Hope and Glory (VHS) 
Hope and Glory (VHS)

 
Hope and Glory (VHS)

Director: John Boorman
Rating: Rated PG-13
Format: VHS
Product ID: EPID3090608
Description: Based upon director John Boorman's experiences as a young boy during World War II, HOPE AND GLORY stars Sebastian Rice-Edwards as Bill Rowen. Seen mostly from the nine-year-old boy's perspective, the film is uniquely astute in exploring ...
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Based upon director John Boorman's experiences as a young boy during World War II, HOPE AND GLORY stars Sebastian Rice-Edwards as Bill Rowen. Seen mostly from the nine-year-old boy's perspective, the film is uniquely astute in exploring the exhilarating effect that the bombing of his London suburb and the war's general tumult has on a young boy, at least temporarily. After bombing raids, Bill and his mates scavenge through the rubble of destroyed buildings, carrying off still-smoking shrapnel as booty. When the boy's school is leveled by the bombing, putting the local kids on permanent vacation, the Luftwaffe pilot is hero for a day. For Bill's harried mother, Grace (Sarah Miles), the war is less amusing. Not only is her husband away fighting, but the war's disorder has made her children more difficult to control, especially her teenage daughter, Sue (Geraldine Muir), whose burgeoning sexuality makes Grace nervous about arriving Canadian troops. Then one day, while the Rowens are out, their house is demolished by a bomb, and Bill begins to see the war a little differently. Boorman's superb re-creation of the London blitz is likely the best account of that experience on film. Through the accretion of a myriad of brilliantly observed details, he immerses the viewer in the reality of wartime London yet gives due weight to the subjective nature of that experience for each of the family members in a film that's flawlessly executed by all hands.

Credits
Cast:Derrick O'Connor, Ian Bannen, Susan Wooldridge

Notes
Shot on location in Surrey, Sussex, Middlesex, England.

Editorial Reviews
"...Physically, [the] film is outstanding, as lensing, production design and costumes are all aces..."
Variety (07/15/1987)

"...The given of this autobiographical film is certainly novel and refreshing..."
Film Comment - Elliott Stein (11/01/1987)

"...Brilliantly evocative and warmly comic..."
Los Angeles Times - Sheila Benson (10/30/1987)

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