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{{short description|1987 British film by John Boorman}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Hope and Glory
| image          = Hope and Glory poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[John Boorman]]
| producer       = John Boorman<br />Michael Dryhurst
| writer         = John Boorman
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Sarah Miles]]
* [[David Hayman]]
* [[Derrick O'Connor]]
* [[Susan Wooldridge]]
* [[Sammi Davis]]
* [[Ian Bannen]]
* Geraldine Muir
* Sebastian Rice-Edwards
}}<!--As per poster block-->
| music          = Peter Martin
| cinematography = [[Philippe Rousselot]]
| editing        = Ian Crafford
| studio         = [[Goldcrest Films]]<br />[[Nelson Entertainment]]
| distributor    = [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]-[[The Cannon Group, Inc.|Cannon]]-[[Warner Bros.|Warner Distributors]] (United Kingdom)<br />Columbia Pictures (United States)
| released       = {{Film date|1987|10|16|New York City|1987|11|13|United Kingdom|1988|02|19|United States|df=y}}
| runtime        = 113 minutes
| country        = United Kingdom<br />United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $9.3 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-19-fi-1207-story.html|title=Director Disputes Columbia Claim 'Hope and Glory' Helped Cause Loss|first=MICHAEL|last=CIEPLY|date=19 March 1988|access-date=17 April 2017|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> or £5.56 million<ref name="org">{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-back-to-the-future-the-fall-and-rise-of-the-british-film-industry-in-the-1980s.pdf|page=24|title=Back to the Future: The Fall and Rise of the British Film Industry in the 1980s – An Information Briefing|publisher=British Film Institute|date=2005}}</ref>
| gross          = $10 million
}}

'''''Hope and Glory''''' is a 1987 [[comedy-drama]] [[war film]] written, produced, and directed by [[John Boorman]] based on his own experiences growing up in London during [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite news | author=Janet Maslin | title=Film Festival; Boorman's ''Hope and Glory'' | url=https://movies.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?res=9B0DE1DD103FF93AA35753C1A961948260 | newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=9 October 1987 | access-date=24 September 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | author=Richard Corliss | title=War Dreams: ''Hope and Glory'' | url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,965795,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408123701/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,965795,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=8 April 2008 | magazine=Time | date=19 October 1987 | access-date=24 September 2008}}</ref> It was distributed by [[Columbia Pictures]]. The title is derived from the traditional British patriotic song "[[Land of Hope and Glory]]". The film tells the story of the Rohan family<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kempley |first1=Rita |title=Hope and Glory |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/hopeandglorypg13kempley_a0ca41.htm?itid=lk_inline_manual_18 |access-date=23 March 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post|date=30 October 1987}}</ref> and their experiences, as seen through the eyes of the son, Billy (Sebastian Rice-Edwards).

A critical and commercial success, the film won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]] and received five [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominations, including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], and [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] (all for Boorman). It also received 13 [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Award]] nominations, winning for [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]] ([[Susan Wooldridge]]).

==Plot==
The film begins on 3 September 1939, the day Britain [[World War II|declared war]] on Germany. It tells the story of the Rohan family (Billy, his sisters Sue and Dawn, and his parents Grace and Clive), who live in a suburb of London. Clive joins the army, leaving Grace alone to watch over the children. She almost sends Billy and Susie [[Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II|away from London]], but pulls them back on the train platform when she realizes she cannot bear to be apart from them. Thus, Billy stays in London for the first years of the war.

Seen through the eyes of 10-year-old Billy, the "fireworks" provided by [[the Blitz]] (September 1940 – May 1941) every night are as exciting as they are terrifying, and the ruins they leave are a fascinating playground for Billy and other boys his age, who are largely unsupervised. The nightly raids do not provide the only drama, as Billy's older sister, Dawn, falls for Canadian soldier Bruce, becomes pregnant, and, finding her life turned upside down, discovers the value of her family.

