| Jackboots on Whitehall | |
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| Directed by | Edward McHenry |
| Produced by | Patrick Scoffin Karl Richards |
| Written by | Edward McHenry Rory McHenry |
| Starring | Ewan McGregor Rosamund Pike Alan Cumming Timothy Spall Tom Wilkinson Sanjeev Bhaskar Richard E. Grant Pam Ferris Richard O'Brien Richard Griffiths Hugh Fraser Tobias Menzies Stephen Merchant |
| Release date(s) | 2010 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Jackboots on Whitehall is a satirical alternative history to WWII where the Nazis have seized London and England must band together at Hadrian's Wall if they are to prevent a German invasion. This is the first film of its kind to feature animatronic puppets and the voices of well-known British actors including Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Timothy Spall, Richard O'Brien and Richard Griffiths.[1][2]. The film is currently scheduled to be released in 2010.
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| Directed by | Edward McHenry |
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| Studio | Vertigo Films |
| Distributed by | Dimension Films/The Weinstein Company (US) Vertigo Films (UK) |
| Release date(s) | October 8, 2010 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Jackboots on Whitehall is a satirical film portraying an alternative history of WWII in which the Nazis have seized London and Britain must band together at Hadrian's Wall if they are to prevent a German invasion. This is the first film of its kind to feature animatronic puppets and the voices of well-known British actors including Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Timothy Spall, Richard O'Brien and Richard Griffiths.[1][2] The film was released in the United Kingdom on October 8, 2010.[3]
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So far reviews have been somewhat mixed, Robbie Collins at the News Of The World gave the film 4 stars, summarising it as "Stupid, throwaway nonsense - and that's the whole idea"[citation needed]. Total Film Magazine also gave the film 4 stars stating "Jackboots wittily merges war flick iconography, Inglorious revisionism and Team America silliness to create a hillarious, endearing one-off"[citation needed].
Empire Magazine however was not so positive giving the film 2 stars summarising that "The Dad's Army premise is undermined by a limp script and soggy Braveheart pastiche, although the strong voice cast prevent disaster"[citation needed]. The Guardian praised its "impressive all-star vocal cast" and called it a "labour of love" by its writer-directors, but concluded it was "amiably intentioned but desperately weak in terms of script", comparing it unfavourably with Wallace and Gromit and Team America[4].
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