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Release Date: July 21st, 2017

DVD Release Date: December 19th, 2017

PG-13|1 hr 47 min

Plot Summary
In May 1940, Germany advanced into France, trapping Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk. Under air and ground cover from British and French forces, troops were slowly and methodically evacuated from the beach using every serviceable naval and civilian vessel that could be found. At the end of this heroic mission, 330,000 French, British, Belgian and Dutch soldiers were safely evacuated.

Cast: Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, James D'Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Kenneth Branagh

Director: Christopher Nolan

Genres: War, Historical drama

Production Co: IMAX Corporation, Warner Bros. Pictures

Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures

Keywords: 1940s, Inspiring, Quest, Intense, Temptation, Soldier, Escape, Sacrifice, Rescue, Survival, Gripping, Emotional

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Dunkirk Actors Reveal the Films Secretive Casting Process
'Dunkirk' Actors Reveal the Film's Secretive Casting Process
Director Christopher Nolan Discusses His Unusual Time Structure in Dunkirk
Director Christopher Nolan Discusses His Unusual Time Structure in 'Dunkirk'

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Ratings & Reviews

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  • 100
    Dana StevensSlate

    The swift-moving, pulse-pounding Dunkirk reveals its filmmaker at his most nimble, supple, and simple. show more

  • 100
    Todd McCarthyThe Hollywood Reporter

    Dunkirk is an impressionist masterpiece. These are not the first words you expect to see applied to a giant-budgeted summer entertainment made by one of the industry's most dependably commercial big-name directors. But this is a war film like few others, one that may employ a large and expensive canvas but that conveys the whole through isolated, brilliantly realized, often private moments more than via sheer spectacle, although that is here too. show more

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    Joe MorgensternWall Street Journal

    In Dunkirk, an astonishing evocation of a crucial event during the first year of World War II, Christopher Nolan has created something new in the annals of war films—an intimate epic. show more

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Awards

Nominated Best Director - Motion Picture
Golden Globes (2018)
Nominated Original Music
British Academy of Film & Television Arts (2018)
Nominated Production Design
British Academy of Film & Television Arts (2018)
Nominated Best Motion Picture - Drama
Golden Globes (2018)
Winner Sound
British Academy of Film & Television Arts (2018)
Nominated Best Original Score - Motion Picture
Golden Globes (2018)
Winner Editing
British Academy of Film & Television Arts (2018)
Nominated Cinematography
British Academy of Film & Television Arts (2018)
Nominated Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Screen Actors Guild Awards (2018)
Nominated Best Film
British Academy of Film & Television Arts (2018)
Nominated Director
British Academy of Film & Television Arts (2018)
Nominated Special Visual Effects
British Academy of Film & Television Arts (2018)
Nominated Directing
Oscars Academy Awards (2017)
Winner Sound Editing
Oscars Academy Awards (2017)
Winner Sound Mixing
Oscars Academy Awards (2017)
Nominated Production Design
Oscars Academy Awards (2017)
Winner Film Editing
Oscars Academy Awards (2017)
Nominated Best Picture
Oscars Academy Awards (2017)
Nominated Cinematography
Oscars Academy Awards (2017)
Nominated Music (Original Score)
Oscars Academy Awards (2017)