War Book
War Book | |
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Jack Thorne | |
Produced by | Lauren Dark Tom Harper |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Zac Nicholson |
Edited by | Mark Eckersley |
Music by | Jack C. Arnold |
Production companies | Sixteen Films Archer's Mark |
Distributed by | K5 International |
Release dates |
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Running time | 92 minutes[1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
War Book is a 2014 British
Plot
Over the course of three days, eight government officials, a Member of Parliament, and a political appointee participate in a
Cast
- Adeel Akhtar as Mo
- Nicholas Burns as James
- Ben Chaplin as Gary
- Shaun Evans as Tom
- Kerry Fox as Maria
- Phoebe Fox as Kate
- Sophie Okonedo as Philippa
- Antony Sher as David
- Nathan Stewart-Jarrett as Austin
- Morgan Walters as Frank
Premiere and reception
The film was first shown on 13 October 2014, during the
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 75% based on 8 reviews, with an average rating of 7.67/10.[5] Variety's Charles Gant found the film's dialogue somewhat theatrical and compared it to Roger Donaldson’s Thirteen Days, which proved that "a talkathon rooted in a historical moment of genuine peril can be far more gripping than any invented drama, and many audiences may find the final act of "War Book" to be risibly paranoid by comparison."[3] The Guardian's Mike McCahill felt that "theatricality looms, but the variation of voices and viewpoints among the expert cast generates a rat-a-tat momentum."[6] The List's Nikki Baughan was much more enthusiastic, comparing it to Sidney Lumet's 1957 classic Twelve Angry Men, stating that "Jack Thorne's remarkable script is a masterclass in slow-burn tension, combining black-and-white facts with the murky greys of human emotion to drive home the fragility of social order in the face of incoming warheads."[7]
References
- ^ BBFC: War Book Retrieved 5 August 2015
- ^ "War Book". Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ^ a b Variety, 15 October 2014: London Film Review: ‘War Book’ Linked 2015-08-13
- ^ BBC Four: War Book Linked 2015-08-13
- ^ "War Book (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ The Guardian, 6 August 2015: War Book review – sober speculation goes nuclear Linked 2015-08-13
- ^ The List, 3 August 2015: War Book - Provocative and essential nuclear war-themed drama from Tom Harper Linked 2015-08-13
External links
- War Book at IMDb
- War Book at Rotten Tomatoes
- War Book at the British Board of Film Classification