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Darkest Hour

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Directed by Joe Wright
Produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Douglas Urbanski, Lisa Bruce, and Anthony McCarten
Written by Anthony McCarten
With: Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane, Ronald Pickup, Ben Mendelsohn, Nicholas Jones, Richard Lumsden, Jeremy Child, Samuel West, and the voice of David Strathairn
Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel
Editing: Valerio Bonelli
Music: Dario Marianelli
Runtime: 125 min
Release Date: 01 September 2017
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
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One of the most dramatic and consequential chapters in British history rendered without much drama or consequence. Oldman doesn't disappear into Churchill the way he has into many previous characters requiring far less makeup.