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* LastRequest: [[spoiler:As he lays dying from his head wound, George mentions that he'd [[IJustWantToBeSpecial always wanted to be featured]] in the paper for something. The morning after the ''Moonstone'' gets back, his friend Peter goes to the town newspaper and tells them about the local boy who died helping the men get home from Dunkirk, after which they publish a story calling him a hero.]]
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* LastRequest: [[spoiler:As he lays dying from his head wound, George mentions that he'd [[IJustWantToBeSpecial always wanted to be featured]] in the paper for something. The morning after the ''Moonstone'' gets back, his friend Peter goes to the town newspaper and tells them about the local boy who died helping the men get home from Dunkirk, after which they publish a story calling him a hero.]]
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Mr. Dawson, Peter and his friend George rescue a shell-shocked soldier from the sea. The soldier later panics when he learns that they're heading towards Dunkirk, and attempts to forcibly take control of the ship. In the struggle, [[spoiler:he injures George, who later dies.]]
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Mr. Dawson, Peter Peter, and his friend George rescue a shell-shocked soldier from the sea. The soldier later panics when he learns that they're heading towards Dunkirk, and attempts to forcibly take control of the ship. In the struggle, [[spoiler:he injures George, who later dies.]]
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** [[spoiler:George heroically chooses to go help evacuate soldiers despite only being seventeen and perseveres, despite his friend's increasing panic at the fact they are risking their lives, but only really manages to rescue Cillian Murphy's character before dying rather anticlimactically soon after a fall in a struggle with the latter. His friend, at least, manages to get him remembered as a local hero in the newspapers.]]
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** [[spoiler:George heroically chooses to go help evacuate soldiers despite only being seventeen and perseveres, despite his friend's increasing panic at the fact they are risking their lives, but only really manages to help rescue Cillian Murphy's character before dying rather anticlimactically soon after a fall after, when he is knocked below decks in a struggle with the latter. His friend, at least, manages Peter does manage to get him remembered as a local hero in the newspapers.]]
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''Dunkirk'' is a 2017 UsefulNotes/WorldWarII film written and directed by Creator/ChristopherNolan about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation Operation Dynamo]] -- the evacuation in late May 1940 of the British Expeditionary Force and remnants of the French First Army by sea with the help of just about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ships_of_Dunkirk any floating vessel]] that could be sent there, as these armies were completely surrounded by [[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons German forces]] in the eponymous coastal city of Dunkirk ("Dunkerque" in French) after being completely outmaneuvered in Belgium following a surprise German offensive in Northern France.
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''Dunkirk'' is a 2017 UsefulNotes/WorldWarII film written and directed by Creator/ChristopherNolan about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation Operation Dynamo]] -- the evacuation in late May 1940 of the [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships British Expeditionary Force Force]] and remnants of the [[UsefulNotes/GaulsWithGrenades French First Army Army]] by sea with the help of just about [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ships_of_Dunkirk any floating vessel]] that could be sent there, as these armies were completely surrounded by [[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons German forces]] in the eponymous coastal city of Dunkirk ("Dunkerque" in French) after being completely outmaneuvered in Belgium following a surprise German offensive in Northern France.UsefulNotes/{{France}}.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Dutch captain is last heard yelling “Abandon ship!” but isn’t seen after that. Due to him not being seen onboard the nearest vessel, it could be an UncertainDoom.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Mr. Dawson says that he knew that his son, an Air Force pilot, would get them through. This teases the idea that Tom Hardy's character, whom we've seen shoot down half a dozen German planes, is Dawson's son. However, soon afterwards, Dawson's other son reveals that his brother was already killed in action. Dawson was speaking about his son's spirit.
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* BaitAndSwitch: When Collins asks Mr. Dawson how he knew what the German plane would do, Dawson says that he knew that his son, an Air Force pilot, would get them through. This teases the idea that Tom Hardy's character, whom we've seen shoot down half Collins turns to Peter Dawson, only a dozen German planes, few years short of getting recruited, and is Dawson's son. However, soon afterwards, Dawson's other son reveals understandly confused. Peter clarifies that his brother brother, a Hurricane pilot for the RAF, was already killed in action. Dawson was speaking about his son's spirit.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: [[ArtisticLicenseHistory/{{Dunkirk}} Has its own page]].
