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Film details
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Featuring
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Country
United Kingdom
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Year
1987
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Genre
War
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Introduction
“Boorman has written a childhood autobiography on film. Hope and Glory confirms Boorman as the great risk-taking romantic of British cinema.”
Charles Barr, Monthly Film Bulletin, 1987
Considering John Boorman’s prior record as a maker of violent, semi-mythical action pictures – Point Blank (1967), Deliverance (1972), Excalibur (1981) – his child’s-eye view of one family’s war in the suburbs of London paints an unexpectedly warm and rosy picture. Bombs may fall, the neighbours may die, but the Rowan family – including mum Sarah Miles, dad David Hayman and scenery-chewing grandfather Ian Bannen – sticks together through thick and thin, while nine-year-old Bill (Sebastian Rice-Edwards) has the time of his life on the adventure playground of the bomb sites.
Shot largely on a huge, specially constructed suburban-street set, Hope and Glory blends domestic drama with occasional flashes of surrealism, such as the runaway barrage balloon that swoops over the chimney pots.
Made the same year, Empire of the Sun presents a comparable but very different account of an English boy’s wartime experience, this time in occupied China.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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narrator
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Bill Rohan
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Sue Rohan
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Grace Rohan
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Clive Rohan
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Dawn Rohan
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Mac
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Molly
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Bruce
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Grandfather George
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Grandma
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Faith
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Hope
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Charity
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Clive's Friend
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WVS Woman
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Headmaster
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Teacher
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Roger
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Roger's Gang
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Roger's Gang
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Roger's Gang
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Roger's Gang
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Roger's Gang
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Roger's Gang
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Pauline
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Jennifer
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Mrs. Evans
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Luftwaffe Pilot
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Policeman
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One of the Honeymoon Couple
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One of the Honeymoon Couple
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Pianist
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Canadian Sergeant
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Fireman
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Credits
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Unknown:
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Director
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Production Company
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Production Company
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Production Company
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Executive Producer
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Executive Producer
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Producer
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Co-producer
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Production Co-ordinator
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Location Manager
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2nd Unit Director
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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Assistant Director
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Casting
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Screenplay
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Director of Photography
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Additional Photography
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2nd Unit Photographer
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Camera Operator
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Focus Puller
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Focus Puller (2nd Unit)
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Clapper/Loader
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Grip
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Special effects designer
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Senior special effects supervisor
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Special effects supervisor
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Senior special effects technician
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Special effects technician
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Special effects technician
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Editor
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Production Designer
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Art Director
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Set Decorator
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Draughtsperson
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Scenic Artist
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Costume Designer
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Wardrobe master
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Chief make-up
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Titles and opticals
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Music composed/conducted/arranged
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Music Editor
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Music research
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Choreography
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Sound Recording
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Sound Re-recording
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Sound Editor
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Dialogue editor
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ADR recording
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Aerial co-ordinator
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