When the Rohans' house burns down (due to an ordinary fire), the family moves to the bucolic [[Thames Tideway|Thames-side]] home of Grace's parents. This provides an opportunity for Billy to spend more time with his curmudgeonly Grandfather George, who teaches him "the ways of the river".

In the autumn of 1942, [[Winston Churchill]] delivers his famous "[[Winston Churchill#Turn of the tide: El Alamein and Stalingrad|end of the beginning]]" speech. Bruce returns from his secret posting and goes AWOL to find Dawn. Immediately after they are married in the village church, MPs take Bruce away. That afternoon in the living room of her grandparents' house, Dawn gives birth to a son.

Although Grace has rented a house for the family just down the river, Billy must go back to London until he can get into the local school. George drives the boy to his old school, only to find the block filled with ecstatic children, as a stray bomb has destroyed the building. George drives Billy home. The adult Billy recalls: "In all my life, nothing ever quite matched the perfect joy of that moment. My school lay in ruins, and the river beckoned with the promise of stolen days." The credits roll over imagery of the river, to the music of "[[Land of Hope and Glory]]".

==Cast==
<!--- first 8 in the same order as the opening tombstone credits, the rest in the same order as the closing scrolling credits --->
{{Cast listing|
* [[Sarah Miles]] as Grace
* [[David Hayman]] as Clive
* [[Derrick O'Connor]] as Mac
* [[Susan Wooldridge]] as Molly
* [[Ian Bannen]] as Grandfather George
* [[Sammi Davis]] as Dawn
* [[Jean-Marc Barr]] as Bruce
* Sebastian Rice-Edwards as Bill
* Geraldine Muir as Sue
* Annie Leon as Grandma
* [[Gerald James]] as Headmaster
* Nicky Taylor as Roger
* Sara Langton as Pauline
}}

John Boorman provides the voice of the film's narrator. Boorman's daughter, [[Katrine Boorman]], appears as Charity (one of Grace's sisters), while his son, [[Charley Boorman]], appears as the downed [[Luftwaffe]] pilot.

==Production==
===Filming locations===
According to [[Turner Classic Movies|TCM]]-host Dave Karger's afterword to an April 2021 broadcast of the film, Boorman re-created the street on which he lived. The million-dollar, 40-acre set was the largest constructed in England since World War II.  The main film set was built on the disused runway at the former [[Wisley Airfield]] in Surrey, and the scenes by the river were shot near [[Shepperton Lock]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/film-locations/83523-hope-glory.html|title=Interview with Alan Sutton|access-date=17 April 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305031256/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/film-locations/83523-hope-glory.html|archive-date=5 March 2016}}</ref> Filming also took place in Hightown Road, [[Ringwood, Hampshire|Ringwood]], Hampshire, and at [[Bray Studios (UK)|Bray Studios]] in Berkshire.<ref name="Maxford 2019 70">{{cite book|author=Howard Maxford|title=Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lfp1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA70|date=8 November 2019|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-2914-8|pages=70–71}}</ref>

===Archival footage===
The "newsreel" footage that Bill sees at the local cinema in the film contains scenes from the 1969 film ''[[Battle of Britain (film)|Battle of Britain]]''.

==Critical response==
''Hope and Glory'' received very positive reviews at the time of its release, and was named one of the best films of 1987 by over 50 critics.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-24-ca-38115-story.html|title=Film Critics Agree: 1987 Was a Good, Bad Year|date=24 January 1988|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> Only ''[[Broadcast News (film)|Broadcast News]]'' appeared on more top 10 lists in 1987.

