![]() ![]() At sea, they rescue a shivering shell-shocked soldier from a wrecked ship. Their teenage hand George impulsively joins them. In Weymouth, a civilian sailor Dawson, with his son Peter, sets out on his boat Moonstone, rather than let the Navy commandeer her. With a single, vulnerable mole available for embarking on deep- draft ships, the Royal Navy requisitions civilian vessels in Great Britain that can get to the beach. The ship is sunk by dive bombers Tommy saves Alex, another soldier. After a Luftwaffe dive bomber attack, they attempt to get aboard a hospital ship but are ordered off. At the beach, he finds thousands of troops awaiting evacuation and meets Gibson, an aloof soldier who is burying a body. Tommy Jensen, a young British private, is the sole survivor of a German ambush. In 1940, during the Battle of France, Allied soldiers have retreated to Dunkirk. The film received various accolades, including eight nominations at the 90th Academy Awards: Best Picture and Best Director (Nolan's first directing Oscar nomination) it went on to win for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Film Editing. ![]() Dunkirk received praise for its screenplay, direction, editing, musical score, sound design and cinematography some critics called it Nolan's best work, and one of the greatest war films. It is the highest-grossing World War II film, earning $527 million worldwide. Pictures, the film premiered on 13 July 2017 at Odeon Leicester Square in London, and was released in the United Kingdom and United States on 21 July. It employed thousands of extras as well as historic boats from the evacuation, and period aeroplanes.ĭistributed by Warner Bros. Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema shot the film on IMAX 65 mm and 65 mm large-format film stock. Filming began in May 2016 in Dunkirk and ended that September in Los Angeles, when post-production began. Its ensemble cast includes Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles in his film debut, Aneurin Barnard, James D'Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance and Tom Hardy.ĭunkirk portrays the evacuation with little dialogue, as Christopher Nolan sought instead to create suspense from cinematography and music. It was produced by Nolan and Emma Thomas. Dunkirk is a 2017 historical war film written, directed and produced by Christopher Nolan that depicts the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II from the perspectives of the land, sea and air. ![]()
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