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FORLIZZI 978.739.4898 Harthorne Ofice•Suite Park 106 www.ForlizziLaw.com 491 Maple, Str Danvers, eet MA 01923 [email protected] FINAL-1 Sat, Sep 3, 2016 4:41:32 PM 2 • Salem News • September 10 - 16, 2016 Under wraps PBS looks into a little-known period in Churchill’s life Videoreleases By Jacqueline Spendlove being spirited away to Chartwell, wanted to see it as one of the source of patience and fortitude So it fell to those closest to The Conjuring 2 TV Media his country seat in Kent. PM’s nurses might have done. So I as Churchill slowly recovers. Churchill to quietly keep things “He stayed at his house for took a liberty. I made up Nurse But why keep it from the pub- running, while the majority of the When bizarre things keep hap- imagine it was easier being a months ... nobody saw him,” Appleyard, the only fictional char- lic at all? The man who had guid- nation remained blissfully un- pening in their London home, public figure in the ‘50s than it Gambon told the Independent. acter in ‘Churchill’s Secret.’ She ed his country through the dark- aware that their PM was bedrid- the Hodgson family becomes I is today. Thanks to the Internet, “It’s a bit odd. We wouldn’t toler- was with Churchill every faltering est days of World War II didn’t den, relearning to speak and convinced that some sort of social media and instant photog- ate that now. If the prime minister step of the way, with every breath want the people of England to struggling to remember the most malevolent spirit is haunting raphy, the words and actions of had a stroke, we’d know about it he took, and she helped unlock know that their leader was — for pivotal moments and actions the building. Word of their today’s politicians and celebrities two minutes later.” the story for me.” the time being, in any event — from the war. troubles eventually reaches are spread far and wide almost To be sure, the level of discre- Indeed, the respect and fond- incapable of leading. Had They undoubtedly pulled it off, the ears of famous paranor- immediately. tion exercised by everyone close ness that grow between the felled Churchill’s stroke become public since the events of “Churchill’s mal investigators Ed (Wilson) Needless to say, this was not to the PM is impressive, with even PM and his no-nonsense nurse knowledge, he could have been Secret” have heretofore remained and Lorraine Warren (Farmi- always the case. Back in Winston Fleet Street being silenced, are a nice infusion into a largely forced to resign. To make matters unknown to many. The film has al- ga), who travel to England to Churchill’s day, when that most thanks to the loyalty of three of sad story. Transported to more problematic, Deputy Prime ready aired on ITV in the U.K., and lend whatever help they can venerable of men was serving as the most powerful press barons. Chartwell without even being Minister and Foreign Secretary the response has been mostly provide to the family. Although prime minister of the United King- Most of the characters in the film told for whom she would be Anthony Eden (Alex Jennings, positive. The acting of many of the she is initially somewhat skep- dom for the second time, he suf- are based on real people in working, Millie takes no guff, ei- “The Queen,” 2006) — the man cast members has been praised, tical of the Hodgsons’ claims, fered a debilitating stroke — and, Churchill’s life, though Nurse Mil- ther from her often grumbly pa- expected to step in as Churchill’s in particular, with more than one Lorraine is wary of this investi- amazingly, no one knew about it lie is fictional, invented by author tient himself or from his boorish, successor — was himself in hos- critic noting that Gambon’s won- gation after she has a vision of outside his inner circle. A special Jonathan Smith for his book on wholly unpleasant son Randolph pital recovering from surgery. derful performance allows one to Ed’s death while the two of “Masterpiece” drama examines which the drama is based. (Matthew Macfadyen, “Death at With no one currently available forget that he really doesn’t look them are attempting to com- this time in Churchill’s life, in the “When I came to write the a Funeral,” 2007). She sits beside to run the country, there ran the a whole lot like Churchill. summer of 1953, while the PM re- municate with spirits. book, I tried to see the story from him as his booze-swilling children risk of a general election being Tune in to “Masterpiece” to Director: James Wan. Stars: learned how to speak and walk, the points of view of the powerful bicker in the next room, is called called, and a scramble for leader- see “Churchill’s Secret” when it totally unbeknownst to the ma- Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, central players,” the author ex- in to join the family during movie ship that could destabilize the makes its way across the pond jority of the world, or even the Madison Wolfe, Frances plained to the Mirror. “I also night, and is an ever-present government. Sunday, Sept. 11, on PBS. government. “Churchill’s Secret” O’Connor, Lauren Esposito, Si- airs Sunday, Sept. 11, on PBS. mon McBurney. 2016. 134 Widely regarded as one of Brit- min. Horror. ish history’s most influential fig- ures, Churchill has been portrayed numerous times on screen, gener- Marauders ally with his iconic cigar- As branch after branch of his mouthed, homburg-topped look. Cincinnati banking empire “Churchill’s Secret” takes a look keeps getting robbed by well- into a little-known period in the organized, masked criminals, British Bulldog’s life, as the 78- banking executive Hubert year-old man makes a gradual (Willis) becomes increasingly and difficult recovery from a se- unhinged. FBI agent Mont- ries of strokes that very well could gomery (Meloni) is assigned to have killed him. lead the team trying to get to He’s played by master of the the bottom of the heists, and screen and stage Michael Gam- as the number of robberies bon (“Harry Potter and the Death- continues to mount, he begins ly Hallows: Part 2,” 2011), whose to suspect that it might be an acting career has spanned more inside job by Hubert. than half a century and has Director: Steven C. Miller. earned him countless accolades. Seldom far from the PM’s side are Stars: Bruce Willis, Christopher his wife, Clementine (Lindsay Meloni, Dave Bautista, Adrian Duncan, “The Honourable Wom- Grenier, Lydia Hull. 2016. 107 an”), private secretary and close min. Crime. friend Jock Colville (Patrick Ken- nedy, “Atonement,” 2007) and nurse Millie Appleyard (Romola Garai, “Amazing Grace,” 2006). The film is set in the summer of 1953, a little less than two years into Churchill’s second run as prime minister. After suffering a stroke during a 10 Downing Street dinner, the PM loses con- sciousness and his speech is se- verely impaired. Determined from the start to keep it from the pub- Vera Farmiga in a scene lic, he goes ahead with a Cabinet Romola Garai as seen in “Churchill’s Secret” from “The Conjuring 2” meeting the next morning, before FINAL-1 Sat, Sep 3, 2016 4:41:33 PM September 10 - 16, 2016 • Salem News • 3 NESN (51) W.B. Mason Extra Innings 7:00 p.m. WFXT (13) College Football 9:30 p.m. ESPN2 (50) NCAA Arizona 9:30 a.m. GOLF (69) LPGA The Evian SOCCER Live Pre-game Live State at University of Texas at San Antonio Championship Round 2 Live 10:30 p.m.