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The Gathering Storm (2002)

The Gathering Storm
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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 BBCHBO 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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