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: [[ArtisticLicenseHistory/{{Dunkirk}} Has ArtisticLicenseHistory:
** [[https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2017/jul/26/bloodless-boring-empty-christopher-nolan-dunkirk-left-me-cold This article]] outlines several, including the paucity of [[ChromosomeCasting female characters]], downplaying the role of the naval destroyers in the evacuation (and conversely overstating the importance of the civilian crafts), the limited scale of the film owing to Nolan's preference for PracticalEffects over CGI, and a perceived over-dramatization of the historical record (including a quote from a veteran who was at Dunkirk in 1940: "You had the impression of people standing waiting for a bus. There was no pushing or shoving.").
** The weather was famously calm and still during the evacuation, unlike the overcast and drizzly weather as depicted in the film (a device to increase the dramatic tension for the pleasure boats and other small craft, according to Nolan).
** The Stukas had their noses painted yellow a month ''after'' the battle of Dunkirk, when gearing up for the Battle of Britain.
** The destroyer that gets torpedoed carries designation D36. Since her silhouette conforms to a V-class destroyer, this should be HMS ''Vivacious'', which was indeed involved in Operation Dynamo. While getting the correct V-class destroyer in the movie could count as ShownTheirWork, as could a destroyer getting torpedoed, they were in fact [[CompositeCharacter different ships]]: a U-boat got HMS ''Grafton'' (hull number H39), while torpedo boats sank HMS ''Wakeful'' and FS ''Siroco''.
** In Churchill's speech near the end of the film, the line about "a victory inside this deliverance" is taken out of context so that it implicitly refers to the whole successful evacuation. In truth, the next sentence was, "It was gained by the Air Force," followed by three paragraphs defending the Air Force from those who "saw only the bombers which escaped itsown page]].protective attack" and presaging their importance in what would become the Battle of Britain. The RAF's role in the Dunkirk evacuation tends to be forgotten because the worst of the air combat took place much further inland, and significant parts of the record were classified until very recently.
** Some 1980s buildings and beach pavilions of Dunkirk can be seen behind the dunes.
** [[https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2017/jul/26/bloodless-boring-empty-christopher-nolan-dunkirk-left-me-cold This article]] outlines several, including the paucity of [[ChromosomeCasting female characters]], downplaying the role of the naval destroyers in the evacuation (and conversely overstating the importance of the civilian crafts), the limited scale of the film owing to Nolan's preference for PracticalEffects over CGI, and a perceived over-dramatization of the historical record (including a quote from a veteran who was at Dunkirk in 1940: "You had the impression of people standing waiting for a bus. There was no pushing or shoving.").
** The weather was famously calm and still during the evacuation, unlike the overcast and drizzly weather as depicted in the film (a device to increase the dramatic tension for the pleasure boats and other small craft, according to Nolan).
** The Stukas had their noses painted yellow a month ''after'' the battle of Dunkirk, when gearing up for the Battle of Britain.
** The destroyer that gets torpedoed carries designation D36. Since her silhouette conforms to a V-class destroyer, this should be HMS ''Vivacious'', which was indeed involved in Operation Dynamo. While getting the correct V-class destroyer in the movie could count as ShownTheirWork, as could a destroyer getting torpedoed, they were in fact [[CompositeCharacter different ships]]: a U-boat got HMS ''Grafton'' (hull number H39), while torpedo boats sank HMS ''Wakeful'' and FS ''Siroco''.
