In ‘Pressure,’ the Story of the Meteorologist Who Helped Save D-Day
- Focus Features releases 'Pressure' in theaters Friday, May 29, dramatizing the 72-hour weather debate preceding D-Day, with director Anthony Maras exploring General Dwight D. Eisenhower's fateful choice when meteorologist Group Captain James Stagg warns massive storms may strike on June 5, 1944.
- Haunted by Exercise Tiger, a catastrophic D-Day rehearsal that killed hundreds weeks earlier, Eisenhower faces mounting pressure as the film opens with bloodshed from the failed operation, setting the stakes for his imminent decision.
- Scottish meteorologist Stagg and American counterpart Irving Krick clash sharply over competing forecasts: Stagg predicts catastrophic storms while Krick insists conditions will be perfect, with Stagg roaring 'There is only ONE chief meteorological officer!' as tensions escalate.
- Military commanders including General Bernard Montgomery reject Stagg's forecast, believing delay means strategic defeat, while Stagg refuses to budge on his prediction of two incoming storms headed for the French coast, forcing Eisenhower to choose between expertise and military pressure.
- Set more than 80 years ago, 'Pressure' sharply resonates with contemporary post-truth politics where expertise faces default distrust, with director Maras crafting a stirring lesson about leadership and listening that remains strikingly relevant to world leaders today.
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Pressure Is a Gripping New Addition to the War-Movie Canon
Based on a remarkable true story, ‘Pressure’ follows the efforts of a British meteorologist (Andrew Scott) to forecast the weather for D-Day. It’s a genuinely gripping and well-acted World War II movie, of the kind we don’t see much anymore.
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In ‘Pressure,’ the story of the meteorologist who helped save D-Day
The film “Pressure” explores the tense 72 hours before D-Day, highlighting the crucial role of Scottish meteorologist Capt. James Stagg. He advised Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Allied leadership to delay the invasion due to bad weather. This decision changed…
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Movie Review: In D-Day tale ‘Pressure,’ Andrew Scott is a forecaster with news nobody wants to hear
The story of D-Day has been told countless times. But “Pressure” tells a tale that is relatively little known and weather plays a starring role.
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