On [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds a 96% "Fresh" score based on 26 reviews, with an average rating of 8.3/10.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hope and Glory |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hope_and_glory |access-date=7 July 2023 |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], it has a [[weighted average]] score of 86 out of 100 based on 15 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hope and Glory Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/hope-and-glory |access-date=7 July 2023 |publisher=[[Metacritic]] }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.cinemascore.com/ |access-date=2023-07-07 |publisher=CinemaScore}}</ref>

The film was favourably reviewed by critic [[Pauline Kael]] in her film reviews collection ''[[Hooked (book)|Hooked]]'':
{{blockquote|It's hard to believe that a great comedy could be made of the Blitz but John Boorman has done it. In his new, autobiographical film, he has had the inspiration to desentimentalize wartime Britain and show us the Second World War the way he saw it as an eight-year-old. The war frees the Rohans from the dismal monotony of their pinched white-collar lives. He doesn't deny the war its terrors. Yet he gives everything a comic flip. That's the joy of the film: the war has its horrors, but it also destroys much of what the genteel poor like Grace Rohan (Sarah Miles), have barely been able to acknowledge they wanted destroyed. It's like a plainspoken, English variant of the [[Paolo and Vittorio Taviani|Taviani brothers]]' ''[[The Night of the Shooting Stars]]''.<ref>{{cite book|first=Pauline|last=Kael|author-link= Pauline Kael|title=Hooked|year=1990|pages=367–369|isbn=0-7145-2903-6}}</ref>}}

Critic [[Emanuel Levy]]'s review was also positive, writing: "Director John Boorman offers a warmly nostalgic view of his childhood in a London suburb during WWII."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=10778 |title=Archived copy |access-date=5 May 2017 |archive-date=8 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208025625/http://emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=10778 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1987, Roger Ebert wrote:
{{blockquote|Maybe there is something in the very nature of war, in the power of guns and bombs, that appeals to the imagination of little boys.  Bombers and fighter planes and rockets and tanks are thrilling at that age when you are old enough to understand how they work but too young to understand what they do. John Boorman's ''Hope and Glory'' is a film about that precise season in the life of a young British boy who grows up in a London suburb during World War II. The film is first of all a painstaking re-creation of the period. All of the cars and signs look right, and there are countless small references to wartime rationing, as when the older sister draws seams on her legs to make fake nylons. But after re-creating the period, Boorman also reconstructs the very feeling that was in the air. ''Hope and Glory'' is an enormous success right now in England, where every frame must have its special memories for British audiences. Through American eyes, it is a more universal film, not so much about war as about memory. When we are young, what happens is not nearly as important as what we think happens. Perhaps that's true even when we are not so young.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ebert|first=Roger|title=Hope and Glory movie review & film summary (1987) {{!}} Roger Ebert|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hope-and-glory-1987|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Rogerebert.com/}}</ref>}}

==Box office==
[[Goldcrest Films]] invested £1,288,000 in the film and received £1,665,000, making them a profit of £377,000.<ref>{{Cite book|title=My indecision is final|first1=Jake|last1= Eberts |first2=Terry|last2=Illott|year=1990 |publisher=Faber and Faber|page=656}}</ref>

