The Gathering Storm (2002)

The Gathering Storm
Screenplay by	Hugh Whitemore (teleplay)
Story by	Larry Ramin Hugh Whitemore
Directed by	Richard Loncraine
Starring	Albert Finney Vanessa Redgrave
Theme music composer	Howard Goodall
Country of origin	United Kingdom United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Frank Doelger David M. Thompson
Cinematography	Peter Hannan
Editor(s)	Jim Clark
Running time	96 minutes
Distributor	BBC (UK) Home Box Office (USA)
Release
Original release	USA 27 April 2002 UK 12 July 2002
Chronology
Followed by	Into The Storm

The Gathering Storm is a BBC–HBO co-produced television biographical film about Winston Churchill in the years just prior to World War II. The title of the film is that of the first volume of Churchill's largely autobiographical six-volume history of the war, which covered the period from 1919 to 3 September 1939, the day he became First Lord of the Admiralty.

The film stars Albert Finney as Churchill and Vanessa Redgrave as his wife Clementine Churchill ("Clemmie"); Finney gained many accolades for his performance, winning both a BAFTA Award for Best Actor and an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor. The film also features a supporting cast of British actors such as Derek Jacobi, Ronnie Barker, Jim Broadbent, Tom Wilkinson, Celia Imrie, Linus Roache and Hugh Bonneville, and is notable for an early appearance by a young Tom Hiddleston. Simon Williams and Edward Hardwicke both make brief appearances amongst the supporting cast.

The film was directed by Richard Loncraine and written by Hugh Whitemore. Larry Ramin and Whitemore won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing. Among the film's executive producers were Ridley Scott and Tony Scott.

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