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kobvindex_INT0005276
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1 DVD video (92 minutes) :
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sound, colour ;
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12 cm.
Content:
MACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE:
"Brexit: The Uncivil War (simply Brexit in the US) is a 2019 British television drama film written by James Graham and directed by Toby Haynes. It depicts the lead-up to the 2016 referendum through the activities of the strategists behind the Vote Leave campaign, that prompted the United Kingdom to exit the European Union, known as Brexit. It aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom on 7 January, and aired on HBO in the United States on 19 January. Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Dominic Cummings, the Campaign Director of the official designated Brexit-supporting group, Vote Leave.
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In 2020, at a (fictional) public inquiry, a frustrated Dominic Cummings attempts to explain that they have no understanding of the way in which technology is reshaping politics, and therefore society, in the United Kingdom. In 2015, Cummings rejects an offer by UKIP MP Douglas Carswell and political strategist Matthew Elliott to lead the Vote Leave campaign due to his contempt for 'Westminister politics', but accepts when Carswell promises Cummings full control. Cummings decides to use social media and the internet as the marketing rather the traditional campaign of posters and phone-calls/leaflets delivered by local MPs."
Content:
MACHINE-GENERATED SUMMARY NOTE:
"'Everyone knows who won. But not everyone knows how.' The result of the Brexit referendum in the summer of 2016 caused a political earthquake that laid waste to the normally stable British establishment and sent political tremors across the world. This punchy and provocative feature length drama goes exclusively behind the scenes of the 'Vote Leave' campaign, unpacking the personalities, strategies, and feuds of the winning side, and exploring the new world of data driven campaign tactics.
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Dominic Cummings and Rory Kinnear as Craig Oliver, BREXIT: THE UNCIVIL WAR is written by playwright James Graham, taking inspiration from All Out War by Tim Shipman (the Sunday Times political editor), Unleashing Demons: The Inside Story of Brexit by Craig Oliver (former Number 10 Communications Director), and is directed by Emmy award-winning Toby Haynes.
BREXIT: THE UNCIVIL WAR is not an analysis of who was right and who was wrong. It is the story of how it happened, and why -- on the high street, in the campaign offices, and the darker corners of the internet. A drama of political ambition and personal betrayals with nation-changing results."
Note:
EDITORIAL NOTE: based on:
* All out war : the full story of how Brexit sank Britain's political class / by Tim Shipman. London : William Collins, 2016.
* Unleashing demons : the inside story of Brexit / by Craig Oliver. London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2016.
Language:
English
Keywords:
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