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Hope and Glory is a 1987 comedy-drama war film written, produced, and directed by John Boorman based on his own experiences growing up in London during World War II. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures. The title is derived from the patriotic British song "Land of Hope and Glory". The film tells the story of the Rohan family and their experiences, as seen through the eyes of the son, Billy.
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War is hell and this is something most sane people tend to agree with. For some people, however, war can be fun or at least source of nostalgia many decades after the fact. It helps if such persons aren’t exposed to the war directly or if they lack ability to properly grasp the true meaning of such events. This happened to famous British film maker John Boorman during his childhood, which would later serve as an ins…More
