26/04/2018
Ebenezer Presents Film Showing Sunday 29th April.
Ebenezer is proud to present the critically acclaimed 2017 film of R.C. Sherriff's classic play, Journey's End with it's producer, Guy de Beaujeu to introduce and take Q&A.
This taut, handsome historical drama is set in March 1918 as C-Company, led by a war-weary Captain Stanhope (Sam Claflin) arrives in northern France to face the last major German offensive of the War.
As our guest, producer Guy de Beaujeu says, 'When I first read the play of Journey’s End I was immediately struck by its humanity. It is not so much a war play as a drama in a war setting. It humanised the soldiers it depicted, showing them as rounded, believable characters – these were not supermen, but ordinary people caught up in extraordinary and horrifying events."
Told that a German attack is imminent, Stanhope drowns his fears in whisky whilst the officers (Paul Bettany, Stephen Graham, Tom Sturridge) and their cook (Toby Jones) attempt to distract themselves in their dugout with talk of food and life before war...
They are joined by young Raleigh (Asa Butterfield), who had begged his uncle - a general - for the chance to serve at the front. He discovers the trenches are filthy and rat-infested. As for his fellow officers, they’re a million miles from the cheerful, gallant warriors he had expected...
Guy de Beaujeu is a producer and writer, known for Journey's End (2017), Private Peaceful (2012) and What You Will (2012).
He lives in Somerset and his father served in the Army throughout his working life.
Sunday 29th April
Doors open at 6 for a 6.30 start
AT... The Ebenezer,
in The Seed Factory,
Aller, Somerset TA10 0QN
***
10 pounds on the door. Includes a glass of wine or juice and snackettes. 5 pounds for students under 23 & all under 18s.
To RSVP, please email [email protected].
link to trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkDTlxBOBtM