Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Title:

Hope and glory / Columbia Pictures presents in association with Nelson Entertainment and Goldcrest ; written, produced and directed by John Boorman.

Publisher, Date:

[Chicago, Ill.] : Olive Films, [2018]

Description:

1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color with a black and white sequence ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

The autobiographical film is a nostalgic and gently comic remembrance of England during the turbulent Blitz as seen through the eyes of ten-year-old Billy Rohan. While the beauty of the aircrafts and tanks holds endless wonders for the young boy, others know all too well the destruction they bring. Navigating difficult times are mother Grace, who finds herself head of the household when her husband is drafted; Billy's sister, Dawn, whose romance and pregnancy with the dashing Canadian airman.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: PG-13.

Subjects:

Boorman, John, 1933- -- Childhood and youth -- Drama.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Dalston (London, England) -- Drama.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- England -- London -- Drama.

Families -- England -- London -- Drama.

Genre:

Biographical films.

Feature films.

War films.

Fiction films.