Darkest Hour (2017) is an interesting movie. It messes up almost everything pretty badly to the point of being irksome, but it is also somewhat endearing. Churchill was quite a character, but they took some liberties that are a little too much to handle. But at least I get to talk about the guy He was a bit of a historian afterall, so consider this a “historians who changed history” episode as well.

references:
British War Cabinet Conclusions:
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov...

YouTube channel devoted to recordings of Churchill’s speeches
   / @winstonchurchillspeeches8725  

Winston Churchill, Their Finest Hour (1949; New York: Rosetta Books, 2002) ebook, 87150/788.
https://amzn.to/2u8xH8v

Paul Johnson, Churchill (New York: Penguin Group, 2009).
https://amzn.to/2N2LowK

http://www.historyvshollywood.com/ree...

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2...

http://www.politifact.com/truthomet...

https://www.express.co.uk/entertainme...

http://time.com/5031642/winstonchurc...

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Wiki:
Darkest Hour is a 2017 British war drama film directed by Joe Wright and written by Anthony McCarten. It stars Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill, and is an account of his early days as Prime Minister, as Nazi Germany swept across Western Europe, threatening to defeat the United Kingdom during World War II. It leads to friction at the highest levels of government between those who would make a peace treaty with Hitler and Churchill, who refused. The film also stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Ben Mendelsohn, Stephen Dillane, and Ronald Pickup.

The film had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on 1 September 2017,[6] and also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.[7] It began a limited release in the United States on 22 November 2017, followed by general release on 22 December, and was released on 12 January 2018 in the United Kingdom.[8] The film has grossed $145 million worldwide and received positive reviews.

Many critics noted Gary Oldman's performance as one of the best of his career

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