FIRST '1917' TRAILER SENDS
A STELLAR CAST INTO TRENCHES!
First harrowing trailer has been released today for World War One drama
1917 directed by
Sam Mendes and starring
George Mackay, Richard Madden, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Andrew Scott, Daniel Mays, and
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| The movie was apparently filmed as one long shot! |
Dean Charles Chapman, who together with Mackay plays two soldiers who are given an impossibly difficult, yet crucial mission: They must traverse enemy territory in a race against time and deliver a message that will stop an
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| The film will get a Christmas 2019 release ahead of the awards season |
attack on hundreds of soldiers, who have no idea it's coming, and the brother of one of them is amongst them. Shot in England, the film will reach cinemas Christmas in USA, and then January (UK, Germany, Europe) and February (Russia) around the world.
Very dramatic trailer! the soldier running, explosion behind him; then the two soldiers searching the bunker when..an explosion occurs.
ReplyDeleteNot for the faint of heart.
Sadly, sometimes when I see today's generations I wonder what did these brave men fight for?
DeleteImagine having that much pressure on you. 1600 lives massacred if he doesn't deliver the message in time? I can't imagine a more high pressure situation.
ReplyDeleteThat was the sacrifice of WW1! The age of heroes which will never happen again...
DeleteVery true. I am sure our ancestors are looking down on this generation with and head shake and a 'wtf' look on their faces.
DeleteIt makes me cry whenever I watch one of the movies set in the prewar era and see how wonderfully the kids were raised back then, with utter respect towards the elders and the world around them.
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