Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War
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Horatio Hornblower: The Wrong War

Year:
Duration:
Brazil:100 min
Genres:
Adventure | Drama | War
IMDB rate:
8.1
Director:
Andrew Grieve
Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 2 nominations
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 1999-04-25
Filming Locations: Peniche, Portugal
Cast
Actor
Character
Ioan Gruffudd
Lieutenant Horatio Hornblower
Robert Lindsay
Captain Sir Edward Pellew
Antony Sher
Colonel Moncoutant
Samuel West
Major Lord Edrington
John Shrapnel
General Charette
Peter Vaughan
Admiral Lord Hood
Jamie Bamber
Acting Lieutenant Archie Kennedy
Jonathan Coy
Lieutenant Bracegirdle
Colin MacLachlan
Master Bowles
Paul Copley
Matthews
Sean Gilder
Styles
Simon Sherlock
Oldroyd
Jean Badin
Fauré
Ian Lindsay
Collins
Jason Hall
Stevens
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Trivia
The guillotine used for the execution scenes was designed, built and supervised by a local Portuguese magician.
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Captain Pellew's line, "As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean," is a quotation from the second part of 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' by Coleridge. It was first published, anonymously, in 1798.
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Goofs
Major Edrington tells Hornblower in Plymouth that the detachment he commands is from the 95th of Foot. Given Hornblower has now passed his Lieutenant board, this sets the episode around 1800-03, according to the books, by which time the 95th had been reformed as a rifle company, wearing green uniforms and using the Baker rifle, whereas Edrington's men are in the standard infantry's more usual red, with the British Pattern musket. This timing, though, validates the Ancient Mariner quotation by Pellew. However, if this was the Quiberon invasion of 1795, as posited elsewhere, the 95th of the time were en route to the Cape of Good Hope. But the Ancient Mariner is ruled out.
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After disembarking Horatio at Musiac, Mr. Bracegirdle reports to Capt. Pellew that "all boats returned" but just before the French column leaves the beach, and after the fleet sails off, two boats are clearly visible on the beach. These boats are clearly not there at the evacuation.
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(at around 1 min) one of the British soldiers has a hole in his trousers, revealing his modern underwear.
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Quotes
Master Bowles: Gentlemen, it appears that Mister Hornblower is now the standard by which we must all measure ourselves.
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Major Edrington: [referring to Horatio] Mr.Kennedy?
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Styles: No one fancies a swim then, aye?
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Photos from cast
Estelle Skornik
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