Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Hope and Glory’: A Googly of a Film

Because they see little or no killing and maiming, kids tend to see war as nothing more than drama as presented in this ad for "Hope and Glory." Columbia Pictures

PG-13 | 1h 53min | Drama, Comedy | 1987

If you’re familiar with cricket, you’ll have some inkling of the “googly,” a delivery that bowlers (in baseball, the pitcher) use to deceive batsmen (batters) by pretending to spin the ball one way, while spinning it the other.