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Young Winston
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by RCA Columbia Pictures Home Video
Sales Rank: 4231
Price: $19.98
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They don't make movies like this anymore, and that's a sad fact. The movie recounts Winston Churchhill's life before he entered politics, and boy what a life he led before his 25th birthday! If Winston had never entered politics, he would still have gone down in history as a noted soldier/writer. <br /> <br />Winston saw it all. He was there in the 1897 punitive expidition on the northwest frontier of India when the area went up in flames. He was there too in 1898 in the Sudan when the Viceroy of India, Lord Herbert Kitchener, decided to take back Khartoum from the Mahdi forces, who 13 years earlier had taken Khartoum and killed General Gordon. During this campaign, Winston took part in the last charge of British cavalry! He was there in the Boer War (1899-1901). While helping British soldiers retreat from a Boer commando trap, Winston was captured, but subsequently escaped. Unknown to Winston during the time he was running from the Boers, his escape had turned him into a world celebrity. All the papers from America to Europe were speculating as to the fate of the young Winston. Those papers on the British side of the war were hoping his escape was successful, while those who favored the Boers were hoping for his re-capture. After three weeks on the run, Winston crossed into East-Portuguese territory and FREEDOM! Needless to say, when he ran for a second time for public office, he won, and Winston started the second part of his life, which is the part the history books and television shows like to concentrate on. <br /> <br />
Viewer Reviews
Young Winston is the story of Winston Churchill. It begins with him being sent off to school at about six, but spends much of its time with him as a young officer in the British Army. The best part to me was the episode during the Boar where he was captured and then escaped. I've been to the spot where he was captured and it was rendered very well in the movie. Indeed it was to see this event that I bought the movie and I was not dissappointed.
Although he had a craving for publicity and perhaps over stated his own abilities, he was certainly no coward.
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