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They Shall Not Grow Old

  • 20182018
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  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
36K
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They Shall Not Grow Old (2018)
Produced and directed by Peter Jackson: The acclaimed documentary is an extraordinary look at the soldiers and events of the Great War, using film footage captured at the time, now presented as the world has never seen. By utilizing state-of-the-art restoration, colorization and 3D technologies, and pulling from 600 hours of BBC archival interviews, Jackson puts forth an intensely gripping, immersive and authentic experience through the eyes and voices of the British soldiers who lived it.
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A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
36K
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    • Peter Jackson
  • Stars
    • Thomas Adlam(voice)
    • William Argent(voice)
    • John Ashby(voice)
    • Peter Jackson
  • Stars
    • Thomas Adlam(voice)
    • William Argent(voice)
    • John Ashby(voice)
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    • 304User reviews
    • 130Critic reviews
    • 91Metascore
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    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award

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    Thomas Adlam
    • Self - Bedfordshire Regiment
    • (voice)
    • (as Capt Thomas Adlam VC)
    William Argent
    • Self - Royal Naval Air Service
    • (voice)
    • (as LM William Argent)
    John Ashby
    • Self - The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
    • (voice)
    • (as Cpl John Ashby)
    Attwood
    • Self - British Army
    • (voice)
    • (as Cpl Attwood)
    Walter Aust
    • Self - East Yorkshire Regiment
    • (voice)
    • (as Pte Walter Aust)
    Donald Bain
    • Self - Seaforth Highlanders
    • (voice)
    • (as Pte Donald Bain)
    Thomas Baker
    • Self - Chatham Battalion, Royal Naval Division
    • (voice)
    • (as Pte Thomas Baker)
    George Banton
    • Self - 50th Division Headquarters
    • (voice)
    • (as Sig George Banton)
    Walter Becklake
    • Self - Northhampyonshire Yeomanry
    • (voice)
    • (as L Cpl Walter Becklake MM)
    Arthur Beeton
    • Self - Royal Navy Air Service
    • (voice)
    • (as POM Arthur Beeton)
    Robert Bell
    • Self - British Army
    • (voice)
    • (as Mr Robert Bell)
    William Benham
    • Self - Hawke Battalion, Royal Navy Division
    • (voice)
    • (as Sub Lt William Benham)
    Joseph Biglin
    • Self - Durham Light Infantry
    • (voice)
    • (as Pte Joseph Biglin)
    Edwin Bigwood
    • Self - Worcestershire Regiment
    • (voice)
    • (as Pte Edwin Bigwood)
    Horace Birks
    • Self - Tanks Corps
    • (voice)
    • (as Capt Horace Birks)
    Edmund Blunden
    • Self - Royal Sussex Regiment
    • (voice)
    • (as Lt Edmund Blunden MC)
    Clarence Bourne
    • Self - Army Service Corps
    • (voice)
    • (as S Sgt Clarence Bourne)
    Allan Bray
    • Self - The Duke of Edinburgh's ((Whiltshire Regiment))
    • (voice)
    • (as L Cpl Allan Bray)
      • Peter Jackson
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    • Trivia
      Much of the footage had never been seen, having sat in the vaults of London's Imperial War Museum for many years.
    • Goofs
      Several shots of tanks appear in the film, both Mark V (Mark Five) and Mark V* (Mark Five Star). They have been colourised green. In reality, tanks of these types were painted "a neutral brown colour". See the article by the British Tank Museum which states that. "Surrendering to the inevitable, towards the end of 1916 it was ordered that the tanks should be painted in a 'neutral brown colour' all over." These tanks entered service in 1918, and were factory-painted brown.
    • Quotes

      Soldier: [waving at camera] Hi, mum.

    • Crazy credits
      "Filmed on location on the Western Front, 1914 to 1918"
    • Connections
      Featured in Front Row: Episode #3.3 (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      If You Want to Find
      Traditional Trench Song

      Performed by Plan 9 and Hamish McKeich

    User reviews304

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    9/10
    Instructive and harrowing
    A century later, Peter Jackson produced an informative and fascinating documentary about the First World War, seen by the English, in the trenches of the Bay of Somme, with dusted and colored archive images.

    Almost everyone expected a brief and victorious war, which, as it was said at the time, would be "over at Christmas". The continuation was very different and became a trench war. Hygiene was deplorable until it became laughable but the atmosphere within the troops was fraternal despite the constantly oppressive atmosphere.

    And we also learn that the English infantrymen regularly had a mission to capture a Fritz. Knowing that from a military strategy point of view, this is a complete nonsense, a war prisoner being systematically an useless and cumbersome dead weight, it is perhaps a pity that this documentary does not give to the audience an explicit explanation. And the only rational explanation is probably this one: to force the English infantrymen to attack the Germans, the prisoner of war being the proof of the effectiveness of their attack ...
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    • Jul 11, 2019

    FAQ7

    • When will this be on general release for the public?
    • Is the title of this film an intentional misquote of Laurence Binyon's Ode of Remembrance?Laurence Binyon's poem 'For the Fallen' published in 1914 has the line "They shall grow not old" which is often misquoted as "They shall not grow old". Is Peter Jackson's film title playing with the meaning here, in the sense that we are seeing the soldiers as they were during the war, and therefore will not grow old on screen? Or is it another example of a misquote?
    • will this be released on 3d bluray ?

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    • Release date
      • February 1, 2019 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • New Zealand
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    • Filming locations
      • Canakkale, Turkey
    • Production companies
      • House Productions
      • Trustees of the Imperial War Museum, London
      • WingNut Films
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    • 1 hour 39 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Atmos
      • (original footage)

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