Review Journey's End (2018)

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Journey's End is a film adaptation of the play, Journey's End by R C Sherriff, adapted by Simon Reade. It is directed by Saul Dibb, and is due to be completed by mid 2017 for a late autumn 2017 release. It is the second adaptation of the play, following Journey's End (1930) directed by James Whale:

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Cast:

• Asa Butterfield – Raleigh
• Sam Claflin – Captain Stanhope
• Paul Bettany – Osborne
• Tom Sturridge – Hibbert
• Toby Jones – Mason
• Stephen Graham – Trotter
• Robert Glenister – The Colonel
• Nicholas Agnew – Corporal Pincher*
• Miles Jupp – Hardy
• Theo Barklem-Biggs – Watson*
• Jake Curran – Hammond*
• Andy Gathergood – Sergeant Major, C Troop*
• Rupert Wickham – General Raleigh*
• Jack Holden – Bert*
• Tom Ward-Thomas – Hardy's Subaltern*
• Derek Barr – Transport Officer*
• Jack Riddiford – Evans*
• Elliot Balchin – Peters*
• Alaïs Lawson – Angele*
• Adam Colborne – Private Graham*
• Eirik Bar – Ernst, German prisoner
• Rose Reade – Margaret*
• Harry Jardine – Ration Soldier*

* = new character, does not appear in the stage play

 

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First clip......

 

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First Trailer: “Journey’s End”





In the wake of its premiere at the Toronto and London film festivals, Lionsgate UK has released the first trailer for the film adaptation of the acclaimed RC Sherriff WWI-set play “Journey’s End”.

Sam Claflin, Asa Butterfield, Paul Bettany and Toby Jones star in the story set in March 1918 as C-Company arrives in northern France to take its turn in the front-line trenches.

The war-weary group are joined by a young new officer on his first real posting – his naivete a contrast to the fear and rising tension of the others around him.

The film opens in U.K. cinemas on February 2nd. A U.S. distributor has yet to be announced.

 

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Trailer: Claflin, Butterfield In “Journey’s End”





The trailer has hit for “Journey’s End,” a new film based on the Tony Award-winning play and novel “Journey’s End” by R.C. Sherriff. Playing to strong reviews at Toronto last year, it will open in cinemas on March 16th.

March 1918. C-company arrives to take its turn in the front-line trenches of northern France, led by the war-weary Captain Stanhope (Sam Claflin). With a German offensive imminently approaching, the officers (Paul Bettany, Stephen Graham, Tom Sturridge) and their cook (Toby Jones) use food and the memories of their lives before the war to distract themselves.

A young officer, Raleigh (Asa Butterfield), arrives fresh out of training and abuzz with the excitement of his first real posting – not least because he is to serve under Stanhope, his former schoolhouse monitor and the object of his sister’s affections. Each man is trapped, the days ticking by, the tension rising and the attack drawing ever closer.

 

[Doctor Omega]

Before they made "Frankenstein", James Whale and Colin Clive participated in a film adaptation of R.C. Sherriff's classic WW1 play, "Journey's End". Critically acclaimed at the time, it has become overshadowed by another war film released the same year, "All Quiet on the Western Front". Now unfortunately nearly forgotten, this gripping account of a group of men in a trench deserves another look and a greater appreciation.