Project Detail

Jackboots on Whitehall

Synopsis

Kent, 1940.
 
Our heroes, a group of villagers from a quiet part of the English South Coast, seem blissfully unaware of the impending doom that sits across the Channel. Chris, a young farm worker, dreams of the chance to join the army and fight in exciting new lands rather than be stuck in the slow paced village life he has grown up in. His chance comes when the three top Nazis, the enormous Goering, the malnourished Goebbels and the scarily camp Himmler hatch a plan to invade England by drilling under the English Channel and into the heart of London.

With the entire British army stuck in Dunkirk and no military support to defend the country, Churchill issues a final radio broadcast from his bunker in Downing Street – a cry for help. After hearing the broadcast, Chris rallies the reluctant villagers together demanding that they help Churchill.

Meanwhile, under Churchills orders, the rest of the country are amassing at Hadrians Wall - the final line of defense for England.

Can the nation unite in time to make one last stand against the Nazi forces?

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Features
Running time
97 mins
Format
2K Digital / 35mm
Director
Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry
Producer
Peter Bevan, Adrian Politowski, Gilles Waterkeyn, Nigel Thomas, Charlotte Walls
Co-Producer
Peter Bevan, Adrian Politowski, Gilles Waterkeyn, Nigel Thomas, Charlotte Walls
Editor
Chris Blunden
Screenwriter
Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry
Director of Photography
Michael Connor
Production Designer
David McHenry
Sound
MJM Sound
Composer
Guy Michelmore
Principal cast
Ewan McGregor, Rosamund Pike, Dominic West, Alan Cummings, Tom Wilkinson, Richard Griffiths, Richard E. Grant, Pam Ferris, Richard O'Brien, Sanjeev Baskhar

Production Status

Production Company

E-Motion

32 Rathbone Place
2nd and 3rd Floors
London W1T 1JJ
UK

T +44 (0)20 7268 0068

info@entmotion.com

www.entmotion.com

Sales Company

Media 8 Entertainment

5260 Ventura Blvd
Ste 710
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
USA

T +1 818 325 8000

info@media8ent.com

www.media8ent.com

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