A Certain Point of View: Writing, Film and Stuff

Darkest Hour (2017) Directed by: Joe Wright Written by: Anthony McCarten Starring: Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn, Lily James, Ronald Pickup, Stephen Dillane On December 22, 2017, Universal Pictures released Darkest Hour, a historical dramatization that depicts the ascension of Winston Churchill (Gary Oldman) from First Lord of the Admiralty to Prime Minister and the immense challenges he faced in the spring of 1940 - Great Britain's "darkest hour" during World War II. Written by Anthony McCarten ( The Theory of Everything ) and directed by Joe Wright ( Atonement ), Darkest Hour earned six Academy Award nominations at the 2017 Oscars ceremony and took home two trophies (Best Actor - Gary Oldman and Best Makeup and Hairstyling - Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, and Lucy Sibbick), plus another armful of award and accolades at the Golden Globes, British Film Awards, Austin Film Critics Awards, and other film fetes.  Darkest...

(C) 1997 Columbia Pictures Air Force One (1997) Directed by Wolfgang Petersen Written by Andrew W. Marlowe Starring: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Wendy Crewson, Paul Guilfoyle, Glenn Close, William H. Macy, Liesel Matthews, Dean Stockwell President James Marshall: Never again will I allow our political self-interest to deter us from doing what we know to be morally right. Atrocity and terror are not political weapons. And to those who would use them, your day is over. We will never negotiate. We will no longer tolerate and we will no longer be afraid. It's your turn to be afraid. In the summer of 1997, Harrison Ford starred in Air Force One, a fast-paced and riveting mash-up of action/adventure and a political-thriller plot reminiscent of Tom Clancy’s novels. In this high-flying film directed by Wolfgang Petersen ( Das Boot, In the Line of Fire ), Ford takes on the role of a U.S. President who must outwit, outlast, and outfight a band of Russian ultranation...