QUEEN AND COUNTRY March 27 - April 2, dir. John Boorman, Drama, Not Rated, UK, English, 2015, 115 min.
Lake Worth Playhouse Stonzek Theatre Lake Worth, FL
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QUEEN AND COUNTRY March 27 - April 2, dir. John Boorman, Drama, Not Rated, UK, English, 2015, 115 min.
The hilarious highlight of John Boorman's HOPE AND GLORY (1987), nominated for 5 Oscars: 9-year-old Bill Rohan rejoices in the destruction of his school by an errant Luftwaffe bomb. QUEEN AND COUNTRY picks up the story nearly a decade later as Bill (Boorman's alter-ego) begins basic training in the early Fifties, during the Korean War. Bill (played by a charming Callum Turner) is joined by a trouble-making army mate, Percy (Caleb Landry Jones). They never get near Korea, but engage in a constant battle of wits with the Catch-22-worthy, Sgt. Major Bradley -- the brilliant David Thewlis. Richard E. Grant is their superior, the veddy, veddy, infinitely put-upon, aptly-named Major Cross. A superb ensemble cast limns a wonderfully funny and often moving depiction of a still-recovering postwar England. John Boorman's final film. A N.Y. Times critics pick.
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Lake Worth Playhouse Stonzek Theatre (View)
713 Lake Ave.
Lake Worth, FL 33460
United States
