The Wipers Times
The Wipers Times

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Just after World War I, Captain Fred Roberts (Ben Chaplin) goes for a job as a newspaper journalist and tells the sub-editor how, in the trenches in 1916, he discovered a printing press in working order. Helped by ex-printer Sergeant Harris (Steve Oram) and with his friend Jack Pearson (Julian Rhind-Tutt) as his assistant, he sets up the Wipers Times--the name coming from the soldiers' pronunciation of the town Ypres. Despite disapproval from officious Lieutenant Colonel Howf... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Wipers Times:

Ben Chaplin
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Michael Palin
Emilia Fox
Ben Daniels
Josh O'Connor

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Just after World War I, Captain Fred Roberts (Ben Chaplin) goes for a job as a newspaper journalist and tells the sub-editor how, in the trenches in 1916, he discovered a printing press in working order. Helped by ex-printer Sergeant Harris (Steve Oram) and with his friend Jack Pearson (Julian Rhind-Tutt) as his assistant, he sets up the Wipers Times--the name coming from the soldiers' pronunciation of the town Ypres. Despite disapproval from officious Lieutenant Colonel Howfield (Ben Daniels), but with backing from sympathetic General Mitford (Sir Michael Palin), they produce 23 issues of a satirical magazine (its articles represented on-screen in black-and-white) which boosts morale and even gets mentioned in the Tatler. The press is destroyed by a German shell, but another is found and the paper's title changed to fit in with wherever the regiment is deployed. Pearson and Roberts are awarded gallantry medals, but when the sub-editor offers Roberts only the job of crossword compiler, Roberts moves to Canada as a prospector, while Pearson marries and opens a hotel in Argentina. Both survived into the 1960s.

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Independent (UK) - 10/10 by Sarah HughesThe Wipers Times presented them as two men with a shared and anarchic sense of humour and Ben Chaplin and Julian Rhind-Tutt (both excellent) had a great time trading quips and drinks while keeping their lips appropriately stiff.
Radio Times - 8/10 by Jack SealeA neat way to portray the partnership's comic material.
The Arts Desk - 6/10 by Tom BirchenoughEven fleshed out with free-standing cabaret-style sketches, at 90 minutes this sometimes felt as long as waiting for the war to end all wars itself to end.
User Review - 10/10 by Don TThis is a great movie for anyone who is interested in the First World War.i was sure surprised to find that they did have a little comedy in their lives.
User Review - 8/10 by Jacob SExcellent film that shows the triumph of human love and humor over the carnage of war.
User Review - 8/10 by Sully AWe just saw The Wiper Times on cable. We never heard of it when it was released in theaters but it's definitely a movie to see if you like your World War I trench warfare leavened with a bit of wry humor.
User Review - 8/10 by Ben AThis is an excellent film and a true story. The repartee between the two main protagonists - which is quick, deep, and hilarious - is top drawer. There are a minimum of combat scenes - just enough to tie together the real story, which is about our literary hero's (deftly played by Ben Chaplin, with excellent side-kicking from Julian Rhind-Tutt) success at printing a wry and cutting periodical, lampooning the conduct and mismanagement of the First World War, under the very noses of their higher ups, while fighting in the front lines! This little movie gives us a fine taste of what some field grade officers, of intelligence and wit, really felt about the war, it's general staff, and the plight of the common soldier caught in the maelstrom and absurdity of the whole deadly affair. And it is a film to be savored with repeat viewing, in order to allow all of it's subtle nuances to truly sink in. There is also a lovely small part played by Michael Palin, as the sympathetic commanding officer, who does what he can to run interference for our heroes with those less sympathetic. Catch this on cable, showing now.
User Review - 8/10 by Stephen RPeople who still care about World War I will never stop looking for one more perspective, one more story or one more description of those terrible days of walking into machine gun fire, being bombed to smithereens or being gassed to death under a blue sky. It was a time of bayonets and charges. Tens of thousands killed in a day. Hand to hand combat in zero degree temperatures. A whole generation of boys and men gone. This is a movie presenting a little sense of humor to the madness. It's British humor so it may not appeal to Americans so much but the general effect was an earnest attempt to shed some light on a small corner of the war and pay homage to men who brought a smile where smiles were hard to find and a laugh to men who might have thought it impossible considering the circumstances. This was a slice of history well done.
User Review - 8/10 by Serge LThis is a true story and that what makes it a great film. It recounts well enough the time spent in the trenches in french areas fighting the germans (the huns) by our hero and his group. A group that knew and understood the futility, the ironies, the absurdities of the whole venture. The tone of the film is exceptionally well atuned to the story. The story itself is definitely someting to know. The horrors of war are not graphically exposed but are hinted with period photos and films.
User Review - 8/10 by Facebook UThis is a true story and that what makes it a great film. It recounts well enough the time spent in the trenches in french areas fighting the germans (the huns) by our hero and his group. A group that knew and understood the futility, the ironies, the absurdities of the whole venture. The tone of the film is exceptionally well atuned to the story. The story itself is definitely someting to know. The horrors of war are not graphically exposed but are hinted with period photos and films.

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