After harrison ford completed star wars, he made the dubious decision to sandwich in a war romance before playing indiana jones. Submit data corrections for hanover street peter hyams on allmovie. Hanover street 1979 is a world war ii action, adventure movie starring harrison ford and lesleyanne down. Unfortunately its meant to be a love story set against a war. Read the hanover street movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Hanover street is a film directed by peter hyams with harrison ford, lesleyanne down, christopher plummer, alec mccowen, year. Rent hanover street 1979 starring harrison ford and lesleyanne down on dvd and bluray. At its heart, the movie wants to be both actionadventure and romance, but in doing so, the movie takes on a very schizophrenic approach and at times seems to almost splinter into two separate movies. I know, i know, i still need to get the cast names in there and ill be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line. These have ranged from historical recreations of the victorian london of charles dickens and sherlock holmes, to the romantic comedies of bridget joness diary and notting hill, by way of crime films, spy thrillers, science fiction and the swinging london films of the 1960s. In london during the second world war, lieutenant david halloran, an american b25 bomber pilot with the eighth air force based. Mankiewicz known for all about eve jeanne crain, linda darnell, ann southern premise three wives from a semiupperclass neighborhood receive a letter from a girlfriend who has just moved away from town. This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 1979 movies 1979.
Hanover street 1979 stream and watch online moviefone. Action director peter hyams is out of his element with this melodramatic world war ii drama, which consists mostly of an unlikely tryst between american soldier and british nurse. Though not a hit, it was liked as a study of a boygirl relationship. Filmed on location at the titular maryland naval academy, the story centers upon two sibling cadets, tony john derek and jim kevin mccarthy. It stars harrison ford, lesley anne down, and christopher plummer.
Its about these two men who are in love with the same woman and who have to work together to get out of nazi occupied france. First, the plot plays out like a bad soap opera thats missing a climax. Set in london during the second world war, lieutenant david halloran harrison ford an american bomber pilot serving with the eighth air force in the uk and margaret sellinger lesleyanne down a british nurse meet in hanover street in a chance encounter during an air raid. All harrison ford movies ranked by tomatometer movies ranked by tomatometer. Synopsis the faces are new and the settings uptodate, but otherwise an annapolis story is the triedandtrue two guys and one girl formula. Stanton, and stars pamela sue martin, parker stevenson and betsy slade. In this wwii romance, harrison ford facetoface with superstardom from his involvement in star wars is cast as david halloran, an american bomber pilot stationed in london. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes. The film received immense critical acclaim upon its release. The nearest train station to hanover street today is the oxford circus tube.
What peter hyams has achieved with hanover street, his new film about a wartime romance set in the london of 1943, is a movie that is almost as. He clashes with lieutenant colonel alan caldwell, the base provost marshal years earlier, austin and lynch were partners while serving as mps and. In an attempt to find something nice to say aside from harrison looks bangable ill say that it has nice sound. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in hanover street 1979. There are innumerable problems with hanover street. May 18, 1979 what peter hyams has achieved with hanover street, his new film about a wartime romance set in the london of 1943, is a movie that is almost as funny as woody allens whats up, tiger lily. In real life there was no such hanover street station, at least at the time the movie was set. Hanover street film wikimili, the best wikipedia reader.
Hangover square is a 1945 film noir directed by john brahm, based on the novel hangover square 1941 by patrick hamilton. Hanover street 1979 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. This is a solid visual treatment, but the image sometimes looks washed out, though this could be intentional to an extent. Harrison ford lesleyanne down original music by john barry. Our time also known as death of her innocence is a 1974 american drama film directed by peter hyams. Hanover street script transcript from the screenplay and.
