Sam mendes, the oscar® winning director of skyfall, spectre and american beauty, brings his singular vision to his world war i epic, 1917'. '.strtoupper('a')t the height of the first world war, two young british soldiers, schofield george mackay and blake dean charles chapman are given a seemingly impossible mission'. '.strtoupper('i')n a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers blake's own brother among them.bonus featuresthe weight of the world sam mendesallied forces making 1917the score of 1917feature commentaries