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Hope and Glory is a 1987 British-American comedy-drama-war film, written, produced and directed by John Boorman and based on his own experiences of growing up in the Blitz in London during the Second World War.^[2]^[3] The title is derived from the traditional British patriotic song "Land of Hope and Glory". The film was distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film tells the story of the Rohan family and their experiences of the Blitz as seen through the eyes of the son, Billy (Sebastian Rice-Edwards).

Hope and Glory was a critical and commercial success; it won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy and received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. It also received thirteen BAFTA Award nominations, winning for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Susan Wooldridge).

Plot

Beginning just before the start of the Second World War, the film tells the story of the Rohan family: Billy, his sisters Sue and Dawn, and his parents Grace and Clive, living in a suburb of London. After the war starts, Clive joins the army, leaving Grace alone to watch over the children.

Seen through the eyes of 10-year-old Billy, the "fireworks" provided by the Blitz every night are as exciting as they are terrifying. His family do not see things in quite the same way as the bombs continue to drop, but their will to survive brings them closer together. The nightly raids do not provide the only drama, however, as his older sister, Dawn, falls for a Canadian soldier, becomes pregnant and, finding her life turned upside down, soon discovers the value of her family. The family eventually moves to the Thames-side home of Grace's parents when their house burns down (not in an air raid, but in an ordinary fire). This provides an opportunity for Bill to spend more time with his curmudgeonly grandfather.

Cast

Filming locations

The main film set was built on the disused runway at the former Wisley Airfield in Surrey and other scenes by the river were shot near Shepperton Lock.^[4]filming also took place in Hightown Road, Ringwood.Hampshire.

Archival film

The "newsreel" footage shown in the local cinema contains scenes from the 1969 film Battle of Britain.

Critical response

The film was favourably reviewed by critic Pauline Kael in her film reviews collection Hooked:

American critic Emanuel Levy's review was also positive; he wrote: "Director John Boorman offers a warmly nostalgic view of his childhood in a London suburb during WWII."^[6]

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 95% "Fresh" rating based on 19 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3/10.^[7]

Awards and nominations

Hope and Glory also won the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film, the Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Film, the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director and was named one of the year's Top Ten Films by the National Board of Review.

Sequel

A sequel to the film, titled Queen and Country, was made in 2014. The film tells the story of an older Bill Rohan as a soldier during the Korean War.^[8] The film was selected to be screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.^[9] It was released generally in 2015.

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1988-03-19/business/fi-1207_1_columbia-pictures|title=Director Disputes Columbia Claim 'Hope and Glory' Helped Cause Loss|first=MICHAEL|last=CIEPLY|date=19 March 1988|publisher=|accessdate=17 April 2017|via=LA Times}}
2. ^{{cite news | author=Janet Maslin | title=Film Festival; Boorman's Hope and Glory | url=https://movies.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?res=9B0DE1DD103FF93AA35753C1A961948260 | work=The New York Times | date=9 October 1987 | accessdate=24 September 2008}}
3. ^{{cite news | author=Richard Corliss | title=War Dreams: Hope and Glory | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,965795,00.html | work=Time | date=19 October 1987 | accessdate=24 September 2008}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/film-locations/83523-hope-glory.html|title=Interview with Alan Sutton|publisher=|accessdate=17 April 2017|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305031256/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/film-locations/83523-hope-glory.html|archivedate=5 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}
5. ^{{cite book|first=Pauline|last=Kael|authorlink= Pauline Kael|title=Hooked|pages=367–369|isbn=0-7145-2903-6}}
6. ^http://emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=10778
7. ^[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hope_and_glory]. "Hope and Glory (1987): Rotten Tomatoes". Retrieved 5th May 2017.
8. ^{{cite news | author=Justin Kroll | title=John Boorman sets 'Hope and Glory' sequel | url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118059089.html | work=Variety | date=11 September 2012 | accessdate=28 October 2012}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/cannes/cannes-directors-fortnight-2014-lineup-unveiled/5070844.article |title=Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2014 lineup unveiled |accessdate=26 April 2014 |work=Screendaily}}

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