Hanover street script transcript from the screenplay andor. The situation that theyre put in is somewhat creative but the execution of the idea was pretty lousy. Gungho american world war ii bomber pilot falls for an already married english rose during teatime rendezvous in wartorn hanover street. During an air raid, halloran meets and falls in love with beautiful briton margaret sellinger lesleyanne down. Christopher plummer, lesleyanne down, harrison ford. Hanover street is about wartime romance, a theme that i find underexploited in hollywood, and any movie starring harrison ford is almost always very good to excellent in my book. The story is set at a massachusetts school for girls in the 1950s. With no previous acting reference points for most audiences, ford was han solo, the glumly debonair and seductive space rogue who gave a dash. Not only that, margaret is never fleshed out as a character, so we dont even care about her. Rock hudson plays an american serving in the italian army during the war to end all wars more. Synopsis by hal erickson in this wwii romance, harrison ford facetoface with superstardom from his involvement in star wars is cast as david halloran, an american bomber pilot stationed in london. The ending, which i wont give away, is bittersweet, but enjoyable. The two instantly fall in love, despite the fact that the young nurse is. Released by varese sarabande club in 2009 vcl03091090 containing music from hanover street 1979.
This movie was made in 1979, soon after fords exploits as han solo in star wars 1977, whereupon i became a big fan of both. But im a fan of harrison ford as he was quite a hero in this late 1970s film. Throwback to all the wwii romantic hollywood films of the 1940s like waterloo bridge and this above all. Hanover street 1979 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. It is your typical two soldiers are vying for the same girl plot.
Hanover street is a 1979 angloamerican wartime romantic film, written and directed by peter hyams, and starring harrison ford, lesleyanne down and. Hanover street 1979 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. Margaret is a nurse in england during ww2, and married to a secret agent. At the presidio army base in san francisco, mp patti jean lynch is shot dead while investigating a breakin and two san francisco police officers are killed in the getaway. Wartorn europe is the setting for this romantic actionadventure about the fateful entanglements of two men in love with the same woman.
Hangover square film hangover square is a 1945 film noir directed by john brahm, based on the novel hangover square 1941 by patrick hamilton. In place of robert taylor and tyrone power we get an earnest but dull harrison ford this was shot in between the first two star wars films. Hanover street peter hyams data corrections allmovie. Presumably the fragile brief encounters of war had some. This game is interrupted by v2 rocket bombing, and a real, and intense, emotional bonding. Hanover street is a 1979 angloamerican wartime romantic film, written and directed by peter. Though the movies plot keeps david and paul from meeting for quite a while, hanover street finds a way to have their paths cross. The movie begins in london, with the american pilot alpha and the british nurse conning each other, trying to fake each other out for a place on a bus. The following day, hallorans squadron is sent to bomb rouen. Battle angel quotes an american tail mistake picture.
During the second world war, an american pilot stationed in england meets a young british nurse during an air raid on london. During an air raid, halloran meets and falls in love with beautiful briton. Rent hanover street 1979 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. In london during the second world war, lieutenant david halloran harrison ford, an american b25 bomber pilot with the eighth air force based in england, and margaret sellinger lesleyanne down an english nurse, meet on hanover street in a chance encounter during the blitz. Hanover street is a 1979 angloamerican wartime romantic film, written and directed by peter hyams, and starring harrison ford, lesleyanne down and christopher plummer. Hanover street 1979 bloopers, mistakes, errors in continuity, plot holes, anachronisms, spoilers and more.
Apr 06, 2009 hanover street soundtrack from 1979, composed by john barry. The film entitled hanover street was released in 1979. As often happens in this genre, david is assigned to fly a dangerous mission over occupied france to drop paul behind german lines. I saw this movie when i was 10 years old and was impressed by its pacing. What peter hyams has achieved with hanover street, his new film about a wartime romance set in the london of 1943, is a movie that is almost as funny as woody allens whats up, tiger lily. Heartfelt, smart, and just an overall good war film. I really liked the film as i am a huge fan of all three of these actors. Dahleez is a 1986 indian bollywood film directed by ravi chopra and produced by b. Sure, paul and halloran get stuck behind enemy lines together, but nothing much comes of it.
I saw some grain present here and there, though never too thick, save for a couple brief instances. Hanover street film culture wikia fandom powered by. I saw this movie when i was 10 years old and was impressed by its pacing, the plot twist, and the fact that in the end it is just as it is billed, a romantic war movie. In london during the second world war, lieutenant david halloran, an american b25 bomber pilot with the eighth air force based in england, and margaret sellinger an english nurse, meet on hanover street in a chance encounter.
