Dunkirk

"When 400,000 men couldn't get home, home came for them."

2017 1h 47m EN

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7.5

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7.8

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★7.5TMDB · 18,066🍅92%Rotten Tomatoes●94Metacritic★7.8IMDB · 800,591

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The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.

“When 400,000 men couldn't get home, home came for them.”

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Cast

Fionn Whitehead
Tommy
Tom Hardy
Farrier
Mark Rylance
Mr. Dawson
Kenneth Branagh
Commander Bolton
Cillian Murphy
Shivering Soldier
Barry Keoghan
George
Harry Styles
Alex
Aneurin Barnard
Gibson

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Christopher Nolan
Languages: English, French, German
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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$150M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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MONEY

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Made its money back 3.7× over at the box office.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, French, German.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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CAST

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276+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Christopher Nolan, shot by Hoyte van Hoytema. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Hans Zimmer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Christopher Nolan directs. Hoyte van Hoytema behind the camera. Hans Zimmer scores. Lee Smith cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English, French, German.

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Things worth knowing

1$150M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Made its money back 3.7× over at the box office.
3Released 9 years ago.
4Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, French, German.
5International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
6276+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
7Directed by Christopher Nolan, shot by Hoyte van Hoytema. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
8Original score by Hans Zimmer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
9Editor Lee Smith shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
10Fionn Whitehead and Tom Hardy and Mark Rylance carry the top of the cast.
11Marketing tagline: "When 400,000 men couldn't get home, home came for them.".
12IMDB entry: tt5013056 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
1318,066 TMDB user ratings logged — serious cultural footprint.
14Classified under 24 themes, including "army", "beach", "france", "allies".

The technical file

Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema
Original score: Hans Zimmer
Editing: Lee Smith
Production design: Nathan Crowley
Costume design: Jeffrey Kurland
Makeup / hair: Fabie Roger-Clech
VFX supervisor: Andrew Jackson
Sound: Gregg Landaker
Stunt coordinator: Tom Struthers
Runtime: 107 min · 1h 47m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $150,000,000
Box office: $549,136,737
Return: 366% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Dunkirk (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes: 92% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 94/100
IMDB rating: 7.8/10 · 800,591 votes
MPAA: PG-13

Awards

Won 3 Oscars. 68 wins & 236 nominations total

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Academy Award for Best Sound

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Simon Foster2017-07-24
"Surely the filmmaker’s insistence upon imposing his favourite device upon all his narratives is edging towards Shyamalan-like overkill..." Read the full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2017/7/22/dunkirk.html
CourtneyM172017-08-02
★ 3/10
I was a little disappointed with this movie. I expected much more. Cinematically it was brilliant and it was an event/action driven movie when left me feeling a little disconnected. We don't know anything about these characters that we see and I personally didn't feel any emotions for the movie, even though I wanted to. I found myself quite bored halfway through the movie, the whole time I kept expecting more.
Pierre_D2017-08-04
★ 8/10
Tense film draws you to a doomed group. Those how are veteran war historians will quibble at some parts of Dunkirk, notably the separation of English and French troops in evacuation and the ships used to evacuate them. Dunkirk uses a few conceits to keep you involved. The first, which adds a notable amount of tension to the film, is a ticking clock in the background moving you to the final day. We see intercut scenes from different periods, prior, during and enacting the rout. Acting is excellent throughout, and versimilitude is achieved with models of aircraft, uniforms, landing stages and so on. Injections of friendship and subsequent loss direct our affection to the sufferers. Harry Styles is more than competent as a young troop and Kenneth Branagh brings integrity and verve to his role as a tired and firm leader. If one oversight might have been addressed, it is the lack of focus on the German side of things in this affair. Our few glimpses are of German fighters and so on, with very explanation of the goings-on at the front. Overall an excellent war movie meant to be among your top ten, if not top five (It will be hard to dislodge All Quiet on the Western Front, Apocalypse Now, Paths of Glory, Saving Private Ryan and Tora Tora Tora!, among others). Recommend highly a good 8/10.