** In Churchill's speech near the end of the film, the line about "a victory inside this deliverance" is taken out of context so that it implicitly refers to the whole successful evacuation. In truth, the next sentence was, "It was gained by the Air Force," followed by three paragraphs defending the Air Force from those who "saw only the bombers which escaped its
** Some 1980s buildings and beach pavilions of Dunkirk can be seen behind the dunes.
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* AnachronicOrder: Each of the three scenarios (Mole, Sea, and Air) are told in straight chronological order, but since they have different time frames (one week, one day and one hour respectively), this effect is produced. One example: the shipwreck survivor played by Cillian Murphy's first scene in the movie is him being rescued by Mr. Dawson, but his first scene chronologically is as a soldier on the beach, manning a lifeboat in the scene when the destroyer is sunk. Likewise, the first time we see the Dutch trawler, seen by the RAF pilots, it's capsized and sinking in the middle of the channel. The film then shows how it got out there in the first place from Tommy's POV.
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* AnachronicOrder: Each of the three scenarios (Mole, Sea, and Air) are told in straight chronological order, but since they have different time frames (one week, one day and one hour respectively), this effect is produced. One example: the shipwreck survivor played by Cillian Murphy's first scene in the movie is him being rescued by Mr. Dawson, but his first scene chronologically is as a soldier on the beach, manning a lifeboat in the scene when the destroyer is sunk. Likewise, the first time we see the blue Dutch trawler, seen by the RAF pilots, it's capsized and sinking in the middle of the channel. The film then shows how it got out there in the first place from Tommy's POV.
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* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: While Alex and Tommy go dutifully into the hold of the British destroyer, Gibson cannily stays outside. Soon the destroyer is torpedoed and starts heeling over rapidly. Gibson has one leg over the railing, about to jump for it, when he looks up at the cargo hatch for the compartment where Alex and Tommy are drowning. After a moment's hesitation, he clambers back up and opens the hatch, freeing them both.
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* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: ConscienceMakesYouGoBack:
** While Alex and Tommy go dutifully into the hold of the British destroyer, Gibson cannily stays outside. Soon the destroyer is torpedoed and starts heeling over rapidly. Gibson has one leg over the railing, about to jump for it, when he looks up at the cargo hatch for the compartment where Alex and Tommy are drowning. After a moment's hesitation, he clambers back up and opens the hatch, freeing themboth.both.
** Farrier has turned his Spitfire around because he must, in order to get back to England with what fuel he has left. He then sees a German plane bearing down on a British ship. He looks at the note on his instrument panel, about how much gas he had left. He sighs, takes a long {{Beat}}, and then turns around to engage the German plane.
** While Alex and Tommy go dutifully into the hold of the British destroyer, Gibson cannily stays outside. Soon the destroyer is torpedoed and starts heeling over rapidly. Gibson has one leg over the railing, about to jump for it, when he looks up at the cargo hatch for the compartment where Alex and Tommy are drowning. After a moment's hesitation, he clambers back up and opens the hatch, freeing them
** Farrier has turned his Spitfire around because he must, in order to get back to England with what fuel he has left. He then sees a German plane bearing down on a British ship. He looks at the note on his instrument panel, about how much gas he had left. He sighs, takes a long {{Beat}}, and then turns around to engage the German plane.
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* ActionSurvivor: The BEF soldiers in the "Mole" storyline are simply young kids who want to stay alive with no heroics. {{Lampshaded}} by the Blind Man manning a soup line in Dorset at the end of the film:
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* ActionSurvivor: The BEF soldiers in the "Mole" storyline are simply young kids who want to stay alive with no heroics. {{Lampshaded}} {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by the Blind Man manning a soup line in Dorset at the end of the film:
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--> '''Winnant:''' What do you see?
--> '''Bolton:''' [''[[ManlyTears with tears welling in his eyes]]''] Home.
--> '''Bolton:''' [''[[ManlyTears with tears welling in his eyes]]''] Home.
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'''Bolton:''' [''[[ManlyTears with tears welling in his eyes]]''] Home.
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* IChooseToStay: {{Downplayed}} since it's only temporary, but Admiral Bolton chooses to remain behind after the British are evacuated in order to see to the evacuation of the Allied rearguard.
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* IChooseToStay: {{Downplayed}} {{Downplayed|Trope}} since it's only temporary, but Admiral Bolton chooses to remain behind after the British are evacuated in order to see to the evacuation of the Allied rearguard.
