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Richard Attenborough's Brilliant 1969 Film Of The Stage Musical Send-Up Of The First World War Told Through The Adventures Of A British Family By Name Of Smith And Featuring The Great Songs Of The Great War To End All Wars! 144 Minutes Of Widescreen Tragicomic Excellence In High Quality Dual Layer All Regions DVD Format With Stellar Performances By Laurence Olivier, John Mills, John Gielgud, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Colin Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Susannah York, Dirk Bogarde, Edward Fox And Many More, Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS As An Archival Quality All Regions Format DVD, MP4 Video Download Or USB Flash Drive! #OhWhatALovelyWar #RichardAttenborough #LaurenceOlivier #JohnMills #JohnGielgud #MichaelRedgrave #VanessaRedgrave #ColinRedgrave #RalphRichardson #SusannahYork #DirkBogarde #EdwardFox #Movies #Film #MotionPictures #Cinema #BritishCinema #CinemaOfTheUK #WorldWarI #WorldWarOne #WorldWar1 #WWI #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #WesternFrontWWI #FirstEuropeanWar #EuropeanCivilWar #DVD #VideoDownload #MP4 #USBFlashDrive
Director:
Richard Attenborough
Writers:
Charles Chilton (Play), Joan Littlewood (Musical), Len Deighton (Screenplay)
Cast:
Wendy Allnutt ... Flo Smith
Colin Farrell ... Harry Smith
Malcolm McFee ... Freddie Smith
John Rae ... Grandpa Smith
Corin Redgrave ... Bertie Smith
Maurice Roëves ... George Smith
Paul Shelley ... Jack Smith
Kim Smith ... Dickie Smith
Angela Thorne ... Betty Smith
Mary Wimbush ... Mary Smith
Vincent Ball ... Australian Soldier
Pia Colombo ... Estaminet Singer
Paul Daneman ... Czar Nicholas II
Isabel Dean ... Sir John French's Lady
Christian Doermer ... Fritz
Robert Flemyng ... Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
Meriel Forbes ... Lady Grey
Ian Holm ... President Poincare
David Lodge ... Recruiting Sergeant
Joe Melia ... The Photographer
Guy Middleton ... Gen. Sir William Robertson
Juliet Mills ... Nurse
Nanette Newman ... Nurse
Cecil Parker ... Sir John
Natasha Parry ... Sir William Robertson's Lady
Gerald Sim ... Chaplain
Thorley Walters ... Staff Officer in Ballroom
Anthony Ainley ... 3rd Aide
Penelope Allen ... Solo Chorus Girl
Maurice Arthur ... Soldier Singer
Freddie Ascott ... 'Whizzbang' Soldier
Michael Bates ... Drunk Lance Corporal
Fanny Carby ... Mill Girl
Cecilia Darby ... Sir Henry Wilson's Lady
Geoffrey Davies ... Aide
Edward Fox ... Aide
George Ghent ... Heckler
Peter Gilmore ... Pvt. Burgess
Ben Howard ... Pvt. Garbett
Norman Jones ... Scottish Soldier
Paddy Joyce ... Irish Soldier
Angus Lennie ... Scottish Soldier
Harry Locke ... Heckler
Clifford Mollison ... Heckler
Derek Newark ... Shooting Gallery Proprietor
John Owens ... Seamus Moore
Ron Pember ... Corporal at Station
Dorothy Reynolds ... Heckler
Norman Shelley ... Staff Officer in Ballroom
Marianne Stone ... Mill Girl
John Trigger ... Officer at Station
Kathleen Wileman ... Emma Smith at Age 4
Dirk Bogarde ... Stephen
Phyllis Calvert ... Lady Haig
Jean-Pierre Cassel ... French Colonel
John Clements ... Gen. von Moltke
John Gielgud ... Count Leopold Von Berchtold
Jack Hawkins ... Emperor Franz Josef
Kenneth More ... Kaiser Wilhelm II
Laurence Olivier ... Field Marshal Sir John French
Michael Redgrave ... Gen. Sir Henry Wilson
Vanessa Redgrave ... Sylvia Pankhurst
Ralph Richardson ... Sir Edward Grey
Maggie Smith ... Music Hall Star
Susannah York ... Eleanor
John Mills ... Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