Farewell to arms is the second film version of ernest hemingways world war one noveland also the last film produced by david o. Harrison ford, christopher plummer, lesleyanne down, william hootkins. They meet again two weeks later in a secret assignation in hanover street. The halloran role was originally to be played by kris kristofferson, but it is a testament to fords personality and acting that it is hard to imagine the movie as it was originally cast. Things get complicated when she falls for david, an american pilot.
Hanover street is a 1979 angloamerican wartime romantic film, written and directed by peter hyams and starring harrison ford, lesleyanne down and christopher plummer. Hanover street is reasonably effective as a war film with a love story background. If you like hanover street you are looking for humorous, semi serious and realistic movies about with secret mission, war, secret agents, romance, couple relations, love triangle and love and romance themes of action, adventure and drama genre shot in uk. Unless you had tremedous recall of all the bit roles in american grafitti or the conversation, the first time the world at large set their eyes on harrison ford was in the little indie that could. Nov 19, 2012 harrison ford lesleyanne down original music by john barry. Finally, the hanover street script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the movie starring harrison ford. Find out about all the goofs from hanover street 1979 on imdb. In london during the second world war, lieutenant david halloran, an american b25 bomber pilot with the eighth air force based in england, and margaret sellinger, an english nurse, meet on hanover street in a chance encounter. Hanover street 1979 pg 1h 49min action, adventure, drama september 1979 uk margaret is a nurse in england during ww2, and married to a secret agent. It stars meenakshi sheshadri, jackie shroff and raj babbar in lead roles along with smita patil, aruna irani, zarina wahab and shafi inamdar in supporting roles. In this wwii romance, harrison ford facetoface with superstardom from his involvement in star wars is cast as david halloran, an american bomber pilot. Hanover street is a 1979 angloamerican war film written and directed by peter hyams, starring harrison ford. The rest of the film is painted in the broadest strokes and it assumes you are going to go wherever it goes, no.
The movie opens in london in 1943 on hanover street. It is loosely based on the 1979 movie hanover street. While boarding a bus on hanover street, he meets an elegant english woman when she jumps ahead of him in line to board a bus. Released 1979, hanover street stars harrison ford, lesleyanne down, christopher plummer, alec mccowen the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 49 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. The planes starboard engine is hit, but the fire is put out. Jay austin, a san francisco police detective, is sent to investigate. You can watch hanover street online on videoondemand services netflix, hbo now, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in english. Jan 29, 2014 wartorn europe is the setting for this romantic actionadventure about the fateful entanglements of two men in love with the same woman. David halloran, is stationed in england near war stricken london. London has been used frequently both as a filming location and as a film setting. Hanover street a good movie nerfherders playground. Unfortunately, hanover street breaks no new ground. David halloran harrison ford, a courageous american.
Pedestrian, brooding wwii period film features stoic harrison ford. What peter hyams has achieved with hanover street, his new film about a wartime romance set in the london of 1943, is a movie that is. When i read the synopsis for the plot of pearl i thought of hanover street right away. Read the hanover street plot and find out who is in the cast and crew at. In the movie, lesleyanne down rushed out of a piccadilly line tube station called hanover street. In london during the second world war, lieutenant david halloran harrison ford, an american b25 bomber pilot with the eighth air force based in england, and margaret sellinger lesleyanne down an english nurse, meet on hanover street in a chance encounter during the blitz the following day, hallorans squadron is sent to bomb rouen. Aug 15, 2006 its not overly strong enough to support the length of the movie though. One of the movies ford chose was the world war ii romantic drama hanover street in the role of american bomber pilot david halloran who falls for married english nurse margaret sellinger. In the letter, the friend says she has run off with one of the three womens husbands. An american bomber pilot falls in love with a married nurse in london during the second world war, and later finds himself assigned with her husband on the same dangerous mission, leading to much. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of hanover street.
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