Raw, violent and shocking, Scum is a compelling story set in a contemporary Borstal.
Four Australian soldiers serving in Vietnam become increasingly disillusioned with the desperate predicament in which they find themselves. They are in the middle of a war that clearly isn't theirs.
In the throes of a midlife crisis a man buys a new Jaguar and it immediately becomes his new love. What he doesn't know is that his wife is as attracted to the Jaguar salesman as he is to the car.
Episodes from John Sullivan's comedy series in which East End bookmaker Vince Pinner (Nicholas) who thinks he is Gods gift to women may just have met his match in up-market girl Penny Warender (Francis)... Contains all 14 episodes from Series One and Two.
Ray Winstone stars in one of the most violent explosive and controversial British films of all time. After assaulting a warder young offender Carlin (Ray Winstone) is transferred to a tough British borstal where the staff decides to break him - with savage and relentless violence. At the same time the existing 'Daddy' on Carlin's prison wing Banks (John Blundell) - the thug who controls all the other inmates - sees the newcomer as a threat and singles him out for more vicious beatings to smash him down. Now Carlin knows that there is only one way to survive. He must fight back destroy Banks - and become the new 'Daddy' on the wing... Based on an original TV play that was banned by the BBC for its graphic violence and sexual content Scum remains as shocking and powerful today as the day it was first released. Scum has been fully restored and graded at 2K from the original negatives by Pinewood Studios and includes the original audio mix and newly created 5.1 surround mix.
In 1973, a one-off Magpie film looked at London's streets and markets through the eyes of children attending Islington's Anna Scher Children s Theatre. Showing how the children interpreted daily life in their drama classes, Kids About Town caught the eye of producer Roger Price (The Tomorrow People), who suggested the Anna Sher kids be given their own series. You must be joking! replied the controller of children's programming; That s what we ll call it, suggested Roger...A wry, energetic and irreverent comedy show of a kind never previously seen and certainly not one for the easily offended! You Must Be Joking duly launched an unknown bunch of kids onto the TV screen. Led by writer-performers Ray Burdis and John Blundell, and featuring future BAFTA winner (and drama academy founder) Pauline Quirke, the talented teenagers were 'supervised' by comedian and long-suffering lone adult Jim Bowen. In between topical and satirical sketches, Elvis Payne took a cynical look at the week's news, and live music came from youthful popsters Flintlock, led by the multi-talented Michael Holoway. Many of the show's stars would go on to enjoy successful careers in television.
Raw, violent and shocking, Scum is a compelling story set in a contemporary Borstal.
Raw, violent and shocking, Scum is a compelling story set in a contemporary Borstal. It tells of life in an institution run by violence and brutality rather than reason, where the boy who can fight his way to the top of the heap and reign as 'Daddy' will gain the respect of the inmates and sadistic 'screws' alike. One of the most controversial films ever made in the UK, and one which caused a furore when it was first screened on TV, 'Scum' stars Ray Winstone as Carlin, the one man prepared t...
A young man finds no luck in the Australian gold rush and drifts into petty crime. His life changes when he gets twelve years in an infamous prison.
Kev watches too much television, the Idiot Boxof the title. An unemployed hooligan, he wants there to be something in his life apart from vandalism, drink and perfunctory sex. He rages against dogs and people who are as rude to him as he is to everybody--anger is who he is. His best friend Mick is even more bad natured, and between them they concoct a doomed bank-robbery. Kev beats up the police informer who sells him the guns; the police are watching the bank, waiting for it to be attacked by an entirely different bank robber; and their stolen getaway car is reclaimed by its owner. Often very funny, Idiot Box is a terrifying film about the stuntedness of young male Australian working class lives. Ben Mendelsohn and Jeremy Sims bring pathos and wit to their portrayals of Kev and Mick, while also making it clear that these are not young men you would wish to meet or fall out with. David Caesar's deliberately jagged directorial style echoes the adrenalin-driven lives of his protagonists and keeps us constantly on edge as he cuts between story lines. --Roz Kaveney
Scum (1979): Raw, violent and shocking, Scum is a compelling story set in a contemporary Borstal. It tells of life in an institution run by violence and brutality rather than reason, where the boy who can fight his way to the top of the heap and reign as 'Daddy' will gain the respect of the inmates and sadistic 'screws' alike. One of the most controversial films ever made in the UK, and one which caused a huge furore when it was first screened on TV, Scum s...
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