Jackboots on Whitehall

Jackboots on Whitehall
UK theatrical release poster
Directed byThe McHenry Brothers
Written byThe McHenry Brothers
Story byThe McHenry Brothers
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMichael Connor
Edited byChris Blunden
Music byGuy Michelmore
Production
companies
  • Vertigo Films
  • Matador Pictures
  • Entertainment Motion Pictures (E-MOTION)
  • McHenry Pictures
Distributed byVertigo Films
Release dates
  • 20 June 2010 (2010-06-20) (EIFF)
  • 8 October 2010 (2010-10-08)
Running time
91 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$6 million[2]
Box office$20,776[3]

Jackboots on Whitehall (a.k.a. Nazi Invasion: Team Europe) is a 2010 British adult animated/puppet satirical action comedy film set in an alternative history Second World War, in which Nazi Germany has seized London. The British must band together at Hadrian's Wall if they are to thwart the German invasion.[4] Conceived by Edward and Rory McHenry, it is the first 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.[5] The film was executive produced by Frank Mannion.[6]

The film premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 20 June 2010 and was theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 8 October 2010 by Vertigo Films.[7] It received mixed reviews from critics, praising the cast, set design and voice acting but negativity toward the puppetry, action scenes, humor and story, calling it "lifeless, stiff, boring and unfunny" and compared unfavourably to Team America World Police.

  1. ^ "'Jackboots on Whitehall' (12A)." British Board of Film Classification, 27 September 2010. Retrieved: 8 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Business: 'Jackboots on Whitehall'." IMDb. Retrieved: 29 March 2015.
  3. ^ "'Jackboots on Whitehall'." Box Office Mojo. Retrieved: 29 March 2015.
  4. ^ Chapman, Matt. "Jackboots On Whitehall." Total Film, 21 February 2011. Retrieved: 23 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Puppet love for Jackboots On Whitehall: Britain’s answer to Team America." Total Film, 8 December 2006. Retrieved: 23 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Jackboots on Whitehall." Screenrush.com, 14 August 2009. Retrieved: 23 June 2012.
  7. ^ Vertigo Films production notes