Young Winston

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Young Winston

PG,

1972,

2h 25m,

Biography

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Lavish rendering of Winston Churchill's early life, from his school days, through his adventures in Africa, to his first days in Parliament. It begins with Churchill as a junior officer in India out to make a name for himself. It is suggested that becoming a war correspondent would be a good career move. His colorful, often controversial, reports make him a household name, aiding his passage into politics.

Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

Sep 21, 2023

It’s not easy to explain, even to one’s own satisfaction, why Young Winston is enjoyable.

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Jay Cocks

TIME Magazine

Mar 11, 2015

Since Young Winston attempts to be a kind of vest-pocket spectacle, there are also a couple of the battles in which he fought (a set-to in the Sudan, a Boer skirmish). Attenborough stages them with all the fury of a grade school recess.

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Variety Staff

Variety

Aug 8, 2008

Both a brilliant artistic achievement and a fascinating, highly enjoyable film -- a combination not always obtained.

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John Hofsess

Maclean's Magazine

Oct 9, 2019

In the title role, 31-year-old Simon Ward makes as auspicious a debut in his first major performance as Peter O'Toole did in Lawrence Of Arabia,

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Christopher Hudson

The Spectator

Mar 11, 2015

John Mills, Edward Woodward, Patrick Magee, Robert Hardy, Anthony, Hopkins and a string of well-known names in small parts keep the standard of acting agreeably high.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Jan 25, 2011

C+

Richard (Gandhi) Attenborough made his feature directorial debut with this mildly interesting episodic chronicle of the young Winston Churchill, played by three actors

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Ron M

Feb 12, 2018

Young Winston is a decent film. It is about the early life of the future British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Simon Ward and Robert Shaw give good performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Richard Attenborough did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the drama.

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Anakin L

Jun 20, 2016

Slow and pensive, but showed something I had never seen in Churchill and his upbringing. Could have been better.

Albus S

Feb 22, 2009

It is dignified, occasionally exciting, filled with lots of walk-ons so eminent British actors can play eminent British statesmen, and more or less faithful to the facts. But it's nothing more than that.

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Lavish rendering of Winston Churchill's early life, from his school days, through his adventures in Africa, to his first days in Parliament. It begins with Churchill as a junior officer in India out to make a name for himself. It is suggested that becoming a war correspondent would be a good career move. His colorful, often controversial, reports make him a household name, aiding his passage into politics.

Director: Richard Attenborough
Producer: Carl Foreman
Screenwriter: Carl Foreman
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating: PG
Genre: Biography
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 10, 1972, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2010
Runtime: 2h 25m
Sound Mix: Stereo

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