Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004)

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In this irreverent parody, the British court and war government consist mainly of idiots and/or traitors. Hitler moves into Buckingham palace and plans to marry into the Windsors. A US Army... See full summary »

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25 December 2005 | funkfan-1
Who put blood or sweat into this thing?
One hint about "Churchill: The Hollywood Years": Ask around . . . no one's seen it. Cooler heads probably managed to mothball this seeming direct-to-airline release. (I sat through it having run out of other on-demand options during a very long flight from Asia to NYC.) The premise in an interesting one, not a good one; Hollywood producers have made a Winston Churchill bio-pic with a young American GI (Christian Slater) in the lead for the benefit of the American audience. It's hard to single out the writing, acting, or direction for criticism because the entire film seems to consist of (justified) outtakes from a movie that may have had some idea what it was doing in the comic space between "Airplane" and "The Player." The film that finally makes it on to the seatback in front of you is jaw droppingly ill-conceived.

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Trivia

The Adolf Hitler character is mistaken for Charles Chaplin on more than one occasion in this movie. Once by a cab driver and once by the King, Hitler is the subject of mistaken identity joke for Chaplin's the Tramp character from the classic silent comedy The Gold Rush (1925) where he is remembered for eating his shoe. Interestingly, it is of note that Chaplin spoofed and parodied Adolf Hitler in his later movie, The Great Dictator (1940),

Quotes

King George VI: Right, show's over, time to go home, ok? Come on, let's go. Come on, obey me, please, I'm the king.

Goofs

A royal servant throws Prince Mario's gift into a sack. The same gift reappears back in the royal servant's hand immediately after, only to be re-thrown into the same sack - in the same manner as before.

Crazy Credits

One extra scene and several outtakes are shown during the end credits.

Soundtracks

Happy Birthday
Written by Patty S. Hill and Mildred J. Hill
Published by EMI Music Publishing Limited

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Plot Summary

Genres

Comedy | War

Details

Release Date:

3 December 2004

Language

English

Country of Origin

UK

Filming Locations

Buckfastleigh, Devon, England, UK

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$529,546

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