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Saturday January 13, 2018

    3:00 PM

Oscar Movie Encore- Darkest Hour
Saturday, January 13th at 3:30pm

Darkest Hour is a 2017 British war drama film directed by Joe Wright and written by Anthony McCarten. It stars Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill, and follows his early days as Prime Minister, as Hitler closes in on Britain during World War II. The film also stars Ben Mendelsohn, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane, and Ronald Pickup.

Gary Oldman's performance was lauded, with many critics noting it as one of the best of his career; he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama and was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role for his work. At the 71st British Academy Film Awards, the film received nine nominations, including Best Actor in a Leading Role for Oldman and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Scott Thomas.