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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783120577
ISBN: 0783120575
Label: Hbo Home Video
Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hbo Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 04, 2003
Running Time: 96 minutes
Sales Rank: 5044
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: April 27, 2002
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Editorial Review:
Description:
The mid-1930's find the great politician and orator Winston Churchill out of favor and struggling to make his robust voice heard by the English people. Wrestling with his personal demons - a dark depression, the loss of his family fortune, and the temporary absence of his devoted wife Clemmie - a lonely but defiant Churchill attempts to warn the nation of an impending threat from Hitler's Germany. But will the world listen?
Amazon.com:
A remarkable cast lends emotional richness to The Gathering Storm,an HBO movie about the life of Winston Churchill just prior to the onsetof World War II. Faced with bankruptcy, his career in decline, Churchill(Albert Finney) is beset with depression until the impending danger ofGerman rearmament--along with the British government's reluctance torecognize the threat of Hitler--gives him a cause that brings him back toenergetic life. The movie focuses as much on the enduring relationshipbetween Churchill and his wife, Clementine (Vanessa Redgrave), as hispolitical struggles. But though The Gathering Storm clearly admiresChurchill, it also acknowledges his tyrannical personality and astonishingego, turning what could be a puff piece into a well-rounded and movingportrait. The truly topnotch cast includes Derek Jacobi, Jim Broadbent,Tom Wilkinson, Linus Roache, and Lena Headey, all of whom turn in superbperformances. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Where are these Giants today?
Albert Finney gives a stand-out performance as the old, crusty English hammer that is prime example of the definition of a great man. The story is inspiring beyond emotional, the acting is great through and through, the story (given that that it is the event leading to the event) accurate, and as for the dvd, it's inexpensive, well -produced, and has everything you can ask for in a viewing experience. 5 stars all the way.
Rating: - 3.5 stars out of 4
The Bottom Line:
Top-notch performances (especially by Finney in the lead), good production values and solid filmmaking turn this film into a something which rises above the perjorative implications of "TV movie."
Rating:  - The Gathering Storm
A very good accountng of the between the wars years of Winston Churchill.Churchill fans should enjoy this film a great deal and I hope to use it in my World History classroom to bring up the level of interest in this great man.
Rating: - Two old pro's
What a pleasure it is to watch actors who know what they're doing. Albert Finney and Vanessa Redgrave become Winston and Clementine Churchill in this understated film depicting the final years before the explosion that was WWII. No histrionics here.
Winston is experiencing a lull in his career, which bothers him deeply. What bothers him more is the blindness of his fellow MPs in the face of blatant German aggression. Clementine, meanwhile, wants to set out on an adventure of her own, ... Read More
Rating: - All Brave Men
The Wall Street Journal stated: "So satisfying, so superb, so rich on so many levels."I cannot agree more.The Gathering Storm was a winner of three emmys (outstanding movie, lead actor (Albert Finney) and for writing).On every level, it was exceptional.The tension and the quality of the relationship between the Churchills was captured so well in the chemistry that was shown in the acting of Finney and Redgrave.Some have said that Finney was more Churchill than Churchill.
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