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   Why did Mendes create the movie 1917?

   • It is the image that inspired the new film 1917, directed and co-written by Mendes, about two British lance corporals who must make their way across miles of battleground to deliver an urgent message that could save 1,600 of their fellow soldiers from a massacre.

   The story behind Sam Mendes’s ambitious First World War drama 1917

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   Is World War 1 filmed in real-time?

   • The new World War I drama from director Sam Mendes, 1917, unfolds in real-time, tracking a pair of British soldiers as they cross the Western Front on a desperate rescue mission. Seemingly filmed in one continuous take, the 117-minute epic has garnered accolades for its cinematography and innovative approach to a potentially formulaic genre.

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   Is 1917 a good movie?

   • On review aggregatorRotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 88% based on 472 reviews, with an average rating of 8.4/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Hard-hitting, immersive, and an impressive technical achievement, 1917captures the trench warfare of World War I with raw, startling immediacy."

   1917 (2019 film) - Wikipedia

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   Why is 'WW1' a great movie?

   • Meilan Solly of the Smithsoniansaid "the film has more than fulfilled this goal (elevate World War I cinema to a previously unseen level of visibility), wowing audiences with both its stunning visuals and portrayal of an oft-overlooked chapter of military lore."

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   What is the plot of 1917?

   • 1917 - Official Trailer [HD] Plot-wise, 1917 follows two fictional British lance corporals tasked with stopping a battalion of some 1,600 men from walking into a German ambush.

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   What happened on the Western Front in 1917?

   • As Matthew Naylor, President and CEO of the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Mo., says of the state of affairs on the Western Front in April 1917, “Casualties on both sides are massive and there is no end in sight.”

   The Real World War I History Behind the Movie 1917 - TIME

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   1917 is a 2019 war film directed and produced by Sam Mendes, who co-wrote it with Krysty Wilson-Cairns.

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   Dec 20, 2019 · The new World War I drama from director Sam Mendes, 1917, unfolds in real-time, tracking a pair of British soldiers as they cross the Western Front on a desperate rescue mission. Seemingly...

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   1917: Directed by Sam Mendes. With Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Daniel Mays, Colin Firth. April 6th, 1917. As an infantry battalion assembles to wage war deep in enemy territory, two soldiers are assigned to race against time and deliver a message that will stop 1,600 men from walking straight into a deadly trap.

   • 8.2/10 (690K)
   • Genre: Action, Drama, History

   • Director: Sam Mendes
   • Release Date: 2020-01-10

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   Dec 23, 2019 · The real man who inspired the film. The 1917 script, written by Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns, is inspired by “fragments” of stories from Mendes’ grandfather, who served as a “runner...

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   Feb 10, 2020 · Mendes began filming 1917 in April at Bovingdon Airfield in England. He was locked into a Christmas Day release, giving him an unusually short window to complete a film of this scale.

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   Dec 25, 2019 · Director Sam Mendes wisely takes the opposite approach, personalising the experience through two young British soldiers sent on a harrowing, high-stakes, night-long mission, he creates a...

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   Dec 27, 2019 · Early one cold morning in October 1917, a mud-caked, teenaged British rifleman named Alfred Mendes volunteered to take on a treacherous mission. It called for him to sneak across...