‘Churchill’ Trailer: Brian Cox Struggles With War As Winston Churchill
Hollywood loves history, but it can be a real challenge to bring a real life event to the big screen, especially when it involves people that some of the public lived through and experienced through the radio and television.Churchillwill attempt to chronicle the struggle of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (Brian Cox) as he deals with the impending start of D-Day during World War II in 1944. It looks like it could be a typical awards contender, but that might be difficult since the movie hits theaters this summer.
Watch theChurchilltrailer below.
Even thoughChurchillis hitting theaters this summer, Brian Cox looks to be delivering the kind of performance that could still end up getting some love when awards season rolls around late in the year. At the same time, there’s not anything particularly compelling about this movie besides seeing Brian Cox’s compelling performance. I’ll admit that the cinematography looks fantastic, but otherwise, this feels like plenty of other biopics we’ve seen of political figures before, especially from the United States and the United Kingdom.
Another hurdle thatChurchillmight have in getting attention, even though it’s arriving first on the scene, is that there’s a competing movie about Winston Churchill calledThe Darkest Hourthat’s set a few years before the events of this movie. That one stars Gary Oldman, andhis transformation into the prime ministeris far more stunning, albeit on a surface level. With a prime awards season release date of November 24, that one is definitely looking for a shot at some awards attention. But we haven’t seen either movie yet, so who knows?
Churchillis directed byJonathan Teplitzky(The Railway Man, Better Than Sex) with a script byAlex von Tunzelmannand it also starsJohn Slattery,Miranda Richardson,Ella Purnell,James Purefoy,Richard Durden, andJulian Wadham. If you’d like to see more, you can watch the UK trailer for the filmright here.
