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Blitz Movie - An exclusive first look at Academy Award Winner Steve McQueen's new film Blitz, starring Saoirse Ronan, coming to select theaters November 1 and streaming November 22 on Apple TV+

A war story told through the eyes of a child. The heartfelt journey to reunite family begins.

Sir Steve McQueen’s “Blitz” follows the epic journey of George (Elliott Heffernan), a 9-year-old boy in World War II London whose mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) sends him to safety in the English countryside. George, defiant and determined to return home to his mom and his grandfather Gerald (Paul Weller) in East London, embarks on an adventure, only to find himself in immense peril, while a distraught Rita searches for her missing son.

Written and directed by Academy and BAFTA Award-winning McQueen, the film stars Academy and BAFTA Award nominee Ronan and newcomer Heffernan, with Harris Dickinson, Benjamin Clementine, Kathy Burke, Paul Weller, Stephen Graham, Leigh Gill, Mica Ricketts, CJ Beckford, Alex Jennings, Joshua McGuire, Hayley Squires, Erin Kellyman and Sally Messham rounding out the cast. McQueen’s Lammas Park produces alongside Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title Films, Arnon Milchan, Yariv Milchan and Michael Schaefer for New Regency, with producers Anita Overland and Adam Somner.

McQueen reunites with production designer Adam Stockhausen (“12 Years a Slave,” “Widows”), costume designer Jacqueline Durran (“Small Axe”), and composer Hans Zimmer (“12 Years a Slave”), with cinematographer Yorick Le Saux (“Little Women”) and makeup designer Naomi Donne ( “Spectre,” “Skyfall”).
Transcript
00:00♪♪
00:03Please, Mom, don't send me away.
00:06It's only until all this is over,
00:08and then life will get back to normal.
00:09Rachel!
00:11♪♪
00:12The story of Blitz is so emotional.
00:16A boy and his mother lose each other,
00:18and it's all about them trying to come back together.
00:22I want you to go on a journey through a child's eyes
00:25during war, and as he goes along, he sees things.
00:28He becomes less of a child,
00:29and into something else.
00:32When I was told about what kids were going through
00:35during the Blitz, it felt really bad,
00:38because some kids would go and never come back.
00:41And being the parent that most,
00:43I've been really heartbreaking.
00:46I'm sorry to say it's been brought to our attention
00:48that your son did not arrive at his destination.
00:51Where is he?
00:53Where's my bleeding son?
00:55These stories were there.
00:56What was extraordinary was the reality of what happened.
01:00It felt very real, and it was scary.
01:02But I felt humanity.
01:04I jumped off the train, because I want to go home.
01:07So how the hell did you end up here?
01:09Where is my bleeding son?
01:11Steve McQueen, apart from having a great cinematic eye,
01:14he tries to find the truth in his work.
01:16He comes from the art world,
01:18and so visuals are how he tells his stories.
01:21♪♪
01:24Everything about this film feels incredibly authentic.
01:27I think it's a true portrayal of London.
01:31You don't have to stretch your imagination too far,
01:33because you're completely immersed within this world.
01:37There's so many different elements to it,
01:39universal themes, regardless of time and space.
01:43The importance of family really rings true.
01:46There's no place like home.
01:48It's all about love.
01:49It's a love story between George and his mother.
01:53It's not about stiff upper lip or keep calm and carry on.
01:55It's painful, but it's beautiful.
01:57It's something that we can all relate to,
01:59and we always will.
02:01You're a good boy!
02:04You're a good boy!
02:06♪♪

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