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* CutPhoneLines: General Erinmore mentions that the Germans cut the phone lines during their strategic retreat. The only way to get word to the second battalion is to deliver the message in person.
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* OldSchoolDogfight: Blake and Schofield witness two British planes take out a German plane.
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* BayonetYa: Blake and Schofield mount the bayonets on their rifles before heading over the top.
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* FlareGun: Lieutenant Leslie reluctantly gives Blake and Schofield a flare gun to signal that they've made it through the German trenches. He jokes they should throw it back after they're done with it.
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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Schofield ultimately succeeds his mission, calling off the attack in progress and saving hundreds of lives, and delivers Blake's personal effects to his brother. However, Blake is still dead, Schofield has seen incredible horrors, and thousands more will die before the war finally ends.]]
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* GloryHound: Captain Smith warns Schofield that Colonel Mackenzie is very motivated to attack, and cautions him to give Mackenzie the orders to retreat with witnesses. [[spoiler:While Mackenzie does take a bit of convincing, he ultimately cancels the attack.]]
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* DoubleKnockout: Schofield opens a door with his rifle ready–and the German sniper is waiting for him. They both shoot each other at the same time. Schofield survives, but the German is less lucky.
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* TheWomenAreSafewithUs: Schofield encounters a French woman who is absolutely terrified of the occupying German forces. He gives her his stockpile of food and milk before he has to leave.
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* WarIsHell: Dead and decomposed bodies are a frequent sight, as are wounded and shell-shocked soldiers. The actual combat scenes are relatively brief and far from glamorous.
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* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Blake dying relatively early on is a major twist that makes talking about the rest of the movie difficult.]]
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* OneSceneWonder: Because the film follows Schofield and Blake on a single mission, the big-name actors (Firth, Strong, Cumberbatch, Madden) get only a few minutes of screen time.
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* TakeUpMySword: [[spoiler: After Blake is fatally wounded, he makes sure that Schofield knows the mission parameters so he can complete the quest on his own.]]
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* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler:Schofield takes Blake's rings and medallion off his dead body. He delivers them to Blake's brother at the end of the film.]]
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* DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler: Blake is set up as the hero–he has the personal stakes of rescuing his brother. He's the one chosen for the mission thanks to his good pathfinding skills, and he picks Schofield as a partner. Despite all the narrative conventions, Blake still dies halfway through, and Schofield is left to finish the mission alone.]]
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''1917'' is a [[MilitaryAndWarfareFilms war film]] co-written and directed by Creator/SamMendes and starring George [=MacKay=], Dean Charles-Chapman, Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, Creator/RichardMadden, Creator/MarkStrong, and Creator/ColinFirth.
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''1917'' is a [[MilitaryAndWarfareFilms war film]] co-written and directed by Creator/SamMendes and starring George [=MacKay=], Dean Charles-Chapman, Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, Creator/RichardMadden, Creator/MarkStrong, Creator/AndrewScott and Creator/ColinFirth.
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''1917'' is a [[MilitaryAndWarfareFilms war film]] co-written and directed by Creator/SamMendes and starring George [=MacKay=], Dean Charles-Chapman, Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, Creator/RichardMadden, Creator/AdamScott, Creator/MarkStrong, and Creator/ColinFirth.
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''1917'' is a [[MilitaryAndWarfareFilms war film]] co-written and directed by Creator/SamMendes and starring George [=MacKay=], Dean Charles-Chapman, Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, Creator/RichardMadden, Creator/AdamScott, Creator/MarkStrong, and Creator/ColinFirth.
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler: Blake and Schofield pull a German pilot out of a burning airplane. The pilot responds by fatally stabbing Blake.]]
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'''Major:''' Alive. And with your help, I’d like to keep it that way. But they’re walking into a trap. Your orders are to deliver a message calling off tomorrow morning’s attack. If you don’t, we will lose sixteen hundred men. Your brother among them.
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* OneManArmy: Completely averted. Blake and Schofield are capable soldiers, but the film makes it very clear that even a single wounded German is a serious threat. Both men only engage in actual combat with a handful of soldiers, and only one or two at a time.
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'''Pte. Blake:''' Yes, sir. Is he...\\
'''Major:''' Alive. And with your help, I’d like to keep it that way. But they’re walking into a trap. Your orders are to deliver a message calling off tomorrow morning’s attack. If you don’t, we will lose sixteen hundred men. Your brother among them.
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''1917'' is a [[MilitaryAndWarfareFilms war film]] directed by Creator/SamMendes and starring George [=MacKay=], Dean Charles-Chapman, Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, Creator/RichardMadden, Creator/AdamScott, Creator/MarkStrong, and Creator/ColinFirth.
