July 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Nazi Invasion

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Entertainment Motion Pictures (E-MOTION), McHenry Brothers, Swipe Films

Technical Specs

Color:

Color (HD) Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

As the camera cranes in on the village fête, you can see a direction sign with two arrows labeled "Upper Trollope" and "Lower Trollope". (A tribute to Victorian novelist Anthony Trollope.

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Goofs

The movie features the German airship Hindenburg which was destroyed in 1937 while the movie is set in 1940

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Quotes

Churchill: My dear countrymen, dear friends. Never in the field of human conflict, was so buggered up by so few for so many!

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Soundtracks

"Jerusalem"
Words by William Blake and lyrics by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Performed by Rosamund Pike, Timothy Spall, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Pam Ferris and Cast

User Reviews

Funny and well-written but more please...

After seeing the tag line on the trailer "Team America meets Inglourious Basterds", I was eager to see this. And it didn't disappoint. Well not too much.

Some may bemoan the puppetry, you can see the rivets a mile away on the joints (imagine the elbow of an Action Man figure), but the non-stop action distracts you from this. It's funny too, delivering excellent caricatures of historical characters, as well as a huge amount of comical references to other films.

However, the nature of a puppetry film is that a lot of hard work goes into it, and as a consequence, the length of the film cannot be too long. This film was so good, that I almost forgot at some parts that it wasn't a live action film. So when it ended, I was left wanting more. I felt as if not enough had happened, and was slightly disappointed.

But not to worry, it's still worth a watch.