Dunkirk (2017 film)

Movie Name : Dunkirk

type : War Film

Rate : 8.6/10

Release date: July 21, 2017 (USA)

Director: Christopher Nolan

Music composed by: Hans Zimmer

Budget: 100 million USD

Screenplay: Christopher Nolan

Dunkirk is a 2017 war film written, co-produced and directed by Christopher Nolan. The film features an ensemble cast, starring Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, James D'Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance and Tom Hardy. Set during the Second World War, it portrays the Dunkirk evacuation. Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film is an international co-production between the United Kingdom, the United States, France and the Netherlands.

Nolan wrote the script, told from three perspectives—the land, sea, and air—to contain little dialogue. Filming began in May 2016 in Dunkirk, France, and ended in Los Angeles, United States, where it also began post-production. Cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema shot the film on IMAX 65 mm and 65 mm large format film stock. The film made extensive use of practical effects, such as employing thousands of extras, gathering boats that had participated in the real Dunkirk evacuation, and using genuine era-appropriate planes for aerial sequences.

Dunkirk premiered on 13 July 2017 at Odeon Leicester Square in London, England, and was released in the United Kingdom and United States on 21 July 2017 in IMAX, 70 mm and 35 mm film. The film has grossed over $185 million worldwide and received praise for Nolan's screenplay and direction, acting, cinematography and Hans Zimmer's musical score.

Cast

• Fionn Whitehead as Tommy, a British Army private
  Whitehead was cast as the lead of the film after a secretive auditioning process that took several months
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• Tom Glynn-Carney as Peter, Mr Dawson's son
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• Jack Lowden as Collins, a Royal Air Force pilot
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• Harry Styles as Alex, a British Army private
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  Styles won the role after auditioning against hundreds of candidates. Nolan was unaware of Styles' fame as a singer before casting him.
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• Aneurin Barnard as Gibson, a low-ranking soldier
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• James D'Arcy as Colonel Winnant
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• Barry Keoghan as George
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• Kenneth Branagh as Commander Bolton, the pier-master during the evacuation
  Bolton is a composite character based in part on James Campbell Clouston.
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• Cillian Murphy as Shivering Soldier
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  Murphy read and spoke to Nolan about the psychological toll the soldiers endured, to better understand his character's post-traumatic stress disorder.
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• Mark Rylance as Mr Dawson, a mariner and Peter's father
  Rylance drove his character's boat every day for research. He also listened to audio recordings at the Imperial War Museum. Between takes, Rylance encouraged rehearsal through improvised scenes, which Nolan said "deepened the characterizations
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• Tom Hardy as Farrier, a Royal Air Force pilot

Michael Caine appears in a spoken cameo role as Fortis Leader