Think Of England – The new British satirical drama has finished filming

Ronni Ancona, Ben Bela Böhm, Natalie Quarry, Ollie Maddigan, John McCrea, Oscar Hoppe – Photo Credit – Vianney Le Caer
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Principal photography has wrapped on THINK OF ENGLAND, a unique satirical drama from Bafta-nominated writer/director Richard Hawkins (Theory of Flight, Everything).

Set in the run-up to the Allied invasion of France, two British film projects are commissioned at the very highest level. On one, Churchill himself insists that Laurence Olivier immediately embark upon a lavish production of Shakespeare’s Henry V, securing for him a state-of-the-art, 3-strip Technicolour camera and all of the available film stock…

This is the story of the other…

It’s the summer of 1943. A small and very disparate group of people arrive on a remote Orkney island beach tasked with a top secret mission – the making of pornographic films for the boys at the front. For who knows how long this war still has to run, and fighting morale – as we learned only too well from the last one – is everything.

So then, a very war-damaged former movie star; a celebrated German film-director; a munitions-machinist-come-aspiring-actress; an Etonian captain from the Ministry of Information; an aging, alcoholic hair-and-makeup artist; a young lad, as innocent as can be and right on the very threshold of war’s bloodbath. Oh, and a half-starved and very ragged Luftwaffe pilot, watching on from afar …

Natalie Quarry
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THINK OF ENGLAND stars an exciting ensemble cast including Jack Bandeira (Lockwood & Co), Natalie Quarry (Call The Midwife), John McCrea (Cruella), Ronni Ancona (Big Impression), Ben Bela Böhm (Angels & Demons), Ollie Maddigan (The Olive Boy) and Oscar Hoppe (Munich: The Edge of War).

Produced by father-daughter duo, Nick O’Hagan (The Good Liar, The Serpent Queen) and Poppy O’Hagan (Worm, Good Boy) of Giant Films, THINK OF ENGLAND is executive produced by Geoffrey Freeman of High Street Films, Andrew Wood and Lucas Wood-Oliván. For all rights, contact Giant Films – sales@giantfilms.com. Shooting recently took place at Shinfield Studios in Reading and on location on Anglesey in North Wales.

Ben Bela Böhm, Jack Bandeira, John McCrea, Ollie Maddigan – Photo Credit – Vianney Le Caer
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The film’s creative team includes Cinematographer Sarah Cunningham (The Banishing), Production Designer Chris Richmond (The Amazing Mr Blunden), Costume Designer Nadia Dunn-Hill (Wimbledon), Hair & Make-up Designer Alexis Arenas (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan) with casting by Matt Sheppard (Boiling Point).

“No matter how tough indie filmmaking can get, we would always remind ourselves what a privilege it is to bring such unique stories to life.” – Poppy O’Hagan

“Very excited to have completed principle photography on Think Of England. 7 extraordinary narratives, 4 cinematic grammars, 3 different media, 2 aspect ratios, 1 entire film! All in the can!” – Richard Hawkins

THINK OF ENGLAND was made working in collaboration with Amelia Price of Sustainable Film to progress carbon-conscious filmmaking.