Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrabKK9Bhds
They shall not grow old
Academy Award-winner Director Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) presents an extraordinary work showing the Great War, using state of the art technology to restore original archival footage which is more than a 100-years old. Jackson brings to life the people who can best tell this story: the men who were there. Using the voices of the men involved, the film explores the reality of war on the front line; their attitudes to the conflict; how they ate; slept and formed friendships, as well what their lives were like away from the trenches during their periods of downtime.
Jackson and his team have used cutting edge techniques to make the images of a hundred years ago appear as if they were shot yesterday. The transformation from black and white footage to colourised footage can be seen throughout the film revealing never before seen details. Reaching into the mists of time, Jackson aims to give these men voices, investigate the hopes and fears of the veterans, the humility and humanity that represented a generation changed forever by a global war.
Certificate 15
The Independent ***** “You might have thought there was nothing new to say about the First World War, but Peter Jackson’s astonishing and revelatory new feature documentary comes at the subject in a way no previous film, book or play has ever done before”.
The Guardian ***** “Peter Jackson and team’s painstaking restoration of first world war footage is a cinematic triumph that all but brings young British soldiers back to life.”
FRIDAY 11th January 7.45PM
Free Entrance. Refreshments. Raffle
Parwich Memorial Hall
PARWICH.ORG 
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