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"He's dead, mate." Spoken by a soldier when it turns out that George has died below deck.]]
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* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:The "shivering soldier" accidentally kills George via head trauma.]]
* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:Gibson wanted to escape France by stealing an Englishman's identity. Despite his best efforts, he is drowned on the Dutch merchant vessel.]]
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* DarkestHour: One of the darkest in modern history; UsefulNotes/NaziGermany is days away from seizing total control of Western Europe. The British Expeditionary Force and the French First Army are in full retreat, trapped in a fishing city on the edge of the continent. Their capture or death would leave nothing to halt the invasion of Great Britain, and would signify the end of viable opposition to UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler's plans.
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* DarkestHour: One TheMovie, pretty much. The film ''starts'' bad [[FromBadToWorse and gets worse]]. The Dunkirk evacuation is noted as being part of one of the darkest in modern history; history: UsefulNotes/NaziGermany is days away from seizing total near-total control of Western Europe. The British Expeditionary Force and the French First Army are in full retreat, trapped in a fishing city on the edge of the continent. Their capture or death would leave nothing to halt the invasion of Great Britain, and would signify the end of viable opposition to UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler's plans. At the film's end, several of the characters are [[HeroicBSOD utterly convinced]] that the ground invasion of Britain is imminent, and that people will spit at them in the streets. The audience knows this isn't the case, but the characters don't.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} "At the point of crisis, at the point of annihilation, survival is victory."]]'']]
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survival is victory."]]'']]
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The cast includes Creator/FionnWhitehead as BEF soldier Tommy, Music/HarryStyles (in his acting debut) as Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders BEF soldier Alex, Creator/AneurinBarnard as Gibson, Creator/TomHardy as RAF pilot Farrier, Creator/CillianMurphy as a BEF soldier, Creator/KennethBranagh as Royal Navy Commander Bolton, Creator/MarkRylance as Mr. Dawson, Creator/TomGlynnCarney as Peter Dawson, and Creator/JamesDArcy as BEF Colonel Winnant. It was filmed on the actual location, with some actual vessels that were used during the evacuation.
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The cast includes Creator/FionnWhitehead as BEF soldier Tommy, Music/HarryStyles (in his acting debut) as Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders BEF soldier Alex, Creator/AneurinBarnard as Gibson, Creator/TomHardy as RAF pilot Farrier, Creator/CillianMurphy as a BEF soldier, Creator/KennethBranagh as Royal Navy Commander Bolton, Creator/MarkRylance as Mr. Dawson, Creator/TomGlynnCarney as Peter Dawson, and Creator/JamesDArcy as BEF Colonel Winnant. It was filmed on the actual location, location of the events, with some actual vessels that were used during the evacuation.
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* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Anyone who appreciates men who are beautiful and British is in for a treat, as not even the horrors of war can tarnish the appeal of a cast that includes Creator/FionnWhitehead, Creator/AneurinBarnard, Creator/JackLowden, Tom Glynn-Carney, Creator/TomHardy and of course, Music/HarryStyles.
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* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Anyone who appreciates men who are beautiful and British is in for a treat, as not even the horrors of war can tarnish the appeal of a cast that includes Creator/FionnWhitehead, Creator/AneurinBarnard, Creator/JackLowden, Tom Glynn-Carney, Creator/TomGlynnCarney, Creator/TomHardy and of course, Music/HarryStyles.
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The cast includes Creator/FionnWhitehead as BEF soldier Tommy, Music/HarryStyles (in his acting debut) as Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders BEF soldier Alex, Creator/AneurinBarnard as Gibson, Creator/TomHardy as RAF pilot Farrier, Creator/CillianMurphy as a BEF soldier, Creator/KennethBranagh as Royal Navy Commander Bolton, Creator/MarkRylance as Mr. Dawson, and Creator/JamesDArcy as BEF Colonel Winnant. It was filmed on the actual location, with some actual vessels that were used during the evacuation.
