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Today, Winston Churchill is regarded as one of the great leaders of his time, and a hero for helping to guide Great Britain through the crises of World War II. But in the 1930s, Churchill's place in history hardly seemed assured; his early warnings against the growing threat of the Third Reich were taken seriously by few of his contemporaries, and he suffered through a variety of personal, professional, and economic setbacks before German attacks on England gave credence to his theories about Hitler's desire to overtake Europe, and gave Churchill the opportunity to rise to the greatness that was his destiny. The Gathering Storm is a made-for-television biographical drama based on Churchill's memoirs about his life leading up to World War II. Albert Finney stars as Winston Churchill, Vanessa Redgrave plays his wife, Clementine, and Derek Jacobi appears as Stanley Baldwin. Jim Broadbent and Ronnie Barker co-star. Produced for the BBC, The Gathering Storm received its American premier on the HBO premium cable network in the spring of 2002. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Albert Finney - Sir Winston Churchill
Vanessa Redgrave
Jim Broadbent
Linus Roache - Ralph Wigram
Lena Headey - Ava Wigram

2002	Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture (nominee)	Golden Globe	Vanessa Redgrave
2002	Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Ma (winner)	Golden Globe	Albert Finney
2002	Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Ma (nominee)	Screen Actors Guild	Albert Finney
2002	Best Actress in a Television Movie or Miniseries (nominee)	Screen Actors Guild	Vanessa Redgrave

Richard Loncraine's biopic of Winston Churchill, The Gathering Storm, comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Surround, while Spanish and French soundtracks have been recorded in Dolby Digital Stereo. Subtitles are accessible in all three of those languages. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by Loncraine and producer Frank Doelger. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

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