Churchill: The Hollywood Years
Churchill: The Hollywood Years is a 2004 comedy film directed by Peter Richardson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Pete Richens. It stars Christian Slater as Winston Churchill and Neve Campbell as Elizabeth II. The film is a satire on the Hollywood take on history, such as U-571 (portraying the capture of an Enigma machine as being by the Americans rather than the British) and Pearl Harbor (where American participation in the Battle of Britain was exaggerated).
Plot
Adolf Hitler moves into Buckingham Palace and plans to marry into the Windsors. A U.S. Army officer claims the iconic cigar-smoking PM was an actor named Roy Bubbles; however, he was actually USMC lieutenant Winston Churchill who had stolen an Enigma code machine and then almost single-handedly won a very alternative battle for Britain.
More details
| author | Pete Richens |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | England |
| director | Peter Richardson |
| editor | Geoff Hogg John Wilson |
| events | World War II |
| genre | comedy satire |
| keywords | adolf hitler army officer british royal family buckingham palace windsor winston churchill |
| musicBy | Simon Boswell |
| producer | Jonathan Cavendish |
| productionCompany | Sky Movies |
| publisher | Pathé Distribution |
| theme | satirical |