Miracle Of DUNKIRK Featured In New Poster

Even though large tracts of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule, we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and if, which I do not for a moment believe, this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old. 

-Winston Churchill

If ever there was a time to be releasing this film, along with the two CHURCHILL films, it’s DUNKIRK.

Great Britain is once again facing an evil enemy threat, and in true form, the people are defending UK soil. Throughout the centuries, the tenacity of the British people has never wavered – not then not now.

The Dunkirk evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between May 26 and June 4, 1940, during World War II.

Yesterday marked the anniversary of D-Day, June 6.

In those early morning hours of 1944, Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, to liberate Europe from Hitler’s Germany.

Nine allied nations, consisting of over 150,000 troops, assembled on the beach that day. They were met with heavy resistance from German troops, who were waiting on top of nearby cliffs.

According to the National D-Day Memorial Foundation, 23,000 paratroopers from the U.S. and Great Britain were dropped by aircraft and gliders. More than 5,000 ships were also used to support the invasion, also called “Operation Overlord.”

By daylight, the beach was under Allied control.

Today Warner Bros. Pictures released the new poster for Christopher Nolan’s epic action thriller, DUNKIRK, coming to IMAX and UK cinemas, July 21.

DUNKIRK stars Tom Hardy (“The Revenant,” “Mad Max: Fury Road,” “Inception”), Mark Rylance (“Bridge of Spies,” “Wolf Hall”), Kenneth Branagh (“My Week with Marilyn,” “Hamlet,” “Henry V”) and Cillian Murphy (“Inception,” “The Dark Knight” Trilogy), as well as newcomer Fionn Whitehead. The ensemble cast also includes Harry Styles (One Direction) making his feature film debut.

Christopher Nolan (“Interstellar,” “Inception,” “The Dark Knight” Trilogy) is directing DUNKIRK from his own original screenplay, utilizing a mixture of IMAX® and 65mm film to bring the story to the screen.

DUNKIRK opens as hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops are surrounded by enemy forces. Trapped on the beach with their backs to the sea they face an impossible situation as the enemy closes in.

On the first day of the evacuation, only 7,669 men were evacuated, but by the end of the eighth day, a total of 338,226 soldiers had been rescued by a hastily assembled fleet of over 800 boats. Many of the troops were able to embark from the harbour’s protective mole onto 39 British destroyers and other large ships, while others had to wade out from the beaches, waiting for hours in the shoulder-deep water. Some were ferried from the beaches to the larger ships by what came to be known as the little ships of Dunkirk, a flotilla of hundreds of merchant marine boats, fishing boats, pleasure craft, and lifeboats called into service for the emergency.

This movie is their story.

In May 2015, HRH Prince Michael of Kent joined veterans and pilgrims at The Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s (CWGC)Dunkirk Memorial to mark the 75th anniversary of the Allied evacuation of Dunkirk.

His Royal Highness is Honorary Admiral for The Association of Dunkirk Little Ships, who returned to Dunkirk to commemorate the significant role they played, alongside the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy, in the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in 1940 – codenamed Operation Dynamo.

Allied forces fighting to defend France against German forces during the early stages of the Second World War were forced back to the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940, where they were then evacuated across the Channel to England.

The film opens in the US in IMAX Theaters on July 21, 2017.

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