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Darkest Hour, new Churchill movie
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Posted on 07/13/2017 4:26:02 PM PDT by skr

Trailer to new Churchill movie. Perhaps Sir Winston can once again inspire England.


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; History
KEYWORDS: darkesthour; garyoldman; winstonchurchill
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1 posted on 07/13/2017 4:26:02 PM PDT by skr
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Glad to see that Gary Oldman will be playing Churchill. He is a conservative and a great actor.


2 posted on 07/13/2017 4:30:52 PM PDT by Textide (Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
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To: skr; Fred Nerks
That film will arouse the UK out of its slumber.

Winnie lives.

3 posted on 07/13/2017 4:36:18 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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Thank you! Hadn't heard about this.

I'm a huge Churchill fan and WWII history buff. This is on my must see list.

This period in the War I find fascinating. The French had collapsed, Russia was still a German ally and the U.S. was hopelessly mired in isolationism. Yet the Brits fought on, alone. It looks like there's some Hollywood in this, but according to Winston's history the War Cabinet never considered negotiations, never even discussed the idea. Amazing, considering what they were up against.

4 posted on 07/13/2017 4:36:18 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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Dunkirk coming out this month, then Darkest Hour in November? I see a theme developing.


5 posted on 07/13/2017 4:46:01 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Textide

Conservative?? Never knew that. Any links?


6 posted on 07/13/2017 4:48:04 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: colorado tanker

I think Churchill considered the idea that they would lose Great Britain. He was determined that they would fight on from the countries of the commonwealth.

Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, etc. along with the Navy.


7 posted on 07/13/2017 4:48:18 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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Yes, Churchill discussed it in his book. His main idea was to move the government, Royal Navy and as much of the Army as they could to Canada. So far as I know, however, there was never any actual planning.

It all came down to the Battle of Britain. After Dunkerque it would take months to reequip the Army and train enough new soldiers to be able to defeat the Germans on land. But, the Germans could not get an invasion force past the Royal Navy - unless they could establish air superiority over the Channel. When the Luftwaffe could not defeat the Royal Air Force, Hitler knew the jig was up and abandoned invasion plans.

8 posted on 07/13/2017 5:04:36 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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Sorry to say but it will take more than a movie to save England. At the rate It is going there Won’t always be an England.


9 posted on 07/13/2017 5:07:17 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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I am waiting from my friend to complete his movie, They Came From Shangri La about Doolittle's raid on Japan. The Japanese were led by demons too.
10 posted on 07/13/2017 5:14:48 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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Today’s Britain has squandered their place in history by falling for the oldest trick in the book: the Trojan Horse.


11 posted on 07/13/2017 5:17:29 PM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental illness: A totalitarian psyche.)
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What an astounding leader. He reminds me very much of our current president. In the beginning, no one took him seriously. In the end, his leadership kept England alive and free until the US entered the war. The sad part is that within 2 weeks of VE day, he was voted out of office because he hated socialism.


12 posted on 07/13/2017 5:25:31 PM PDT by robert14
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How far England has fallen. And they can’t get up.


13 posted on 07/13/2017 5:35:02 PM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
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14 posted on 07/13/2017 5:49:34 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: PAR35

Dunkirk coming out this month, then Darkest Hour in November? I see a theme developing.

Don’t forget Marshall in October.....that movie will be a great one as well. First African American on the Supreme Court and he actually did good things not like most of the Supreme Court.


15 posted on 07/13/2017 5:50:44 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: RoosterRedux

I pray you are right.


16 posted on 07/13/2017 5:52:47 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Vacate the chair! Ryan must go.)
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I sure don’t remember Thurgood Marshall doing any good thing.

He was a radical leftist in every way I can remember.


17 posted on 07/13/2017 5:53:47 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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An activist leftist like Marshal would be a better justice that those Obama gave us.


18 posted on 07/13/2017 6:11:09 PM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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Thank you for posting this. Finally, a movie that we will go to.


19 posted on 07/13/2017 6:20:09 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Vacate the chair! Ryan must go.)
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Hope it will give a kick in the pants to some Americans too. After all, Winnie was half American.


20 posted on 07/13/2017 7:47:22 PM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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