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The cast includes Creator/FionnWhitehead as BEF soldier Tommy, Music/HarryStyles (in his acting debut) as Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders BEF soldier Alex, Creator/AneurinBarnard as Gibson, Creator/TomHardy as RAF pilot Farrier, Creator/CillianMurphy as a BEF soldier, Creator/KennethBranagh as Royal Navy Commander Bolton, Creator/MarkRylance as Mr. Dawson, Creator/TomGlynnCarney as Peter Dawson, and Creator/JamesDArcy as BEF Colonel Winnant. It was filmed on the actual location, with some actual vessels that were used during the evacuation.
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* ThousandYardStare: The soldier rescued from the stern of the ship sunk by the u-boat. The father even notes that he has the classic symptoms of shell shock.
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* "The Mole" [[note]]not TheMole, rather [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_(architecture) this kind of mole]][[/note]], set on the beaches of Dunkirk over a period of one week, and focusing on three British soldiers (Tommy, Alex, and Gibson) and their attempts to get home.
* "The Sea", set in the Channel over a period of one day, with pleasure boater Mr. Dawson, his teenage son, and assistant George taking to the seas to assist in the evacuation.
* "The Air", set over a period of one hour, with RAF pilots Farrier and Collins flying a sortie over the channel to protect the evacuation.
* "The Sea", set in the Channel over a period of one day, with pleasure boater Mr. Dawson, his teenage son, and assistant George taking to the seas to assist in the evacuation.
* "The Air", set over a period of one hour, with RAF pilots Farrier and Collins flying a sortie over the channel to protect the evacuation.
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* "The Mole" Mole," [[note]]not TheMole, rather [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_(architecture) this kind of mole]][[/note]], mole]][[/note]] set on the beaches of Dunkirk over a period of one week, and focusing on three British soldiers (Tommy, Alex, and Gibson) and their attempts to get home.
* "TheSea", Sea," set in the Channel over a period of one day, with pleasure boater Mr. Dawson, his teenage son, and assistant George taking to the seas to assist in the evacuation.
* "TheAir", Air," set over a period of one hour, with RAF pilots Farrier and Collins flying a sortie over the channel to protect the evacuation.
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* "The
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* AndStarring: An unusual case where three cast members get separate "With" credits before finishing off with the "And". As a result, the credits read as:
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* AnyoneCanDie: It starts with all the other soldiers in Tommy's platoon dying and just goes on from there. [[spoiler: In the end, two main characters die -- George (of head trauma gained when he tried to stop the Shivering Soldier from taking over their ship) and Gibson (got tangled in chains in the sinking Dutch boat and drowned).]]
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* AnyoneCanDie: It starts with all the other soldiers in Tommy's platoon dying and just goes on from there. [[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In the end, two main characters die -- George (of head trauma gained when he tried to stop the Shivering Soldier from taking over their ship) and Gibson (got tangled in chains in the sinking Dutch boat and drowned).]]
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* ArcWords: "Home". For a damn good reason; the whole point of the movie is getting back there.
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* ArcWords: "Home". "Home." For a damn good reason; the whole point of the movie is getting back there.
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** Subverted with [[spoiler:"Gibson", the French soldier impersonating a British one. Save for Tommy, the British soldiers inside the Dutch trawler consider him a coward for taking the clothes and identity of a dead soldier, but the truth is, he's just as desperate to leave the beach as they are, and British soldiers are embarked in priority over French ones. "Gibson" also heroically saved the group's life the night before when the ship they embarked on was sunk by a torpedo, opening the door as they were trapped inside.]]
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** Subverted with [[spoiler:"Gibson", [[spoiler:"Gibson," the French soldier impersonating a British one. Save for Tommy, the British soldiers inside the Dutch trawler consider him a coward for taking the clothes and identity of a dead soldier, but the truth is, he's just as desperate to leave the beach as they are, and British soldiers are embarked in priority over French ones. "Gibson" also heroically saved the group's life the night before when the ship they embarked on was sunk by a torpedo, opening the door as they were trapped inside.]]
