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Film · 2015

Dad's Army

Directed by Oliver Parker · starring Mark Tandy, Bill Nighy and Emily Atack

  • 1 h 40 min
  • PG
  • Comedy
  • UK
  • Released in the UK 4 February 2016
  • 7.0 Users1 vote
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Synopsis

'Dad's Army' is a British war comedy film. Is set in 1944, when World War II is coming to an end come to an end. In the fictional town of Walminton-on-Sea, a small squad of volunteer soldiers who were rejected for active military service, the group tries to overcome the situation coinciding with the arrival of an attractive German journalist and a German spy. The film is directed by Oliver Parker ('The Importance of Being Earnest ') and starring Bill Nighy (" A Matter of Time "), Catherine Zeta-Jones (' Side Effects'), Toby Jones (Captain America: The winter Soldier ',' Serena '), Michael Gambon (' Paddington ',' A casual vacancy '), among others. Is based on the BBC television sitcom 'Dad's Army'.

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The essentials

Runtime
100 min1 hour and 40 minutes
Box office
£7.7min UK
Rating
PGParental guidance
How long is Dad's Army?
1 hour and 40 minutes (100 minutes).
When was Dad's Army released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 4 February 2016.
Who directed Dad's Army?
Oliver Parker.
Who is in Dad's Army?
It stars Mark Tandy, Bill Nighy, Emily Atack and Michael Gambon.
Where can I watch Dad's Army?
In the UK you can watch it on rent on Apple TV and Prime Video.
How much did Dad's Army make?
It took £7.7 million in UK.
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Cast

Full cast (17)
Director
Oliver Parker
Writers
Hamish McColl
Producers
Alan Parker

Videos and trailers

See the video
'Dad's Army' trailer 1:0226 January 2016

Photos and posters

All 6 photos

Reviews

7.0 1 vote

Box office

Weekend by weekend
  • UK £7.7m

Soundtrack

All 4 songs
  1. Moonlight SerenadeGlenn Miller, His Orchestra, Published EMI Music Publishing, EMI Robbins Catalogue Inc Spotify
  2. Auf Wiedersehen Mr HitlerAdditional lyrics, Oliver Parker Spotify
  3. Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr Hitler?Published Veronica Music Ltd Spotify
  4. The Ride of the ValkyriesRichard Wagner Spotify

Trivia

All 7 facts

  • There are two actors brought back from the original television cast: Ian Lavender, promoted from Private Pike to Brigadier Pritchard; and Frank Williams, repeating his role as Rev Timothy Farthing.

  • The sign above the Pawnbrokers shop reads 'Croft and Perry Pawnbrokers' as a tribute/in joke as David Croft and Jimmy Perry wrote the TV series the film is based on.

  • 3 of the titular characters all played a part in the Harry Potter saga. Michael Gambon played Dumbledore, Toby Jones voiced the house elf Dobby and Bill Nighy played Scrimgeour. However none of them share any scenes together.

  • Currently filming in Bridlington East Yorkshire.

  • John Le Mesurier, the actor who played Sergeant Wilson in the original TV series, was for a time in the same class as Alan Turing (subject of "The Imitation Game") at Sherborne School, Dorset.

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