Oh! What A Lovely War is a 1969 British comedy musical war film directed by Richard Attenborough (in his directorial debut), with an ensemble cast, including Maggie Smith, Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, John Mills, Kenneth More, Laurence Olivier, Jack Hawkins, Corin Redgrave, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, Paul Shelley, Malcolm McFee, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Nanette Newman, Edward Fox, Susannah York, John Clements, Phyllis Calvert and Maurice Roëves. The film is based on the stage musical Oh, What A Lovely War!, originated by Charles Chilton as the radio play The Long Long Trail in December 1961, and transferred to stage by Gerry Raffles in partnership with Joan Littlewood and her Theatre Workshop in 1963. The title is derived from the British music hall song "Oh! It's A Lovely War", which is one of the major numbers in the film. Oh! What A Lovely War summarises and comments on the events of World War I using popular songs of the time, many of which were parodies of older popular songs, and using allegorical settings such as Brighton's West Pier to criticise the manner in which the eventual victory was won. Vincent Canby of The New York Times called it "a big, elaborate, sometimes realistic film whose elephantine physical proportions and often brilliant all-star cast simply overwhelm the material with a surfeit of good intentions." Variety called the film "dedicated, exhilarating, shrewd, mocking, funny, emotional, witty, poignant and technically brilliant." Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave the film 4 stars out of 4, writing that it was not a movie but "an elaborately staged tableau, a dazzling use of the camera to achieve essentially theatrical effects. And judged on that basis, Richard Attenborough has given us a breathtaking evening." Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune also gave the film a perfect grade of 4 stars and wrote it "deserves an Academy Award nomination for the best picture of the year ... You can sit back and enjoy this film on any one of many levels. The songs are good, the lyrics are biting; the staging and costuming blend with the story rather than overshadow it. The acting seems effortless."
Richard Attenborough's Brilliant 1969 Film Of The Stage Musical Send-Up Of The First World War Told Through The Adventures Of A British Family By Name Of Smith And Featuring The Great Songs Of The Great War To End All Wars! 144 Minutes Of Widescreen Tragicomic Excellence In High Quality Dual Layer All Regions DVD Format With Stellar Performances By Laurence Olivier, John Mills, John Gielgud, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Colin Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Susannah York, Dirk Bogarde, Edward Fox And Many More, Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS As An Archival Quality All Regions Format DVD, MP4 Video Download Or USB Flash Drive! #OhWhatALovelyWar #RichardAttenborough #LaurenceOlivier #JohnMills #JohnGielgud #MichaelRedgrave #VanessaRedgrave #ColinRedgrave #RalphRichardson #SusannahYork #DirkBogarde #EdwardFox #Movies #Film #MotionPictures #Cinema #BritishCinema #CinemaOfTheUK #WorldWarI #WorldWarOne #WorldWar1 #WWI #WW1 #FirstWorldWar #WesternFrontWWI #FirstEuropeanWar #EuropeanCivilWar #DVD #VideoDownload #MP4 #USBFlashDrive
Director:
Richard Attenborough
Writers:
Charles Chilton (Play), Joan Littlewood (Musical), Len Deighton (Screenplay)
Cast:
Wendy Allnutt ... Flo Smith
Colin Farrell ... Harry Smith
Malcolm McFee ... Freddie Smith
John Rae ... Grandpa Smith
Corin Redgrave ... Bertie Smith
Maurice Roëves ... George Smith
Paul Shelley ... Jack Smith
Kim Smith ... Dickie Smith
Angela Thorne ... Betty Smith
Mary Wimbush ... Mary Smith
Vincent Ball ... Australian Soldier
Pia Colombo ... Estaminet Singer
Paul Daneman ... Czar Nicholas II
Isabel Dean ... Sir John French's Lady
Christian Doermer ... Fritz
Robert Flemyng ... Staff Officer in Gassed Trench
Meriel Forbes ... Lady Grey
Ian Holm ... President Poincare
David Lodge ... Recruiting Sergeant
Joe Melia ... The Photographer