It follows a pair of British soldiers who are sent to cross enemy territory and deliver a message to an embattled battalion in the middle of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI to prevent them from walking into an ambush. Notably, the story is told in RealTime and shot and edited to look as if it were done in [[TheOner one take]] a la ''Film/{{Birdman}}''.
It follows a pair of British soldiers who are sent to cross enemy territory and deliver a message to an embattled battalion in the middle of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI to prevent them from walking into an ambush. Notably, the story is told in RealTime and shot and edited to look as if it were done in [[TheOner one take]] a la ''Film/{{Birdman}}''.
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''1917'' is a [[MilitaryAndWarfareFilms war film]] co-written and directed by Creator/SamMendes and starring George [=MacKay=], Dean Charles-Chapman, Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, Creator/RichardMadden, Creator/AdamScott, Creator/MarkStrong, and Creator/ColinFirth.
It follows a pair of British soldiers who are sent to cross enemy territory and deliver a message to an embattled battalion in the middle of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI to prevent them from walking into an ambush. Notably, the story is told in RealTime and shot and edited to look as if it were done in [[TheOner one take]] a la''Film/{{Birdman}}''.
''Film/{{Birdman}}'' or ''Film/{{Russian Ark}}''.
It follows a pair of British soldiers who are sent to cross enemy territory and deliver a message to an embattled battalion in the middle of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI to prevent them from walking into an ambush. Notably, the story is told in RealTime and shot and edited to look as if it were done in [[TheOner one take]] a la
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'''1917''' is a WarMovie directed by Creator/SamMendes and starring George MacKay, Dean Charles-Chapman, Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, Creator/RichardMadden, Creator/AdamScott, Creator/MarkStrong, and Creator/ColinFirth.
The movie follows pair of British soldiers who are sent to cross enemy territory and deliver a message to an embattled battalion in the middle of World War I to prevent them from walking into an ambush. Notably, the story is told in RealTime and shot and edited [[TheOner to look as if it were done in one take]] a la ''Film/{{Birdman}}''.
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'''1917''' is a WarMovie [[MilitaryAndWarfareFilms war film]] directed by Creator/SamMendes and starring George MacKay, Dean Charles-Chapman, Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, Creator/RichardMadden, Creator/AdamScott, Creator/MarkStrong, and Creator/ColinFirth.
The movie It follows a pair of British soldiers who are sent to cross enemy territory and deliver a message to an embattled battalion in the middle of World War I UsefulNotes/WorldWarI to prevent them from walking into an ambush. Notably, the story is told in RealTime and shot and edited [[TheOner to look as if it were done in [[TheOner one take]] a la ''Film/{{Birdman}}''.
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'''1917''' is a WarMovie directed by Creator/SamMendes and starring George MacKay, Dean Charles-Chapman, Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, Creator/RichardMadden, Creator/AdamScott, Creator/MarkStrong, and Creator/ColinFirth.
The movie follows pair of British soldiers who are sent to cross enemy territory and deliver a message to an embattled battalion in the middle of World War I to prevent them from walking into an ambush. Notably, the story is told in RealTime and shot and edited [[TheOner to look as if it were done in one take]] a la ''Film/{{Birdman}}''.
The movie will be released on December 25, 2019.
[[https://youtu.be/UcmZN0Mbl04 Teaser]], [[https://youtu.be/YqNYrYUiMfg trailer]]
!!Tropes Associated With 1917 Include:
* TheOner: The movie is shot and edited to look like it was filmed in a single take.
* RealTime: We follow Schofield and Blake in real time as they receive their mission and try to complete it.
* StiffUpperLip: Both the explanation of the mission's high stakes and the soldiers' acceptance of it are taken with traditional British restraint.
[[caption-width-right:220:Time is the Enemy]]
'''1917''' is a WarMovie directed by Creator/SamMendes and starring George MacKay, Dean Charles-Chapman, Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, Creator/RichardMadden, Creator/AdamScott, Creator/MarkStrong, and Creator/ColinFirth.
The movie follows pair of British soldiers who are sent to cross enemy territory and deliver a message to an embattled battalion in the middle of World War I to prevent them from walking into an ambush. Notably, the story is told in RealTime and shot and edited [[TheOner to look as if it were done in one take]] a la ''Film/{{Birdman}}''.
The movie will be released on December 25, 2019.
[[https://youtu.be/UcmZN0Mbl04 Teaser]], [[https://youtu.be/YqNYrYUiMfg trailer]]
!!Tropes Associated With 1917 Include:
* TheOner: The movie is shot and edited to look like it was filmed in a single take.
* RealTime: We follow Schofield and Blake in real time as they receive their mission and try to complete it.
* StiffUpperLip: Both the explanation of the mission's high stakes and the soldiers' acceptance of it are taken with traditional British restraint.
