Reliance Entertainment to release ‘1917’, on January 17, 2020 in India

Golden Globe favourite ‘1917’ by Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes, is an edge-of-the-seat war thriller

Mumbai, December 21, 2019: Anil D. Ambani led Reliance Entertainment is all set to release DreamWorks Pictures’ ‘1917’ on January 17, 2020, in India. The film is directed by Sam Mendes, the Oscar-winning director of 'Skyfall', 'Spectre' and 'American Beauty'.

‘1917’ tells the story of two young British soldiers at the height of the war starring George MacKay as Lance Corporal Schofield and Dean-Charles Chapman as Lance Corporal Blake who are given a seemingly impossible task to deliver a message deep in the heart of enemy territory that, if successful, would potentially save the lives of 1,600 British soldiers. For Blake, the assignment is deeply personal; his brother is one of the 1,600 men who will die if they fail.  

“I was always fascinated by the Great War, perhaps because my grandfather told me about it when I was very young, and perhaps also because at that stage of my life, I’m not sure I’d even registered the concept of war before,” Mendes says. “Our film is fiction, but certain scenes and aspects of it are drawn from stories he told me, and the ones told to him by his fellow soldiers. This simple kernel of an idea—of a single man carrying a message from one place to another—stayed with me and became the starting point for '1917'.”

'1917' is nominated in 3 categories, including Best Picture and Best Director, at the Golden Globe Awards 2020. The film was also nominated for Critics' Choice Awards, Art Directors Guild Awards, Satellite Awards, Seattle Film Critics Society, St. Louis Film Critics Association, Detroit Film Critics Society, San Diego and has also been recognized by several groups as one of the best films of the year.

'1917' has also won several awards in different categories at Art Directors Guild Awards, National Board of Review, Philadelphia Film Critics Circle and San Diego Film Critics Society.

DreamWorks Pictures and Reliance Entertainment present, in association with New Republic Pictures, a Neal Street production, produced in association with Mogambo, a Sam Mendes film: 1917, starring George MacKay, Dean-Charles Chapman, with Colin Firth and Benedict Cumberbatch. '1917' is directed by Sam Mendes. A Reliance Entertainment release in India, the film will hit the big screens on January 17, 2020.

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‘1917’ Film  Accolades:

Golden Globes

1917 was nominated in the following categories:

·  Best Motion Picture – Drama

·  Best Director – Motion Picture (Sam Mendes)

·  Best Original Score – Motion Picture (Thomas Newman)

American Film Institute’s 2019 Top 10 Movies of the Year

·  1917 - win

National Board of Review

1917 won in the following category:

·  Included on the list of the top 10 films of 2019

·  Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography (Roger Deakins)

Critics’ Choice Awards

1917 was nominated in the following categories:

·  Best Picture

·  Best Director – Sam Mendes

·  Best Cinematography – Roger Deakins

·  Best Production Design – Dennis Gassner, Lee Sandales

·  Best Editing – Lee Smith

·  Best Score – Thomas Newman

·  Best Visual Effects

·  Best Action Movie

Art Directors Guild Awards

1917 was nominated in the following categories:

·  Period Film (Production Designer: Dennis Gassner)

Satellite Awards

1917 was nominated in the following categories:

·  Motion Picture, Drama

·  Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama – George MacKay

·  Director – Sam Mendes

·  Original Score – Thomas Newman

·  Cinematography – Roger Deakins

·  Film Editing – Lee Smith

·  Sound (Editing and Mixing) – Oliver Tarney, Stuart Wilson, Scott Millan, Mark Taylor

·  Art Direction and Production Design – Dennis Gassner, Lee Sandales

The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association

1917 won in the following category:

·  Best Cinematography – Roger Deakins

1917 was nominated in the following categories:

·  Best Film

·  Best Director – Sam Mendes

·  Best Production Design – Dennis Gassner, Lee Sandales

·  Best Cinematography – Roger Deakins

·  Best Editing – Lee Smith

·  Best Original Score – Thomas Newman

Seattle Film Critics Society

1917 was nominated in the following categories:

·  Best Picture

·  Best Cinematography – Roger Deakins

·  Best Production Design – Dennis Gassner, Lee Sandales

·  Best Film Editing – Lee Smith

·  Best Original Score – Thomas Newman

·  Best Visual Effects

·  Best Action Choreography

Southeastern Film Critics Association

1917 was nominated in the following categories:

·  Best Cinematography – Roger Deakins

·  #5 on the list of the top 10 films of 2019

St. Louis Film Critics Association

1917 was nominated in the following categories:

·  Best Picture

·  Best Director – Sam Mendes

·  Best Cinematography – Roger Deakins

·  Best Editing – Lee Smith

·  Best Production Design – Dennis Gassner

·  Best Visual Effects

·  Best Music Score – Thomas Newman

·  Best Action Film

Philadelphia Film Critics Circle

1917 won in the following category:

·  Runner-up: Best Cinematography – Roger Deakins

Detroit Film Critics Society

1917 was nominated in the following categories:

·  Best Use of Music

San Diego Film Critics Society

1917 won in the following category:

·  Best Production Images – Dennis Gassner

1917 was nominated in the following categories:

·  Best Picture

·  Best Director – Sam Mendes

·  Best Cinematography – Roger Deakins

·  Best Production Images – Dennis Gassner

·  Best Visual Effects

Hollywood Critics Association Awards

1917 was nominated in the following categories:

·  Best Picture

·  Best Cinematography (Roger Deakins)

·  Best Editing (Lee Smith)

·  Best Score (Thomas Newman)

·  Best Visual Effects

·  Best Stunt Work

·  Best Action/War Film