My Early Life: A Roving Commission 1930 book by Sir Winston Churchill
Produced by
Carl Foreman
Starring
Simon Ward Robert Shaw Anne Bancroft Anthony Hopkins John Mills
Cinematography
Gerry Turpin
Edited by
Kevin Connor
Music by
Alfred Ralston (includes original music and his arrangements of works by Edward Elgar)[1]
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures (through Columbia-Warner Distributors[2])
Release date
28 July 1972 (1972-07-28)
Running time
157 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Box office
$2,150,000 (US/ Canada rentals)[3]
Young Winston is a 1972 British epic biographical adventure drama war film covering the early years of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, based in particular on his 1930 book, My Early Life. The first part of the film covers Churchill's unhappy schooldays, up to the death of his father. The second half covers his service as a cavalry officer in India and the Sudan, during which he takes part in the cavalry charge at Omdurman, his experiences as a war correspondent in the Second Boer War, during which he is captured and escapes, and his election to Parliament at the age of 26.
Churchill was played by Simon Ward, who was relatively unknown at the time but was supported by a distinguished cast including Robert Shaw (as Lord Randolph Churchill), John Mills (as Lord Kitchener), Anthony Hopkins (as David Lloyd George) and Anne Bancroft as Churchill's mother Jennie. Other actors included Patrick Magee, Robert Hardy, Ian Holm, Edward Woodward and Jack Hawkins.
The film was written and produced by Carl Foreman and directed by Richard Attenborough. It was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Screenplay, Best Art Direction (Donald M. Ashton, Geoffrey Drake, John Graysmark, William Hutchinson, Peter James) and Best Costume Design.[4]
Young Winston was released to cinemas on July 28, 1972.
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^"Young Winston (1972)". BBFC. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
^"Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, 9 January 1974 p 19
^"NY Times: Young Winston". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2010. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 28 December 2008.
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