- In order to truly reflect the atmosphere of Churchill’s time, the film’s screenwriter Anthony McCarten set up a special work schedule for himself, simulating the historical timeline, which lasted 8 days and wrote a 16-page script.
- Through his efforts, McCarten obtained the minutes of the cabinet meeting of Churchill during the war.
- During the filming of the film, John Hurt, who was originally scheduled to play Prime Minister Chamberlain, died of pancreatic cancer. Due to his serious illness, John Hurt never filmed a scene, but the film paid tribute to him in the credits.
- In order to create a low-ceiling bunker scene, the crew has been planning for several months.
- Gary Oldman spends at least 4 hours putting on makeup every day on the set, and shooting more than 50 days continuously, for a total of 200 hours of putting on makeup.
- After Gary Oldman arrived at the scene, he opened the props books at will, all of which were able to fake meeting records and diaries.
Darkest Hour behind the scenes gags
2021-11-25 08:01
Extended Reading
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Freida 2021-11-25 08:01:26
Mainstream values, British humor, civilian perspectives... are also mainstream commercial films. The value transmission abroad is obviously implicit and more acceptable. From the will of the country to the story of common people, every scene will touch the heart of the audience. There is still a lot to learn from domestic films...
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Vaughn 2022-03-20 09:01:32
It's already 2017, how can anyone still make this kind of film... It's almost a genre film [British celebrity speeches for the Olympics]. Gary Oldman's sincerity makes this film less gross than the King's Speech. I really can't stand the kind of digression in British films that everyone is cute. At any rate, American-style coercion is limited to the main characters of the pros and cons.
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Winston Churchill: [in his first speech as Prime Minister] But now one bond unites us all. To wage war until victory is won, and never to surrender ourselves to servitude and shame. Whatever the cost and the agony may be, conquer we must, as conquer we shall.
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Winston Churchill: Do I have your, uh, permission, uh, to send, uh, an aircraft carrier to pick up the P-40 fighter planes we purchased from you? Mr. President?
President Roosevelt: Well, you-you've got me there again. New law preventing transshipment of military equipment.
Winston Churchill: Uh, but we paid for them. We-we paid for them with the money that we... that we borrowed from you.