Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019) on Netflix
TV-1420191h 32mBiographyDramaHistory
In 2015, Dominic Cummings takes charge of Vote Leave and bets on data-driven micro-targeting over traditional campaigning. Craig Oliver runs the campaign to keep Britain in the European Union.
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Plot summary
Dominic Cummings turns down an offer from Douglas Carswell and Matthew Elliott to run Vote Leave, then accepts when Carswell hands him full control. He builds the campaign around database-driven targeting through social media instead of leaflets, posters and phone calls, and refuses to merge with Nigel Farage and Arron Banks of Leave.EU. Craig Oliver, running the campaign to remain in the European Union, works from traditional focus groups. Both camps court the same undecided third of British voters. Oliver argues jobs and the economy; Cummings answers with loss of control and the prospect of Turkey joining the bloc, and hires Zack Massingham to build a database of voters who lean toward leaving. Cummings' methods cause friction with the campaign's MPs and donors.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Brexit: The Uncivil War (2019)
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- Screenwriter James Graham originally wrote his first draft of the film centered on prime minister David Cameron, then rewrote it to focus on Vote Leave strategist Dominic Cummings instead.
- To better capture Dominic Cummings, actor Benedict Cumberbatch visited the real Cummings at his family home before playing him on screen.
