The Special Relationship (2010)

Directed by

Richard Loncraine

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 73 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British prime minister navigates his close working relationship with the U.S. president. The film focuses on the personal and political bond between Tony Blair and Bill Clinton during the late 1990s.

dramaticpoliticaltenseintimateconversationalthoughtfulnuancedhistorical

What happens

The Special Relationship is a 2010 biographical drama television film directed by Richard Loncraine and written by Peter Morgan. It is the third film in Morgan's informal "Blair trilogy", which dramatizes the political career of British prime minister Tony Blair (1997–2007), following The Deal (2003) and The Queen (2006), both directed by Stephen Frears. The first drafts of The Special Relationship dealt with Blair's special relationships with U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. However, Morgan excluded the Bush scenes from subsequent drafts (thus ending the narrative on 20 January 2001) because he found the Blair/Clinton dynamic more interesting. Morgan intended to make his directorial debut with the film but backed out a month before filming began and was replaced by Loncraine. The film was produced by Rainmark Films and backed by HBO Films and BBC Films. The film stars Michael Sheen reprising his role as Blair, Dennis Quaid as Clinton, Hope Davis as Hillary Clinton, and Helen McCrory as Cherie Blair. Principal photography on locations in and around London, England ran from 20 July – 4 September 2009. The film was broadcast on HBO in the United States and Canada on 29 May 2010, and on BBC Two and BBC HD in the United Kingdom on 18 September 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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