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Their Finest

  • 20162016
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  • 1h 57m
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Bill Nighy, Gemma Arterton, and Sam Claflin in Their Finest (2016)
With London emptied of its men now fighting at the Front, Catrin Cole is hired by the British Ministry of Information as a scriptwriter charged with bringing "a woman's touch" to morale-boosting propaganda films. Her natural flair quickly gets her noticed by movie producer Buckley whose path would never have crossed hers in peacetime.
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A former secretary, newly appointed as a scriptwriter for propaganda films, joins the cast and crew of a major production while the Blitz rages around them.A former secretary, newly appointed as a scriptwriter for propaganda films, joins the cast and crew of a major production while the Blitz rages around them.A former secretary, newly appointed as a scriptwriter for propaganda films, joins the cast and crew of a major production while the Blitz rages around them.
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21K
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    • Lone Scherfig
    • Lissa Evans(based on the novel "Their Finest Hour and a Half" by)
    • Gaby Chiappe(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Gemma Arterton
    • Sam Claflin
    • Bill Nighy
    • Lone Scherfig
    • Lissa Evans(based on the novel "Their Finest Hour and a Half" by)
    • Gaby Chiappe(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Gemma Arterton
    • Sam Claflin
    • Bill Nighy
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 117User reviews
    • 170Critic reviews
    • 76Metascore
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    Gemma Arterton and Sam Claflin in Their Finest (2016)
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    Bill Nighy, Gemma Arterton, and Sam Claflin in Their Finest (2016)
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    Bill Nighy, Gemma Arterton, and Sam Claflin in Their Finest (2016)
    Bill Nighy, Gemma Arterton, and Sam Claflin in Their Finest (2016)
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    Gemma Arterton
    Gemma Arterton
    • Catrin Cole
    Sam Claflin
    Sam Claflin
    • Tom Buckley
    Bill Nighy
    Bill Nighy
    • Ambrose Hilliard…
    Richard E. Grant
    Richard E. Grant
    • Roger Swain
    Nicholas Murchie
    • Bus Conductor
    Henry Goodman
    Henry Goodman
    • Gabriel Baker
    Rachael Stirling
    Rachael Stirling
    • Phyl Moore
    Jack Huston
    Jack Huston
    • Ellis Cole
    Amanda Root
    Amanda Root
    • Cecy…
    Patrick Gibson
    Patrick Gibson
    • Rex, the Clapper Loader
    Darren Clarke
    • The Gaffer
    Ed Birch
    Ed Birch
    • Walter, the Director (Careless Talk Film)
    Lissa Evans
    • Make-Up Woman (Careless Talk Film)
    Richard Bevan
    • Mr. Richards (Dubbing Editor)
    Gaby Chiappe
    • Dolly (Carrot Film)
    Amanda Fairbank-Hynes
    Amanda Fairbank-Hynes
    • Mabel (Carrot Film)
    • (as Amanda Fairbank Hynes)
    Lily Knight
    Lily Knight
    • Rose Starling
    Francesca Knight
    Francesca Knight
    • Lily Starling
      • Lone Scherfig
      • Lissa Evans(based on the novel "Their Finest Hour and a Half" by)
      • Gaby Chiappe(screenplay by)
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    • Trivia
      When asked what his reactions were to being cast as Ambrose Hilliard, Bill Nighy said: "They were looking for someone to play a chronically self-absorbed actor in his declining years, and they thought of me, which is something that's easier to process on some mornings rather than others."
    • Goofs
      When Catrin Cole exits an Underground Station an Air Raid is starting and Air Raid Sirens are sounding; however they are not broadcasting the rising and falling note of the "Air Attack Warning", but the constant high pitched note of the "All Clear" which was / would be sounded after danger had passed.
    • Quotes

      Phyl Moore: They're afraid they won't be able to put us back in the box when this is over, and it makes them belligerent.

    • Connections
      Featured in OWV Updates: DVD Update (28/08/2017) (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Brighton Promenade
      Written by Anthony Mawer

    User reviews117

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    9/10
    'Film - Real life with the boring bits cut out. Don't confuse facts with truth, don't let them get in way of the story.'
    Danish director Lone Scherfig (An Education, Italian for Beginners, One Day) knows her way around British humor, feminism, WW II, and the art and at times chaos of making a movie. Based on a novel by Lissa Evans and adapted for the screen by Gaby Chiappe, THEIR FINEST is a brilliant little film about making a film under duress and how all members of the film crew – stars to stuntmen and cameramen – interact. It is also a fine punch in the ribs for British views of Americans – not only during the 1940s but now also!

    Caitlin Cole (Gemma Atherton) lives with struggling and wounded Welsh painter Ellis Cole (Jack Huston) and they strive to exist on a minimal income. During the London Blitz of World War II, Caitlin is recruited by the British Ministry of Information to write scripts for propaganda films that the public will actually watch without scoffing. In the line of her new duties, Cole investigates the story of two young women who supposedly piloted a boat in the Dunkirk Evacuation. Although it proved a complete misapprehension, the story becomes the basis for a fictional film with some possible appeal. As Cole labors to write the script with her new colleagues such as Tom Buckley (Sam Claflin), veteran actor Ambrose Hilliard (Bill Nighy) must accept that his days as a leading man are over as he joins the project. Together, this disparate trio must struggle against such complications such as sexism against Cole, jealous relatives, the drive to make the American movie public react n support of England in the war effort, and political interference from the Secretary of War (Jeremy Irons) in their artistic decisions even as London endures the bombs of the enemy. In the face of those challenges, they share a hope to contribute something meaningful in this time of war and in their own lives.

    The film has complex characterizations (Rachel Stirling is brilliant in what at first seems a minor but controlling role, Eddie Marsan has a meaningful cameo, Helen McCrory as Eddie Marsan's meddling sister) and the entire supporting cast is superb. Yes, it is a film about making a film, but in the setting chosen it works splendidly well.
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    • Sep 3, 2017

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      • April 7, 2017 (United States)
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      • Porthgain Harbour, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
    • Production companies
      • BBC Films
      • Welsh Government
      • Pinewood Pictures
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    • 1 hour 57 minutes
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