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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. During this period, Bill learns about sex, death, love, hypocrisy, and the faults of adults as he prowls the ruins of bombed houses.
Hope and Glory is a 1987 comedy-drama war film written, produced, and directed by John Boorman based on his own experiences growing up in London during the Second World War. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures.The title is derived from the traditional British patriotic song "Land of Hope and Glory".The film tells the story of the Rowan family and their experiences, as seen through the eyes ...
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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. The boy ( Sebastian Rice Edwards ), probably meant to be Boorman himself, is bright and curious. And although he is sad when his dad goes away in uniform, there are certain consolations ...
Hope and Glory. Director John Boorman drew from his own childhood experiences for this touching coming-of-age tale about a boy growing up in and around London during World War II. For young Billy ...
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Bill, a young boy living on the outskirts of London experiences the exhilaration of World War II. During this period, Bill learns about sex, death, love, hypocrisy, and the faults of adults as he prowls the ruins of bombed houses. A semi-autobiographical project by John Boorman about a nine year old boy called Bill as he grows up in London ...
When you consider that the most famous scene he's ever filmed involves Ned Beatty being brutally violated by a toothless mountain man, it's a bit surprising that John Boorman is the writer-director behind Hope and Glory (1987), an utterly charming examination of civilian life during wartime. Boorman based the film's screenplay on his own experiences in and around London during the blitz.
Oct 5, 2012 · Watch the trailer of Hope and Glory, a nostalgic comedy-drama about a British family during World War II.
HOPE AND GLORY. British writer/director John Boorman (The Emerald Forest) draws us into an astonishing and exhilarating portrait of his own childhood, set against the terrors of a London torn apart by the onset of WWII. Seven-year-old Billy Rohan (Sebastian Rice Edwards) finds his childhood to be a time of great danger and even greater discovery.
PG-13 11/01/1987 (US) Drama , War , Family 1h 53m. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? Play Trailer. The epic story of a world at war. And a boy at play.
