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The film begins on 3 September 1939, the day Britain declared war on Germany. It tells the story of the Rowan family (Billy, his sisters Sue and Dawn, and his parents Grace and Clive), who live in a suburb of London. Clive joins the army, leaving Grace alone to watch over the children.
Feb 19, 1988 · Hope and Glory: Directed by John Boorman. With Sebastian Rice-Edwards, Geraldine Muir, Sarah Miles, David Hayman. Bill, a young boy living on the outskirts of London experiences the exhilaration of World War II.
- (15K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- John Boorman
- 1988-02-19
John Boorman's "Hope and Glory" is a film about that precise season in the life of a young British boy who grows up in a London suburb during World War II. Maybe there is something in the very nature of war, in the power of guns and bombs, that appeals to the imagination of little boys.
Anyway, it all centres around the young "Bill" (Sebastian Rice-Edwards) who finds himself - along with mother "Grace" (Sarah Miles) and elder sister "Susie" (Geraldine Muir) caught up in London at the start of WWII.
Hope and Glory is a film directed by John Boorman with Sebastian Rice-Edwards, Sarah Miles, Sammi Davis, David Hayman .... Year: 1987. Original title: Hope and Glory.
- (1.5K)
- United Kingdom
- Philippe Rousselot
- John Boorman
Oct 9, 1987 · Chief among them are his sturdily courageous mother (played by Sarah Miles, who's a good deal less excitable here than she is in other roles) and the rebellious teen-age sister (Sammi Davis,...
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Jul 28, 2008 · Hope and Glory (1987): Boorman’s Oscar Nominated Nostalgia of Growing Up in WWII. A warmly nostalgic, heartfelt personal film from John Boorman, a director better known until then for the tough an stylish noir crimer (the 1967 cult film “Point Blank”) and epic-adventures like “Deliverance” (1972) and “The Emerald Forrest” (1985).
