The Trial of Tony Blair (2006)

Production Year: 2006

Production Country: UK

It is some time in the future. Now, at last, Gordon Brown is moving in to Number 10, President Clinton is thinking about her second term in the White House, and Tony Blair has swapped the corridors of power for carpet swatches in his home in Connaught Square.

He departs Downing Street with an unshakeable belief in his continuing relevance as an international figure of influence. But with Washington's warmongers discredited, he finds himself increasingly isolated. Haunted by the continuing nightmare of Iraq, and obsessed by his legacy, he retreats into denial, refusing to see the dangers he faces from the Special Tribunal on Iraq that has been set up to investigate war crimes.

As the film moves towards the final image of the former Prime Minister being taken off to the Hague to face charges of waging an illegal war, The Trial Of Tony Blair asks us to imagine a future where the unthinkable becomes thinkable.

Says Beaton: 'I gather Mr Blair is very concerned about his place in history. This film is my idea of where that place might be. Whether it's fiction or prediction remains to be seen.'

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