I have not seen The Wilderness Years yet, but I will move it up in my Netflix Queue. On Mar 1, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Jon Lellenberg wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 9:49 AM, Ryan <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone know when we can expect the HBO film (sequel to The > Gathering Storm) to grace us with its presence? > > I believe it is called Into The Storm. > > If there is no information other than 2009, what are your thoughts > on The Gathering Storm? > > I am wondering what people on this list think of The Gathering Storm > vice Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years. I did not dislike The > Gathering Storm, and thought Vanessa Redgrave's the better of the > two productions' Clementines, but otherwise I thought Wilderness > Years with Robert Hardy head and shoulders over Gathering Storm, and > not simply because it had considerably more time in which to lay out > the events of those years. It was so good I still resent it ending > when it did, on September 3, 1939 (I think it was the 3rd) when > Chamberlain asked Churchill to serve as First Lord of the > Admiralty. I think the series should have had two more hours, the > first to cover the "phoney war" period through the German invasion > of Denmark and Norway in April 1940, including Britain's ill-fated > Narvik expedition, and the second through the German offensive on > the Western Front to the point when he's called to Buckingham Palace > after the House of Commons rose against Chamberlain. (And maybe > through the John Lukacs Five Days in London, May 1940 events as well.) > > > > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ChurchillChat?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
