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The action begins as the Nazis - led by a camp Hitler in a dress (Alan Cumming) - plan an invasion of England. As Winston Churchill (Timothy Spall) plots an evacuation to Scot Land... somewhere in England's green and pleasant countryside, farmworker Chris (Ewan McGregor) is trying to win the heart of Daisy (Rosamund Pike) while rueing the fact that he can't fight for his country because his "hands are too big". When the Germans finally invade and blitz London, it falls to Chris and his countryside cohorts to come to the rescue and the raggle-taggle band head to Hadrian's Wall to seek help from the "bloodthirsty" Scots. Jackboots on Whitehall takes more than a few liberties with history and features an all star voice cast.
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United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Anamorphic Widescreen, Cast/Crew Interview(s), Featurette, Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: It's got a dose of Team America. A bit of Braveheart. Nazis invading London. And a whole host of laughs. With creative puppetry, a brilliant British cast including Ewan McGregor and Stephan Merchant and a sense of unashamedly British humour that draws on everything from Viz and 'Allo 'Allo - Jackboots On Whitehall is an entertaining and rebellious film for all to enjoy - or as we like to call it: Team America meets Inglorious Basterds! The action begins as the Nazis - led by the campest Hitler on record (Alan Cumming) - plan an invasion of England. As Winston Churchill (Timothy Spall) plots an evacuation to Scot Land... somewhere in England's green and pleasant countryside, farmworker Chris (Ewan McGregor) is trying to win the heart of Daisy (Rosamund Pike) while rueing the fact that he can't fight for his country because his "hands are too big". When the Germans hit town, it falls to Chris and his countryside cohorts to come to the rescue and the raggle-taggle band head to Hadrian's Wall to seek help from the "bloodthirsty" Scots. Jackboots on Whitehall takes more than a few liberties with history and features an all star voice cast. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: British Independent Film Awards, ...Jackboots on Whitehall
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This action figure-based film is not going to be a Team America clone though it does have its moments. I often tried to imagine the studio meeting synopsis for the first Ace Ventura film; why did they think it would work? Yet work it does. There must have been a similar moment with this film. One can admire so much (and the Nazi Bratz dolls were very droll) but it is an exercise in sustained eccentricity. It will divide its audience on the Marmite principle.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Angol
Format:DVD
An excellent film, well worth watching. The first few seconds makes one wonder, but within mintues its clear to see this is going to be an original film. While full of cliches, they are well applied and while this film wont make it into the big time, it will have a proud place among the growing genre of uniquely "British" animation films (Wallance and Gromet, etc), and the ending has a nice twist to it.
The directors also showed you dont need a massive budget to make an excellent film. This film never left me feeling bored, and may well leave you with a great smile on your face.
Upbeat and entertaining
The directors also showed you dont need a massive budget to make an excellent film. This film never left me feeling bored, and may well leave you with a great smile on your face.
Upbeat and entertaining
By David Miller
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
A brave attempt at comedy that fails on every level. Nowhere near as good as, for example, Team America.
Not worth the purchase price.
Not worth the purchase price.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
Ted
Good film until the DVD starts jumping and missing wholes scenes. Tried different players but same thing happens. Are they all the same or did I just get damaged goods? Read more
Published 12 months ago by Ted
2.0 out of 5 stars
Definitely not Team America standard.
The dvd by the appearance of the trailers and clips on the internet appears to be a barrel of laughs from beginning to end, sadly this is not the case, very from it. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Rachel
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not bad
Not bad...I do like this movie but...I would have liked to see the puppets a bit more animated. While Team America used puppets, Jackboots uses dolls. Read more
Published 23 months ago by South Western
1.0 out of 5 stars
Modelmaker imagines film.
My gosh, this looks fun, indeed a 'Team America meets Inglorious Basterds' says the easy blurb. Instead what you have here is a plethora of incredibly detailed models which are... Read more
Published on 19 May 2011 by Daniel Belton
4.0 out of 5 stars
Missing Battle Scene ?!
I cannot believe that my disk is not faulty ! I thought it was my dvd player acting up! I am really disappointed. Read more
Published on 16 May 2011 by Sleeping Beauty
4.0 out of 5 stars
Battle of Britain in one sixth scale
A great and funny debut movie from the Mchenry brothers.I loved the tanks and other r/c models! the main characters head sculpts were really excellent.
Published on 12 April 2011 by tigertank301
5.0 out of 5 stars
Jackboots on Whitehall
Superb alternative "what If" WWII history romp with puppets!
Hitler in a dress is priceless, as is the Churchill puppet!
Very funny and well made film.
Hitler in a dress is priceless, as is the Churchill puppet!
Very funny and well made film.
Published on 8 April 2011 by Leon Hosking
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not the complete movie on my copy!
Quite a fun little movie but the disc I received had a big problem. Around twelve minutes of the movie was missing, it jumped from before the battle to the aftermath. Read more
Published on 6 April 2011 by TWW
5.0 out of 5 stars
DVD HAS BEEN FIXED. FANTASTIC MOVIE!!!!!!!
I bought this movie a when it was first released and I too had problems with the DVD. I have since had a new one re issued to me and it is now working fine, no scenes missing. Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2011 by Bappy Buns
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Film .. Bad Disk
Great film to a little slow in the middle ... right up to the finale when a 15 min section of the film is missing!
It seems that Amazon have a bad batch of disks. Read more
It seems that Amazon have a bad batch of disks. Read more
Published on 27 Jan 2011 by DaveUK
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