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Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Jon Culshaw - Prime Minister Tom Clarke Hill - Lieutenant Baker (as Tom Clarke-Hill)
December 3, 2004 (UK)
Comedy
84 min.
Peter Richardson
Jonathan Cavendish, Dixie Linder, Ben Swaffer
Peter Richardson, Pete Richens
Pathe Films
UK
English
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Churchill: The Hollywood Years is a 2004 film, directed by Peter Richardson. It stars Christian Slater as Winston Churchill, and Neve Campbell as Elizabeth II. Academy Award nominee Miranda Richardson and Anthony Sher also star. The film is a satire on the Hollywood take on history, such as U-571 (portraying the capture of an Enigma machine as being by the Americans rather than the British) and Pearl Harbor (where - some British critics felt - American participation in the Battle of Britain was exaggerated). The scene between Charoo and the waitress in a station tearoom, and Elizabeth's response on Churchill's arrival there, are parodies of scenes from Brief Encounter, between Stanley Holloway and Joyce Carey, and Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson, respectively. The "Siegfried Line" rap takes its title and (loosely) some of its lyrics from the British wartime song "We're Going to Hang out the Washing on the Siegfried Line". The song "Hitler Has Only Got One Ball" is frequently referenced, including once where it is delivered by Tommy Trinder. The presence of "Irish Cockneys" is a reference to the steerage passengers in Titanic. Churchill's final exit in a Spitfire references the portrayal of the American contribution to the Battle of Britain early in the film Pearl Harbor. Bryan Perkins' commentary on Hitler and Elizabeth's wedding is a parody of Richard Dimbleby's hushed radio commentaries of royal events. Eva Braun is shown listening to the end of an episode of The Archers. |
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