Comments on: Anglophile Reviews: HBO’s Into the Storm – Winston Churchill During World War II

By: jonathan

jonathan — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:30:49 +0000

Having re-watched both just this past weekend back to back, I still agree with my earlier assessment – Finney played a better Churchill than Gleeson.

By: Chuffed

Chuffed — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:25:45 +0000

Amazing. Two British Institutions both played by Irishmen, Churchill and 007 ! And Gleeson was better than Finney …

Anglophile, really ?

as it’s predecessor => as ITS predecessor

By: sphinxvictorian

sphinxvictorian — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:45:52 +0000

I think what I most enjoyed in this program was the portrayal of the relationship between Winston and Clementine. Janet McTeer’s performance was beautifully done, and I thought it brought a very real dynamic to what I have usually seen somewhat neglected.

Although, I have to say, as much as I enjoyed it, it didn’t hold a candle to The Wilderness Years, the one that was on Masterpiece Theatre ages ago, with Robert Hardy and Sian Phillips. Hardy did a beautiful job with Winston, I thought, and Sian Phillips is always good.

Glad to have found this blog by the way! Am the most confirmed Anglophile, and am the children of Anglophiles so I come by it honestly! I’ve also travelled in Britain extensively, so I’ve seen first hand, both her charms and her drawbacks, and I love her still! My ancestry is Scottish mostly, but I’ve got a bit of Norman in me as well!

By: Helen Ramsay

Helen Ramsay — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 02:41:11 +0000

“You could hear the actor’s Scottish accent invading his acting and it was distracting.”

Brenden Gleeson isn’t Scottish. He’s Irish

By: Matt Penny

Matt Penny — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:21:23 +0000

You couldn’t call it a realistic view of Britain during the war, but my favourite would be ‘A Matter of Life and Death’, which was released in the U.S. as ‘A Stairway to Heaven’

It was released in 1946, stars David Niven and was directed by Powell and Pressburger.

I’m not much of a film buff – and with apologies to fans of the film I’d perhaps describe it, in modern terms, as a ‘magic realist rom-com’

By: Binden Shovel

Binden Shovel — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:59:06 +0000

I am really looking forward to Into the Storm hitting UK TV screens, I have been a great admirer of Churchill for many years. I came across his WW2 memoirs some years ago all 8000 pages of them and whilst reading them I was struck by how many skills and talents Churchill had which remained hidden from view. I decided to write a book called Churchill’s Secret Skills which I have just published on Amazon in America. The book highlights his hidden talents and applies them to a modern business environment. To avoid the boredom that is a prerequisite of most business books it is packed full of interesting stories and anecdotes about Churchill and the war.