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Hope and Glory

  • 19871987
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 53m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
14K
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Hope and Glory (1987)
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ComedyDramaRomance
Bill, a young boy living on the outskirts of London experiences the exhilaration of World War II. During this period, Bill learns about sex, death, love, hypocrisy, and the faults of adults ... Read allBill, a young boy living on the outskirts of London experiences the exhilaration of World War II. During this period, Bill learns about sex, death, love, hypocrisy, and the faults of adults as he prowls the ruins of bombed houses.Bill, a young boy living on the outskirts of London experiences the exhilaration of World War II. During this period, Bill learns about sex, death, love, hypocrisy, and the faults of adults as he prowls the ruins of bombed houses.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
14K
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    • John Boorman
    • John Boorman
  • Stars
    • Sarah Miles
    • David Hayman
    • Sebastian Rice-Edwards
    • John Boorman
    • John Boorman
  • Stars
    • Sarah Miles
    • David Hayman
    • Sebastian Rice-Edwards
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 87User reviews
    • 36Critic reviews
    • 86Metascore
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    • Nominated for 5 Oscars

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    Hope and Glory (1987)
    Sebastian Rice-Edwards in Hope and Glory (1987)
    Sebastian Rice-Edwards in Hope and Glory (1987)
    Sebastian Rice-Edwards in Hope and Glory (1987)
    Charley Boorman in Hope and Glory (1987)
    Sarah Miles and Sebastian Rice-Edwards in Hope and Glory (1987)
    Sammi Davis, David Hayman, Sarah Miles, Geraldine Muir, Derrick O'Connor, Sebastian Rice-Edwards, and Susan Wooldridge in Hope and Glory (1987)
    Geraldine Muir and Sebastian Rice-Edwards in Hope and Glory (1987)
    Jean-Marc Barr and Sammi Davis in Hope and Glory (1987)
    Sarah Miles, Derrick O'Connor, and Sebastian Rice-Edwards in Hope and Glory (1987)
    Geraldine Muir and Sebastian Rice-Edwards in Hope and Glory (1987)
    Sammi Davis, David Hayman, Sarah Miles, Geraldine Muir, and Sebastian Rice-Edwards in Hope and Glory (1987)

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    Sarah Miles
    Sarah Miles
    • Grace
    David Hayman
    David Hayman
    • Clive
    Sebastian Rice-Edwards
    Sebastian Rice-Edwards
    • Bill
    • (as Sebastian Rice Edwards)
    Geraldine Muir
    Geraldine Muir
    • Sue
    Sammi Davis
    Sammi Davis
    • Dawn
    Derrick O'Connor
    Derrick O'Connor
    • Mac
    Susan Wooldridge
    Susan Wooldridge
    • Molly
    Jean-Marc Barr
    Jean-Marc Barr
    • Bruce
    Ian Bannen
    Ian Bannen
    • Grandfather George
    Annie Leon
    Annie Leon
    • Grandma
    Jill Baker
    Jill Baker
    • Faith
    Amelda Brown
    Amelda Brown
    • Hope
    Katrine Boorman
    Katrine Boorman
    • Charity
    Colin Higgins
    • Clive's Pal
    Shelagh Fraser
    Shelagh Fraser
    • WVS Woman
    Gerald James
    • Headmaster
    Barbara Pierson
    • Teacher
    Nicky Taylor
    • Roger
      • John Boorman
      • John Boorman
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    • Trivia
      A 650 feet long suburban street set with seventeen semi-detached houses was constructed for this movie. Apparently, at the time at least, it was the largest set built in the UK for twenty-five years.
    • Goofs
      The man is incorrect when he tells the boy that they (the Nazis) will be bombing France with Big Bertha which has a range of 25 miles. Big Bertha was a nickname given to a gun the Germans constructed in the first World War. It was made by welding 3 gun barrels together which gave it a range of 75 miles.
    • Quotes

      Grandfather George: You want to know why they're called Faith, Hope, Grace and Charity?

      Bill Rowen: Why?

      Grandfather George: Your Grandmother. She named them after the virtues I lack. That's marriage for you!

    • Connections
      Featured in Wogan: Episode #7.104 (1987)
    • Soundtracks
      Begin the Beguine
      Written by Cole Porter

      Performed by Sammi Davis

    User reviews87

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    9/10
    A Funny, poignant, truthful, and enjoyable child's-eye view of London during The Blitz.
    Since I first saw it, 15 years ago, a little film in a little theater, I have regarded John Boorman's recollections of life as a grade-schooler during "The Blitz" as astonishing. Over the years I've used the movie to bring to life the very points that Anna Freud makes in her diaries of the "War Nurseries" she ran in Hampstead. While the movie is always entertaining, it nevertheless shows the effects on kids and families of life at home during a war: the separations, the losses, the physical damage, the inflammation of aggressive impulses in normal kids, the loosening of parental control over adolescents, the dropping of the curtains we use to keep kids from seeing more than they ought to. The film is wonderfully English, with customary attention to period detail, and a great collection of eccentric and memorable secondary characters. You've just got to see the geography lesson, featuring a middle-aged martinet school-marm who whacks away at a world map, using her pointer to punctuate her lesson on the vastness of England's pre-war empire. I have seen this movie on video, and can say that it translates well to the small screen. In fact it was created for British TV. See it. You'll laugh. You'll cry. And don't tell anyone--You'll learn something, too.
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    • Release date
      • February 19, 1988 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Nelson Entertainment
      • Goldcrest Films International
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    • 1 hour 53 minutes
      • Black and White
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      • Mono

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