The Gathering Storm

TV Movie
2002
TV-MA
1h 36m

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7.4/10

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Docudrama Political Drama Biography Drama History

Winston Churchill's wilderness years prior to World War II, when only he could see the threat that Adolf Hitler and a rearmed Germany posed to Europe.Winston Churchill's wilderness years prior to World War II, when only he could see the threat that Adolf Hitler and a rearmed Germany posed to Europe.Winston Churchill's wilderness years prior to World War II, when only he could see the threat that Adolf Hitler and a rearmed Germany posed to Europe.

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

7.3K

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Won 3 Primetime Emmys
- 21 wins & 31 nominations total

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Trivia
The death of Ralph Follett Wigram (C.M.G.) was supposed to be caused by a pulmonary hemorrhage, but many assumed that it had been suicide. The absence of Follett's parents at his funeral would seem to support the latter belief. In Sir Winston Churchill's history of World War II, he referred to Ralph Wigram as one of the great unsung heroes.

Goofs
The famous speech Churchill wants to revise (and later delivers in the House of Commons) in the beginning of the film ("To see Mr Gandhi, a seductive Mid-Temple Lawyer ... posing as a half-naked fakir in a manner quite well known in the East, striding up the steps of the Vice-Regal palace to parley on equal terms with the representative of the King Emperor") was actually delivered in 1930, whereas the film starts some years later.

Quotes
Winston Churchill: Thank you.
Clemmie Churchill: For what?
Winston Churchill: For being rash enough to marry me, foolish enough to stay with me, and... for loving me in a way... I though I'd never be loved.

Connections
Featured in The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2002)

Soundtracks
Happy Days Are Here Again
Music by Milton Ager
Lyrics by Jack Yellen
Performed by Jack Hylton and His Orchestra

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9/10

Lets hope theres a sequel...

Albert Finney is an ASTOUNDING Churchill. Voice. Appearance. Mannerisms. He's got it all down. Vanessa Redgrave is equally good as "Clemmie." I don't know whether I enjoyed this film because it was about history or because it was a masterful bit of acting. It's historically accurate and shot creatively. Those overrhead shots down into the courtyards are masterful and effective. Lets hope HBO plans one or two more films with Finney and Redgrave, one about the war years and the other about Churchill after the war. One thing puzzled me though. Two huge events of the era were not even mentioned...Edward's abdication and the 1938 Munich crisis.