Film to depict Thatcher's countdown to Falklands war

0 Comments | AFP, March, 2007

LONDON (AFP) — British filmmakers said Tuesday they were making a feature film about prime minister Margaret Thatcher's actions in the countdown to the 1982 Falklands War.

The project comes as Britain prepares to mark the 25th anniversary of the conflict, which forged Thatcher's reputation as the "Iron Lady."

Pathe Productions, the BBC and DJ Films have commissioned a screenplay about the period it took Thatcher to send a naval task force to evict Argentine occupation forces from the Falkland Islands in the south Atlantic.

"The proposed film will be a revealing and intimate portrait of Margaret Thatcher as she battles to save her career in the 17 days immediately preceding the 1982 Falklands War," Pathe said in a statement.

"The 17-day period is...