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Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on Wbgr-fm on August 25th, reviewing “Golda,” set in a tense period in the career of 1970s Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir. In theaters on August 25th.

Rating: 4.0/5.0

The film primarily deals with the decision making process of Golda Meir (Helen Mirren) during the Yom Kippur War, a 19-day conflict pitting Egypt, Syria and other Arab countries against Israel in the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights … which Israel had occupied since the 1967 Six-Day war. To make matters worse, it was a surprise attack on the Holy Day of Yom Kippur. The fighting generated many casualties, which Prime Minister Meir would dutifully record in her diary. The cease fire was partially brokered by Henry Kissinger (Liev Scrieiber) and the Arab successes allowed for the concessions that would eventually lead to the historic peace deal in 1978.

”Golda” in theaters on August 25th.

Helen Mirren as Golda Meir and Liev Schreiber as Henry Kissinger, in Bleecker Street/ShivHans Pictures’ Golda Photo credit: Sean Gleason, Courtesy of Bleecker Street/ShivHans Pictures

Helen Mirren portrays Golda Meir, Israel’s first women prime minister, during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, in Golda. Internationally, Golda Meir is known as the “Iron Lady of Israel” and is an admired figure but she is more controversial in her home country of Israel. In the British historical drama Golda, Israeli-American director Guy Nativ and British scriptwriter Nicholas Martin aim to offer a fresh look at Golda Meir by focusing on her during the Yom Kippur War, when Israel found itself facing two invading armies, from Egypt in the Sinai and Syria in the Golan Heights.

Mirren plays Golda Meir in heavy makeup and prosthetics, transforming her appearenceappearance to more closely resemble the much-photographed Golda Meir and allow director Nativ to more...

Helen Mirren astounds as Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in a tense dramatization of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, where Egypt and Syria launched a massive surprise attack on Judaism's holiest day. Golda follows the indomitable but aged and sick leader through a perilous fight for her country's survival. She faced enemies at the gates with an iron will, fierce determination, and a towering presence that commanded authority. The film juxtaposes her debilitating cancer treatments with the intestinal fortitude to make life and death decisions under extraordinary circumstances.

Golda (Mirren) walks gingerly on swollen feet before sitting down at a table with an ashtray. She smokes heavily as members of the 1974 Agranat Commission nervously prepare to question her over government failures in the Yom Kippur War. Israel took heavy losses, and was caught off guard, but exacted lasting concessions from their Arab neighbors. Victory came at a significant cost. She must answer for her decisions.

The trailer for Guy Nattiv’s Golda has dropped showcasing Helen Mirren’s transformation into Israel’s first female Prime Minister Golda Meir. Watch the preview in the video posted above.

Written by Nicholas Martin, Golda is a ticking-clock thriller set during the tense 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, faced with the potential of Israel’s complete destruction, must navigate overwhelming odds, a skeptical cabinet, and a complex relationship with US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (Liev Schreiber), with millions of lives in the balance.

Her tough leadership and compassion would ultimately decide the fate of her nation and leave her with a controversial legacy around the world.

The Golda cast also includes Camille Cottin (Call My Agent), Rami Heuberger (Schindler’s List), Lior Ashkenzi (Foxtrot), Ellie Piercy (Black Mirror), Ed Stoppard (Judy), Rotem Keinan, Dvir Benedek, Dominic Mafham, Ben Caplan, Kit Rakusen and Emma Davies.

Helen Mirren is set to amaze once again in the upcoming biopic "Golda" as she portrays Golda Meir, the Prime Minister during the Yom Kippur War. The film focuses on the 19 days of the war and Meir's defense of her homeland, despite doubts from those around her. With an impressive cast and directed by Guy Nattiv, "Golda" is a highly anticipated film, distributed by Bleeker Street. Mirren's versatile career and previous portrayal of real-life personalities make her a perfect fit for this role.

Helen Mirren will amaze the world once again with her acting skills in Golda, the upcoming biopic from Israelite director Guy Nattiv, set during the Yom Kippur War. The movie was presented back in February at the Berlin Film Festival, and now while anticipating its theatrical release on August 25, the first trailer is finally out:

The movie follows the life of Golda Meir, Prime Minister of Israel...

Helen Mirren is transformed into blunt, stubborn Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in the official trailer for Golda, director Guy Nattiv’s ticking-clock thriller recalling true events set during the tense Yom Kippur War in 1973.

Faced with Israel’s possible destruction, Meir engages in diplomatic brinkmanship with U.S. secretary of state Henry Kissinger, played by Liev Schreiber, in the feature from Bleecker Street and ShivHans Pictures set to hit theaters on Aug. 25.

“Remember I am first an American, second I am secretary of state and third I am a Jew,” a wary Kissinger tells Israel’s only female leader at one point in the teaser trailer that dropped on Tuesday.

“You forget in Israel we read from right to left,” Meir responds.

Golda had its world premiere in Berlin as it portrays the only woman in the Israeli cabinet becoming a surprisingly effective military leader after her country faced...

"If the Americans throw us to the dogs, I will not be taken alive." Bleecker Street has revealed an official US trailer for the film Golda, a drama about the Israeli prime minister Golda Meir. It premiered at the 2023 Berlin Film Festival earlier this year to mixed-to-negative reviews, as it's a rather dull & dry film. The film focuses on the intensely dramatic & high-stakes responsibilities & decisions that Golda Meir, also known as the "Iron Lady of Israel", faced during the Yom Kippur War (in 1973 – aka the Arab–Israeli War). Berlinale adds: "An almost unrecognizable Helen Mirren brings to life one of the most iconic and influential political leaders of the twentieth century, previously played by Ingrid Bergman on TV and Anne Bancroft on stage. Meir was a woman at the centre of a dramatic geopolitical episode, in a potentially fatal moment for her country, surrounded by men: her generals Dayan, Elazar,...

