Directed by:
John FleetComposer:
Michael J. McEvoyCast:
Stephen Fry, Winston Churchill (a.f.), Alexander Korda (a.f.), Charlie Chaplin (a.f.), Leslie Howard (a.f.), Vivien Leigh (a.f.), James Mason (a.f.), Laurence Olivier (a.f.), Michael Powell (a.f.) (more)Plots(1)
Winston Churchill understood the power of films, but the true extent of his use of cinema as a propaganda tool is rarely explored. In 1934, one of Britain's most celebrated film producers, Alexander Korda, signed Churchill up as a screenwriter and historical advisor. It was the start of a unique collaboration. Churchill provided script notes for Korda's productions and penned an epic screenplay. When war broke out, their collaboration took on national importance. Korda was sent on a mission to Hollywood to help bring America into the war, with positive results. With access to previously undiscovered documents, this film documentary examines that mission and a friendship that underpinned a unique, creative partnership. (BBC)
(more)Cast
Stephen Fry
UK
Best movies:
Gormenghast (2000) (series)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
V for Vendetta (2005)
Winston Churchill (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie) - a.f.
And Now for Something Completely Different (1971) - a.f.
A Bridge Too Far (1977) - a.f.
Alexander Korda (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Charlie Chaplin (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
The Chaplin Revue (1959)
The Kid (1921)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Leslie Howard (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Pygmalion (1938)
The Petrified Forest (1936)
Vivien Leigh (a.f.)
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
James Mason (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
North by Northwest (1959)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Julius Caesar (1953)
Laurence Olivier (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
Sleuth (1972)
Hamlet (1948)
Michael Powell (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
The Magician (1926)
Let Joy Reign Supreme (1975)
Peeping Tom (1960)
Flora Robson (a.f.)
UK
Best movies:
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Romeo and Juliet (1954)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Miklós Rózsa (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Henry Wilcoxon (a.f.)
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
The Ten Commandments (1956)