Into the Storm | |
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Genre | biographical drama |
Written by | Hugh Whitemore |
Directed by | Thaddeus O'Sullivan |
Starring | Brendan Gleeson Janet McTeer James D'Arcy Patrick Malahide Robert Pugh |
Music by | Howard Goodall |
Country of origin | United Kingdom United States |
Original language | English |
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Executive producers | |
Producers | Frank Doelger Tracey Scoffield Julie Payne Ann Wingate |
Cinematography | Michel Amathieu |
Editor | Heidi Freeman |
Running time | 100 minutes |
Production companies | HBO Films BBC Films Scott Free Rainmark Films |
Original release | |
Network | HBO |
Release | 31 May 2009 (United States) 2 November 2009 (United Kingdom) |
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Into the Storm or Churchill at War (alt. title) is a 2009 biographical film about Winston Churchill and his days in office during the Second World War. The movie is directed by Thaddeus O'Sullivan and stars Brendan Gleeson as the British Prime Minister. Into the Storm is a sequel to the 2002 television film The Gathering Storm, which details the life of Churchill in the years just prior the war. Into the Storm had its first public premiere on HBO and HBO Canada on 31 May 2009.[1][2]
Into the Storm was nominated for 14 Primetime Emmy Awards.[3] Brendan Gleeson won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie.