Movie
1999
The Winslow Boy is a 1999 American period drama film directed by David Mamet and starring Nigel Hawthorne, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jeremy Northam and Gemma Jones. Set in London before World War I, it depicts a British family defending at all costs the honour of its naval cadet young son against a false charge of theft. The screenplay was adapted by Mamet based on Terence Rattigan's 1946 dramatic play The Winslow Boy.
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David Mamet has built his reputation of Hollywood's top script doctor thanks to his talent with words. Those words often belonged to sections of vocabulary not particularly liked by MPAA Ratings Board. So, it was quite a surprise to see *The Winslow Boy*, David Mamet's 1999 drama, receive G-rating, something that only the harmless family-friendly cartoons can expect to get these days. The family-friendly rating can…More
