Dunkirk Review

Dunkirk


Release Date: 20th July 2017 - Australia


Production Companies
Syncopy
Warner Bros. Pictures
Dombey Street Productions

Distribution
Roadshow Films


Genre: War

Rating: M

Runtime: 106 minutes


Budget: $150,000,000

Box Office Gross: $527,016,307 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary

In 1940, in the French port town of Dunkirk during World War II, four hundred thousand Allied soldiers from Britain, Belgium and France were trapped on the beach when German forces had them cut off and surrounded. While the enemy is closing in, the men must make their way into evacuation before all hope is lost.

Cast
Fionn Whitehead - Tommy
Tom Hardy - Farrier
Mark Rylance - Mr. Dawson
Kenneth Branagh - Commander Bolton
Harry Styles - Alex
James D'Arcy - Colonel Winnant

Tom Glynn-Carney - Peter

Jack Lowden - Collins

Aneurin Barnard - Gibson

Barry Keoghan - George
Cillian Murphy - Shivering
Solider

Matthew Marsh - Rear Admiral
John Nolan - Blind Man (Cameo)
Bill Milner - Lone Private

Will Attenborough - Second Lieutenant

Michael Caine - Fortis Leader (Voice) (Cameo) (Uncredited)

Crew
Writer/Producer/Director -
Christopher Nolan

Executive Producer - Jake
Myers

Associate Producer - Andy Thompson

Producer - Emma Thomas
Casting Directors - John
Papsidera and Toby Whale
Historical Consultant - Joshua Levine

Production Designer - Nathan Crowley

Supervising Art Director - Kevin Ishioka
Supervising Art Director: UK
Unit - Toby Britton
Supervising Set Decorator - Gary Fettis

Property Master - Andrew Petrotta

Costume Designer - Jeffrey
Kurland

Director of Photography - Hoyte Van Hoytema

Director of Photography: Aerial Unit -

Hans Bjerno

Supervising Location Manager - Ben Piltz

Location Managers: UK - Mandy Sharpe

and Paul Tomlinson

Unit Production Manager - David Witz

Unit Production Manager: UK - Chris Brock

First Assistant Director - Nilo Otero

Second Assistant Director - Eric Lasko

Third Assistant Director: UK - Toby Spanton

Stunt Coordinator - Tom Struthers

Aerial Coordinator - David Paris

Helicopter/Aerostar/Yak Pilot: Aerial Unit -

Craig Hosking

Marine Coordinator - Neil Andrea

Special Effects Supervisor - Paul Corbould

Special Effects Assistant Supervisor - Ian Corbould

Special Effects Workshop Supervisors: UK -

Tony Edwards and Jason Leinster

Visual Effects Supervisor - Andrew Jackson

Visual Effects Supervisor: Double Negative -

Andrew Lockley

Visual Effects Producer - Mike Chambers

Digital Effects Supervisor: Double Negative -

Tim McGovern

CG Supervisors: Double Negative -

Alexander Seaman, Alison Wortman

and Kedar Khot

Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor -

Richard King

Sound Mixer - Mark Weingarten

Sound Effects Recording Mixers -

Peter Albrechtsen, John P. Fasal,

Eilam Hoffman, Ken J. Johnson,

Max Lachmann, Mats Lundgren, Bernard Löhr

and Eric Potter

Re-Recording Mixers - Gregg Landaker

and Gary A. Rizzo

Foley Artists/Recordists (Uncredited) - 

Shelley Roden and John Roesch

Editor - Lee Smith

Associate Editor - John Lee
Music/Synth Programming - Hans Zimmer
Score Producer - Lorne Balfe

Composers: Additional Music -

Satnam Singh Ramgorta,

Andrew Kawczynski and Andy Page

Score Recordist - Geoff Foster

Score Mixer - Alan Meyerson

Sequencer Programming - Steve Mazzaro

Supervising Music Editor - Alex Gibson


Review

Director Chris Nolan was on the verge of losing his touch when two of his previous films, The Dark Knight Rises and Interstellar, divided audiences. However, these films still had positive responses compared to his earlier successes. Now, Nolan triumphs through the ongoing success of his latest film, DUNKIRK. It's a down-to-earth, suspenseful and melancholy war drama that accurately portrays the realism of the operation that has taken place in a small town in Europe during World War II. It's told from a few different perspectives, including civilians and young soldiers who were desperate to survive and be rescued from a war-torn land occupied by the Germans.

There have been several movies based on the same historical battle. Each one shared its same-titled location before Nolan was to have this depiction filmed in 2017. Similar to what Steven Spielberg had to offer in his well-made epic Saving Private Ryan, it deserves to be appreciated by veterans who might tell their grandchildren and great-grandchildren about their experiences in Dunkirk.

Seeing the newcomers Fionn Whitehead and Harry Styles from One Direction get together with veterans like Kenneth Branagh and Tom Hardy. They were performing most splendidly with the guidance of their director. The well-balanced cinematography was stunning and catered to scenes involving action, suspense and heartbreak. Hans Zimmer is again the composer for one of Nolan's compelling achievements, and he certainly hasn't changed the style of orchestration for which he is known.

Nolan's signature directing style is unmistakable, and DUNKIRK is no different, from deep psychological thrillers, caped-crusaders, magicians, exploring sub-consciousness, and travelling wormholes. It's now often considered one of Nolan's best movies. For those who may or may not be familiar with its history, I recommend seeing DUNKIRK in theatres before it hits the shelves.

Star rating: (10/10) Best Movie Ever

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