Jon-- This is an odd bit of casting, indeed. The only film I've seen Oldman in is *Air Force One, *where he played a nasty Russian ultranationalist terrorist. I'd have to see a trailer for *Darkest Hour *first, before deciding if he's any good or not!
On Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 8:02:47 PM UTC-4, Jon wrote: > > I am hoping it will be based closely on John Kukacs' book *Five Days in > May, 1940*. But I am also wondering about the choice of Gary Oldman as > Churchill. > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 4:09 PM, 'John Mather' via ChurchillChat < > church...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>> wrote: > >> This has great potential. I hope they get it right. Who will be their >> historical advisors? Do they have one or two already? I had heard a rumor >> that Lord David Owen is in the midst of a book on this period of history. >> He maybe. Roll on the script and cameras. John H. Mather MD FACPE >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Sep 15, 2016, at 12:00 AM, Cita Stelzer <ci...@irwinstelzer.com >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> > >> > >> http://moviehole.net/2016108477darkest-hour-sets-release-date-supporting-cast >> > >> > >> > Cita Stelzer >> > >> > Please note new email address: >> > ci...@irwinstelzer.com <javascript:> >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "ChurchillChat" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> an email to churchillcha...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> > To post to this group, send email to church...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > <winmail.dat> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "ChurchillChat" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to churchillcha...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to church...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.