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* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler:"Gibson". He's revealed to be a French soldier who took the clothes and identity of a dead British soldier so he could embark with them, as British soldiers were prioritized for embarkation over French ones.]]
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* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler:"Gibson". [[spoiler:"Gibson." He's revealed to be a French soldier who took the clothes and identity of a dead British soldier so he could embark with them, as British soldiers were prioritized for embarkation over French ones.]]
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** The Destroyer turns into one when a torpedo hits. What was a scene of celebration turns ''instantly'' into a chamber of desperate, drowning people. [[spoiler: Only one makes it out alive.]]
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** The Destroyer turns into one when a torpedo hits. What was a scene of celebration turns ''instantly'' into a chamber of desperate, drowning people. [[spoiler: Only [[spoiler:Only one makes it out alive.]]
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* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Two of the three narratives, "The Sea" and "The Air", taking place over a day and an hour respectively. Averted with "The Mole", which takes place over a full week.
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* {{Futureshadowing}}: When the Shivering Soldier tells Alex to "stay calm" as they flail around in the water next to his boat, the latter responds with "Calm?! Wait until you get torpedoed, then tell us to be calm!". Sure enough, earlier in the film we saw the Shivering Soldier suffering PTSD on top of a torpedoed evacuation boat.
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* {{Futureshadowing}}: When the Shivering Soldier tells Alex to "stay calm" as they flail around in the water next to his boat, the latter responds with "Calm?! Wait until you get torpedoed, then tell us to be calm!". calm!" Sure enough, earlier in the film we saw the Shivering Soldier suffering PTSD on top of a torpedoed evacuation boat.
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* {{Irony}}: Continuing the film's conception as an "[[GenreBusting anti-]][[WarMovies War Movie]]", out of the named characters with dialogue who die in the film, [[spoiler:none of them are actually directly killed by the Germans onscreen. George [[DeathByFallingOver falls downstairs and hits his head]] and Gibson gets trapped in a sinking ship and drowned.]]
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* {{Irony}}: Continuing the film's conception as an "[[GenreBusting anti-]][[WarMovies War Movie]]", Movie]]," out of the named characters with dialogue who die in the film, [[spoiler:none of them are actually directly killed by the Germans onscreen. George [[DeathByFallingOver falls downstairs and hits his head]] and Gibson gets trapped in a sinking ship and drowned.]]
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** Cillian Murphy's character's name is never heard. He's simply credited as the "Shivering Soldier".
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** Cillian Murphy's character's name is never heard. He's simply credited as the "Shivering Soldier".
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* ProperlyParanoid: When Tommy, Gibson, and Alex manage to board a destroyer, Gibson stays on deck while Tommy and Alex position themselves near the door, in case the destroyer is hit and starts sinking. [[spoiler:These minor actions are instrumental in saving their lives when the destroyer is in fact hit and sunk by a torpedo.]]
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* ProperlyParanoid: When Tommy, Gibson, Gibson and Alex manage to board a destroyer, Gibson stays on deck while Tommy and Alex position themselves near the door, in case the destroyer is hit and starts sinking. [[spoiler:These minor actions are instrumental in saving their lives when the destroyer is in fact hit and sunk by a torpedo.]]
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* RayOfHopeEnding: In the end, Nazi Germany has completely defeated France, but more than 300,000 allied soldiers were evacuated at Dunkirk, and Great Britain is still standing. Cue [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_shall_fight_on_the_beaches "We shall fight on the beaches"]].
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* RayOfHopeEnding: In the end, Nazi Germany has completely defeated France, but more than 300,000 allied soldiers were evacuated at Dunkirk, and Great Britain is still standing. Cue [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_shall_fight_on_the_beaches "We shall fight on the beaches"]]. beaches."]]
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** Before [[spoiler: being [[DwindlingParty shot down/captured]]]] the Spitfire flight we see onscreen consisted of the flight leader, Collins, and Farrier.
