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Hope and Glory
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Synopsis
An affectionate reverie about war, childhood, and British stoicism, John Boorman's Hope and Glory is the veteran filmmaker's recollection of the bombing of London during World War II. Set on the British home front during the early days of the war, this episodic movie shows the blitz through the eyes of seven-year-old Billy Rohan (Sebastian Rice Edwards). At the war's outset, Billy finds himself alone in a house full of women, as all the men are called off to join the war effort. With wide-eyed wonder and an outsized imagination, Billy sees the war as a grand diversion, an extension of his world of knights, tin soldiers, and war games. As bombs fall and houses burn, Billy's mother (Sarah Miles) struggles to keep the family together in her husband's absence. Even as Billy seeks to escape the harem of aunts and sisters, Dawn (Sammi Davis), his older sister, falls for a Canadian soldier who gets her pregnant. After the Rohans' home catches fire (not, ironically, as the result of a bomb blast, but from a domestic accident), the family is forced to move in with Billy's cantankerous grandfather in the countryside, where they spend the rest of their summer and enjoy an unusual idyll amid the raging war. Nominated in 1987 for a Best Picture Academy Award, Hope and Glory proved to be another high point in the career of the remarkably protean Boorman. ~ Elbert Ventura, All Movie Guide

Cast

Jill Baker Faith
Ian Bannen George
Jean-Marc Barr Cpl. Bruce Carey
Charley Boorman Luftwaffe Pilot
Katrine Boorman Charity
Amelda Brown Hope
Sammi Davis Dawn Rohan
Gerald James Headmaster
Anne Leon Bill's Grandmother
Sarah Miles Grace Rohan
Geraldine Muir Sue Rohan
Derrick O'Connor Mac
Sebastian Rice-Edwards Bill Rohan
Susan Wooldridge Molly
David Hayman Clive Rohan
Sara Langton Pauline
Barbara Pierson Teacher
Nicky Taylor Roger

Production Crew

John Harris Additional Cinematography
Don Dossett Art Director
Mary Selway Casting
Anthony Van Laast Choreography
Philippe Rousselot Cinematographer
Michael Dryhurst Co-producer
Peter J. Martin Composer (Music Score)
Peter Martin Composer (Music Score)
Shirley Russell Costume Designer
John Boorman Director
Ian Crafford Editor
Edgar Gross Executive Producer
Jake Eberts Executive Producer
Andy Armstrong First Assistant Director
Anna Dryhurst Makeup
Peter J. Martin Musical Direction/Supervision
Peter Martin Musical Direction/Supervision
John Boorman Producer
Paul Ciani Producer
Anthony Pratt Production Designer
John Boorman Screenwriter
Michael Dryhurst Second Unit Director
Joanne Woollard Set Designer
Peter Handford Sound/Sound Designer
Mike Collins Special Effects
Phil Stokes Special Effects
Rodney Fuller Special Effects
Year: 1987
Runtime: 97
Country: UK
MPAA Rating: PG13
Category: Feature

Genre
Comedy Drama

Produced by
Columbia Pictures
Goldcrest Films International
Nelson Entertainment

Release
October 16, 1987 (USA)
by Columbia Pictures

Awards
1986 - Best Film - New York Film Critics Circle
1986 - Best Picture - L.A. Film Critics Association
1987 - Best Film - British Academy Awards
1987 - Best Film (Musical or Comedy) - Golden Globe
1987 - Best Film (Musical or Comedy) - Golden Globe
1987 - Best Foreign Film - Independent Spirit Award
1987 - Best Picture - Academy
1987 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1987 - Best Picture - Academy