The film made £845,927 in the UK.<ref name="org"/>

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[60th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]<ref name="Oscars1988">{{Cite web|title=The 60th Academy Awards (1988) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1988|access-date=31 July 2011|publisher=Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences}}</ref>
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| rowspan="3"| [[John Boorman]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]]
| Art Direction: [[Anthony D. G. Pratt]]; <br> Set Decoration: [[Joanne Woollard]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| [[Philippe Rousselot]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1987|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bostonfilmcritics.org/past-winners-1980s/ |title=BSFC Winners: 1980s |website=[[Boston Society of Film Critics]] |date=27 July 2018 |access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="13"| [[41st British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1988/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1988 |publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] |year=1988 |access-date=16 September 2016 |ref={{harvid|BAFTA|1988}}}}</ref>
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| rowspan="2"| John Boorman
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress in a Leading Role]]
| [[Sarah Miles]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]
| [[Ian Bannen]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]
| [[Susan Wooldridge]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
| John Boorman
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| Philippe Rousselot
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
| [[Shirley Ann Russell]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
| Ian Crafford
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Makeup and Hair|Best Make Up Artist]]
| Anna Dryhurst
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Original Music|Best Original Score]]
| Peter Martin
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Production Design|Best Production Design]]
| Anthony D. G. Pratt
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
| Ron Davis, [[Peter Handford]], and John Hayward
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[British Society of Cinematographers#Award categories|British Society of Cinematographers Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bscine.com/media/uploads/awards/bsc-cinematography-feature-film.pdf?v |title=Best Cinematography in Feature Film |access-date=3 June 2021}}</ref>
| [[British Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film|Best Cinematography in a Theatrical Feature Film]]
| Philippe Rousselot
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Evening Standard British Film Awards#1987 Winners|Evening Standard British Film Awards]]
| Best Film
| John Boorman
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Technical or Artistic Achievement
| Anthony D. G. Pratt
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[45th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/hope-and-glory |title=Hope and Glory – Golden Globes |publisher=[[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]] |access-date=13 August 2021 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|1988}}}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy|Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director – Motion Picture]]
| rowspan="2"| John Boorman
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Motion Picture]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[3rd Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/SA_SubForm_etc/2021_SA_ALLNomineesWinners_063021.pdf |title=36 Years of Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Independent Spirit Awards]] |access-date=13 August 2021}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[Independent Spirit Award for Best International Film|Best Foreign Film]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[London Film Critics' Circle#1987 winners|London Film Critics' Circle Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for Film of the Year|Film of the Year]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[1987 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lafca.net/Years/1987.php |title=The 13th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |publisher=[[iLos Angeles Film Critics Association]] |access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| rowspan="2"| John Boorman
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| Philippe Rousselot
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| [[Mainichi Film Awards]]
| [[Mainichi Film Award for Foreign Film Best One Award|Best Foreign Language Film]]
| John Boorman
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1987|National Board of Review Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1987/ |title=1987 Award Winners |website=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|8th Place}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[1987 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |title=Past Awards |website=[[National Society of Film Critics]] |date=19 December 2009 |access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| rowspan="2"| John Boorman
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
| Philippe Rousselot
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1987 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nyfcc.com/awards.php?year=1987 |title=New York Film Critics Circle: 1987 Awards |website=Nyfcc.com |access-date=21 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100907075503/http://www.nyfcc.com/awards.php?year=1987 |archive-date=7 September 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| colspan="2"| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{Runner-up}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| rowspan="5"| John Boorman
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Tokyo International Film Festival]]
| Tokyo Grand Prix
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Artistic Contribution Award
| {{won}}
|-
| [[40th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551|title=Awards Winners|website=Wga.org|publisher=Writers Guild of America|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551|archive-date=2012-12-05|access-date=2010-06-06}}</ref>
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[10th Youth in Film Awards|Young Artist Awards]]<ref name="Young Artist Awards 3">{{cite web|url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms10.htm |title=10th Annual Youth in Film Awards |access-date=2011-03-31 |website=YoungArtistAwards.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716012647/http://youngartistawards.org/pastnoms10.htm |archive-date=2015-07-16 }}</ref>
| colspan="2"| Best Family Motion Picture – Drama
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actor in a Feature Film|Best Young Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Sebastian Rice-Edwards
| {{nom}}
|}

==Sequel==
A sequel to the film, titled [[Queen and Country (film)|''Queen and Country'']], was made in 2014. The sequel tells the story of an older Bill Rohan as a soldier during the [[Korean War]].<ref>{{cite news | author=Justin Kroll | title=John Boorman sets 'Hope and Glory' sequel | url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/john-boorman-sets-hope-and-glory-sequel-1118059089/ | work=Variety | date=11 September 2012 | access-date=28 October 2012}}</ref> It was selected to be screened as part of the [[Directors' Fortnight]] section of the [[2014 Cannes Film Festival]],<ref name="Cannes2014">{{cite web |url=http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/cannes/cannes-directors-fortnight-2014-lineup-unveiled/5070844.article |title=Cannes Directors' Fortnight 2014 lineup unveiled |access-date=26 April 2014 |work=Screendaily}}</ref> and received a general theatrical release in 2015.

==See also==
* [[BFI Top 100 British films]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0093209|title=Hope and Glory}}
* {{mojo title|id=hopeandglory|title=Hope and Glory}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|hope_and_glory}}

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