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Brendan Fraser Channels Eisenhower in WWII Drama Pressure

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Brendan Fraser Channels Eisenhower in WWII Drama Pressure
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Brendan Fraser stars as Dwight D. Eisenhower in Pressure, a WWII drama about the 72 hours before D-Day as Eisenhower weighs launching the invasion based on meteorologist James Stagg's forecast; Fraser studied at the Imperial War Museum and drew on archival materials to portray the tense decision-making, with Andrew Scott as Stagg, and the film shot at Mentmore Towers under director Anthony Maras.

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