'Blitz' Star Elliott Heffernan on Crying on Command - Variety
Oct 31, 2024 · Elliott Heffernan, the 11-Year-Old Star of ‘Blitz’, on His Oscar Buzz and Crying on Command: ‘I Pretended My Mom Was Taking Away My PlayStation’. By. Jenelle Riley. Photographs by Dan ...
Meet Elliott Heffernan, the 11-Year-Old Star of Apple's 'Blitz'
6 days ago · Nov 8, 2024. In " Blitz," Heffernan plays a boy in wartime London separated from his mother. PARISA TAGHIZADEH/APPLE TV. “From the moment I saw Elliott’s tape and then met him in person, I ...
Blitz recalls a long line of war movies going back decades, but that ...
2 days ago · Saoirse Ronan, left, and Elliott Heffernan are shown in a scene from Blitz, a film by Steve McQueen that follows a mother and son during Germany's bombing campaign on London during the Second ...
The new film Blitz, and how our remembrance of war is shaped by …
2 days ago · Director Steve McQueen, the Oscar-winning director behind 12 Years a Slave, has returned with a new movie set during the Second World War.. Titled Blitz, the Apple TV+ film follows a 9-year-old ...
In ‘Blitz,’ Steve McQueen shows wartime London through a child’s …
Oct 31, 2024 · Through an open casting call they found Elliott Heffernan, a 9-year-old living just outside of London whose only experience was a school play. He was the genie in “Aladdin.” “There was a stillness about him, a real silent movie star quality,” McQueen said.
Director Steve McQueen shows war through child's eyes in new …
Oct 30, 2024 · Elliott Heffernan, 11, makes film debut as evacuated boy. LONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Oscar winner Steve McQueen had long wanted to make a movie about the Blitz - Germany's wartime aerial...
Saoirse Ronan says WW2 film is 'incredibly relevant' - BBC
Oct 9, 2024 · The story is told through the eyes of George, a nine-year-old mixed-race boy played by newcomer Elliott Heffernan, who is one of about a million children sent away from the big cities during...
Blitz - Apple TV+ Press
Nov 1, 2024 · 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.
Apple Original Films celebrates the world premiere of “Blitz”
Oct 11, 2024 · Steve McQueen, Elliott Heffernan and Saoirse Ronan attend the 2024 BFI London Film Festival Opening Night World Premiere of Apple Original Films’ “Blitz” at the Royal Festival Hall. “Blitz” will debut in select theaters November 1, 2024 before premiering globally on Apple TV+ November 22, 2024.
“Blitz” Uses Classical Storytelling to Advance a Radical Vision of War
Oct 25, 2024 · Justin Chang reviews Steve McQueen’s “Blitz,” starring Saoirse Ronan and Elliott Heffernan, which examines the racial tensions present in London as the city withstood Nazi bombardment.