L.A.-based director Guy Nattiv is back in his native Israel with new film Golda starring Helen Mirren as Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir.

The drama, focused on Meir’s controversial handling of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, opened the Jerusalem Film Festival on July 13, with Mirren squeezing in an appearance just hours before the SAG-AFTRA strike was declared.

The picture originally world premiered at the Berlinale in February, but for Nattiv the Israeli premiere is equally if not more momentous.

“I’ve been waiting for this moment,” Nattiv tells Deadline in Jerusalem.

The director believes the film will chime with current debates in Israel on both its past and future.

“It’s kind of an Israeli movie with an international swagger,” he says of the English-language production, starring a mixture of international and Israeli stars who also include Camille Cottin and Lior Ashkenazi. “It has another layer that...

Helen Mirren dedicated a Jerusalem Film Festival life-time achievement award to actors around the world on Thursday, just an hour before a looming SAG-AFTRA strike was made official.

The actress received the honorary prize ahead of the Israeli premiere of Guy Nattiv’s Golda as the festival’s opening film, in which she stars as iconic late stateswoman Golda Meir.

“I would just like to say, I am a member of a tribe and members of my tribe can be found in Germany, in Belgium, America… they are Palestinians, they are Israelis, they are Africans,” she told the 6,000-strong crowd at the outdoor opening ceremony in the shadow of Jerusalem’s Old City walls.

“They are the tribe to whom I really want to dedicate this award and that is the tribe of actors. Actors are wonderful people.”

Mirren gave a special mention to the Israeli cast members on...

Helen Mirren hasn’t played that many historical characters in her storied career. But somehow when she has, she not only brings exemplary acting skill but also an imposing regality, obviously handy when she’s playing monarchs like queens Elizabeth I and II as well as Catherine the Great. That said, surely I’m not the only viewer who has felt that sometimes her portrayals of, say, Alma Hitchcock (in Hitchcock) or Hedda Hopper (Trumbo) are flattering to the women she’s impersonating because Mirren, in addition to being a great performer, is and always has been a great beauty. Her Elizabeth I in The Audience and The Queen, both written by The Crown’s creator Peter Morgan, is the Og screen Lilibet — wry, haughty … and too glam by half, even in a dowdy Barbour jacket and headscarf. Cheekbones will out.

Intriguingly, for her latest performance as a great lady from history,...

Editor’s note: This review was originally published at the 2023 Berlin Film Festival. Bleecker Street releases the film in theaters on Friday, August 25.

Defending her conduct during the Yom Kippur War before a panel of graying men, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir (Helen Mirren) takes the half-smoked cigarette already dangling from her lips and, instinctually but not all absentmindedly, uses it to light another. This idiosyncratic character beat arrives early in Guy Nattiv’s ho-hum biopic, and speaks volumes about story and subject, telling all you need to know about Meir the person and “Golda” the film.

That Golda’s a smoker should come as no shock; nearly everyone is in this period accurate window into 1973. What sets the Prime Minister apart is her doggedness – her clarity of purpose and tenacity of intent. This cancer-struck icon makes a point to light up each time she undergoes radiation treatment, smoking less...

Golda

Filmed in October of 2021 and earmarked for a 2022 release, Guy Nattiv‘s fifth feature in the Golda Meir biopic is now slated for a first-quarter release this year. Helen Mirren stars as “The Iron Lady of Israel” in what could be considered a political thriller. Written by Nicholas Martin, this follows the intensely dramatic events and controversial decisions Meir faced during the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Golda also sees Camille Cottin plays Lou Kaddar, Rami Heuberger plays Moshe Dayan, Lior Ashkenazi plays David Elazar and Dominic Mafham plays Haim Bar Lev. Nattiv’s previous feature was Skin – the full-length feature based on his Academy Award with his short film “Skin”.…...

Production is underway in London.

Camille Cottin, best known internationally for the French TV series Call My Agent! has joined the cast of Guy Nattiv’s Golda, starring Helen Mirren as Israel’s first and only female prime minister. UK sales agent Embankment Films has also revealed a first-look image of Mirren and a raft of pre-sales.

The film is now shooting for six weeks in London and on location in Israel.

Golda, written by Florence Foster Jenkins’ Nicholas Martin, follows the events faced by the ‘Iron Lady of Israel’ during the Yom Kippur War of 1973. Cottin will play Lou Kaddar,...

Here’s your first look at Helen Mirren in the role of Golda Meir, Israel’s first female Prime Minister, in Guy Natttiv’s biipic Golda, which is now shooting in London.

Written by Nicholas Martin (Florence Foster Jenkins), the film is a thriller that chronicles the high-stake responsibilities and controversial decisions that Meir – also known as the ‘Iron Lady of Israel’ – faced during the Yom Kippur War in 1973.

Embankment is handling sales rights and has secured deals on the pic for: Anz (Transmission), Italy (Leone), Scandinavia (Scanbox), Benelux (The Searchers), Switzerland (Ascot Elite), Spain, Portugal & Latin America (Sun/Diamond), Cis & Baltics (Exponenta), Greece (Spentzos), South Africa (Film Finity), Israel (United King), Middle East (Front Row), Hong Kong (Golden Scene), India (Lionsgate) and Taiwan (Cai Chang).

As previously announced, Bleecker Street and ShivHans acquired U.S. rights to the film in a deal negotiated by ICM Independent and CAA Media Finance.

Rating: 2.5/5.0

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