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* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: Tommy and Gibson find a wounded soldier on a stretcher left behind by others while a Red Cross ship is about to leave the mole. The two pick him up, struggle through the extremely packed mole and just barely made it onto the Red Cross ship. The two are then told to leave the ship and leave the wounded man on the ship. Just before the ship leaves the beach, a dive-bombing run sinks the ship, forcing everybody to abandon ship and push it off the mole to keep it from sinking in it, leaving the wounded man Tommy and Gibson spent minutes trying to save dead in the waters.]]
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* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler: Tommy [[spoiler:Tommy and Gibson find a wounded soldier on a stretcher left behind by others while a Red Cross ship is about to leave the mole. The two pick him up, struggle through the extremely packed mole and just barely made it onto the Red Cross ship. The two are then told to leave the ship and leave the wounded man on the ship. Just before the ship leaves the beach, a dive-bombing run sinks the ship, forcing everybody to abandon ship and push it off the mole to keep it from sinking in it, leaving the wounded man Tommy and Gibson spent minutes trying to save dead in the waters.]]
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* ThirdLineSomeWaiting: The film follows three plot threads, "The Mole", "The Sea" and "The Air". Unlike many examples of this trope, the different events in the three plot threads do not take place concurrently, or even on the same timescale. The constant cutting between the different storylines led at least one critic to describe the film as "structureless".
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* ThirdLineSomeWaiting: The film follows three plot threads, "The Mole", Mole," "The Sea" and "The Air". Air." Unlike many examples of this trope, the different events in the three plot threads do not take place concurrently, or even on the same timescale. The constant cutting between the different storylines led at least one critic to describe the film as "structureless"."structureless."
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The Dutchman is heard yelling "Abandon ship" when it's clear the trawler is going to sink. So he abandoned ship. What happened after that we obviously do not see but he didn't just disappear.
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* OnceMoreWithClarity: From Farrier's point of view, we see Collins make his sea landing safely and wave at Farrier as he flies away. Later we see the landing from Collins's point of view, revealing that his cockpit windshield is stuck. He's only able to stick his hand out and desperately wave it around as he struggles to escape.
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* OnceMoreWithClarity: From Farrier's point of view, we see Collins make his sea landing safely and wave at Farrier as he flies away. Later we see the landing from Collins's point of view, revealing that his cockpit windshield is stuck.stuck and his plane has become a DrowningPit. He's only able to stick his hand out and desperately wave it around as he struggles to escape.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Dutch fisherman who owns the stranded trawler disappears after he goes on board to start the engine, and isn't seen when [[spoiler:the trawler is strafed and begins sinking for real]].
** In the script, he shows up a few times more, he is last mentioned yelling at the soldiers to abandon ship when the trawler starts to sink, but his fate is not mentioned after that.
** In the script, he shows up a few times more, he is last mentioned yelling at the soldiers to abandon ship when the trawler starts to sink, but his fate is not mentioned after that.
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* LectureAsExposition: Fortis Leader (in Michael Caine's only lines of dialogue) instructs Farrier and Collins, and thus explains to the audience, that they have to watch their fuel gages and they have only 40 minutes fighting time over Dunkirk before they must turn around if they are to get back to England.
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* LectureAsExposition: Fortis Leader (in Michael Caine's only lines of dialogue) instructs Farrier and Collins, and thus explains to the audience, that they have to watch their fuel gages and they have only 40 minutes fighting time over Dunkirk before they must turn around if they are to get back to England.
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* LectureAsExposition: Fortis Leader (in Michael Caine's only lines of dialogue) instructs Farrier and Collins, and thus explains to the audience, that they have to watch their fuel gages and they have only 40 minutes fighting time over Dunkirk before they must turn around if they are to get back to England.
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This actually doesn't happen. After the "where's the bloody Air Force" line, the movie cuts to the beginning of storyline 2, "The Sea", with Mark Rylance getting his boat ready. After that, it cuts to Tom Hardy flying over the channel.
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* AnswerCut: After the latest German air attack on the evacuation beaches, a despairing British soldier asks "Where's the bloody air force?!" Cut to Farrier and Collins dogfighting Messerschmitts over the Channel.
