United Kingdom. 1  Dunkirk, Cambridgeshire, a hamlet north of Ely and west of Littleport. 2  Dunkirk, Cheshire. 3  Dunkirk, Gloucestershire.  Dunkirk, Kent, a village between Faversham and 1  Canterbury. Dunkirk, Norfolk.  Dunkirk, 1  Nottingham. Dunkirk, Staffordshire.  Dunkirk, Wiltshire.
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This is the 3rd Christopher Nolan film to be written entirely by Chris himself, the others being Following (1998) and Inception (2010). Memento (2000) was a story based from his brother, Jonathan Nolan. The Dark Knight (2008), The Prestige (2006), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Interstellar (2014) were all co-written by Jonathan.
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Based on: Father of the Bride by Edward Streeter. Year published: 1949. Father of the Bride became an instant New York Times best-seller and was adapted into a movie — starring Elizabeth Taylor and Spencer Tracey — the following year.
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Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk Could Make it Big in 2017. By On 12/27/16 at 5:00 AM. Culture Christopher Nolan Dunkirk Movies 2017. The fevered anticipation that surrounds any new Christopher Nolan movie—the secrecy! the leaks!—is almost as delicious as watching a new Christopher Nolan movie.
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Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk Could Make it Big in 2017. The fevered anticipation that surrounds any new Christopher Nolan movie—the secrecy! the leaks!—is almost as delicious as watching a new Christopher Nolan movie.
http://www.newsweek.com/christopher-nolan-dunkirk-oscars-2017-kenneth-branagh-tom-hardy-harry-styles-535222
United States. 1  Dunkirk, Indiana, a city in Jay and Blackford counties. 2  Dunkirk, Cass County, Indiana. 3  Dunkirk, Maryland.  Dunkirk, New York, a 1  city. Dunkirk (town), New York, surrounding the city of Dunkirk.  Dunkirk, 1  Ohio. Dunkirk, Wisconsin, a 2  town. Dunkirk (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in the town of Dunkirk.
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Based on: Wiseguy: Life in a Mafia Family by Nicholas Pileggi. Year published: 1986. The book is a nonfiction novel that chronicles the life of mobster turned FBI informant Henry Hill (who was played in the film by Ray Liotta). Pileggi also adapted the book into the screenplay.
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Dunkirk (1958) Approved | 2h 14min | Drama, History, War | 10 September 1958 (USA) A dramatization of the British Expeditionary Force's 1940 retreat to the beaches of France and the extraordinary seaborne evacuation that saved it from utter destruction by Nazi Germany.
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According to La Voix Du Nord, via The Playlist, Nolan's next movie is a World War II film based on Operation Dynamo, which was a miraculous evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force BEF and other Allied troops from the French seaport of Dunkirk which took place from May to June.
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Based on: The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith. Year published: 1956. The charming children's book was closely adapted by Disney for its 1961 film. Smith also wrote a sequel to the book, The Starlight Barking, in 1967 — which Disney did not base any of its subsequent sequels on.
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what old movie is dunkirk based on?
Dunkirk is based on the old movie  Dunkirk 1958.  