Guy Middleton ... Gen. Sir William Robertson
Juliet Mills ... Nurse
Nanette Newman ... Nurse
Cecil Parker ... Sir John
Natasha Parry ... Sir William Robertson's Lady
Gerald Sim ... Chaplain
Thorley Walters ... Staff Officer in Ballroom
Anthony Ainley ... 3rd Aide
Penelope Allen ... Solo Chorus Girl
Maurice Arthur ... Soldier Singer
Freddie Ascott ... 'Whizzbang' Soldier
Michael Bates ... Drunk Lance Corporal
Fanny Carby ... Mill Girl
Cecilia Darby ... Sir Henry Wilson's Lady
Geoffrey Davies ... Aide
Edward Fox ... Aide
George Ghent ... Heckler
Peter Gilmore ... Pvt. Burgess
Ben Howard ... Pvt. Garbett
Norman Jones ... Scottish Soldier
Paddy Joyce ... Irish Soldier
Angus Lennie ... Scottish Soldier
Harry Locke ... Heckler
Clifford Mollison ... Heckler
Derek Newark ... Shooting Gallery Proprietor
John Owens ... Seamus Moore
Ron Pember ... Corporal at Station
Dorothy Reynolds ... Heckler
Norman Shelley ... Staff Officer in Ballroom
Marianne Stone ... Mill Girl
John Trigger ... Officer at Station
Kathleen Wileman ... Emma Smith at Age 4
Dirk Bogarde ... Stephen
Phyllis Calvert ... Lady Haig
Jean-Pierre Cassel ... French Colonel
John Clements ... Gen. von Moltke
John Gielgud ... Count Leopold Von Berchtold
Jack Hawkins ... Emperor Franz Josef
Kenneth More ... Kaiser Wilhelm II
Laurence Olivier ... Field Marshal Sir John French
Michael Redgrave ... Gen. Sir Henry Wilson
Vanessa Redgrave ... Sylvia Pankhurst
Ralph Richardson ... Sir Edward Grey
Maggie Smith ... Music Hall Star
Susannah York ... Eleanor
John Mills ... Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
Oh! What A Lovely War is a 1969 British comedy musical war film directed by Richard Attenborough (in his directorial debut), with an ensemble cast, including Maggie Smith, Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, John Mills, Kenneth More, Laurence Olivier, Jack Hawkins, Corin Redgrave, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, Paul Shelley, Malcolm McFee, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Nanette Newman, Edward Fox, Susannah York, John Clements, Phyllis Calvert and Maurice Roëves. The film is based on the stage musical Oh, What A Lovely War!, originated by Charles Chilton as the radio play The Long Long Trail in December 1961, and transferred to stage by Gerry Raffles in partnership with Joan Littlewood and her Theatre Workshop in 1963. The title is derived from the British music hall song "Oh! It's A Lovely War", which is one of the major numbers in the film. Oh! What A Lovely War summarises and comments on the events of World War I using popular songs of the time, many of which were parodies of older popular songs, and using allegorical settings such as Brighton's West Pier to criticise the manner in which the eventual victory was won. Vincent Canby of The New York Times called it "a big, elaborate, sometimes realistic film whose elephantine physical proportions and often brilliant all-star cast simply overwhelm the material with a surfeit of good intentions." Variety called the film "dedicated, exhilarating, shrewd, mocking, funny, emotional, witty, poignant and technically brilliant." Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave the film 4 stars out of 4, writing that it was not a movie but "an elaborately staged tableau, a dazzling use of the camera to achieve essentially theatrical effects. And judged on that basis, Richard Attenborough has given us a breathtaking evening." Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune also gave the film a perfect grade of 4 stars and wrote it "deserves an Academy Award nomination for the best picture of the year ... You can sit back and enjoy this film on any one of many levels. The songs are good, the lyrics are biting; the staging and costuming blend with the story rather than overshadow it. The acting seems effortless."